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What you need to know to accelerate your cloud and data strategy

CIO

At Choice Hotels , cloud is a tool to help the hospitality giant achieve corporate goals. Kirkland will describe key points on how cloud is enabling business value, including its sustainability initiatives, at CIO’s Future of Cloud & Data Summit , taking place virtually on April 12. Check out the full summit agenda here.

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How Sales Leaders Can Reclaim the Advantage in a Virtual World

Next Level Blog

Many of the sales leaders I’m talking with this summer are working on how to help their teams raise their games in the virtual world we’re living in. I’ve been collecting some best practice ideas that can help you and your team reclaim competitive advantage in a virtual world. Back in June (remember that distant time two months ago?),

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Daily Crunch: Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover tries to get his BharatPe CEO fired

TechCrunch

Drama at BharatPe : The Tiger-backed Indian fintech company is seeing turmoil in its leadership, with co-founder and managing director Ashneer Grover asking its board “for the removal of chief executive Suhail Sameer” from the leadership group at the company. Today, those convention centers and hotel ballrooms are dark and quiet.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO

In April 2023, Koushik received one of the organization’s SustainableIT Impact Awards for environmental impact, alongside Choice Hotels’ CIO Brian Kirkland and others. CIOs have an opportunity to take the leadership position on sustainability because organizations are getting more heavily dependent on technology,” he says.

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Top 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023

CIO

We hold regular virtual and in-person events designed to build and enhance our feeling of belonging and culture,” Smith says. CIOs and IT teams can support their teams by implementing and upgrading tools such as hoteling cube reservation systems, in-office audio and video conferencing solutions, and employee social recognition platforms.”

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

TechCrunch

“Skipper is a new network for hotels and resorts that helps them run their tech stack, acquire customers, and create new revenue streams. As more guests and hotels join, the shared data creates a powerful network effect.” Using video visits and connected devices, we’ve designed a virtual cardiac recovery program.

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How I Discovered The Values That Led Me To Leadership Success

Terry Starbucker

My More Human Leadership philosophy and practice is guided by 8 core principles. By early 2006, I had begun to feel a sense of assertiveness and increased confidence in my leadership. I quickly gathered my leadership team together and laid out my plan to distribute the wristbands. I looked out my window. They sounded more human.