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Activities to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year with your co-workers! Embracing cultural diversity and fostering inclusivity in the workplace is wonderfully highlighted during the Chinese New Year. Here are some engaging and fun activities for coworkers to celebrate this vibrant festival together: 🏮 Chinese New Year Decorating Contest Get creative and encourage departments to adorn their areas with traditional decorations like red lanterns and flowers. This friendly contest is perfect for sparking creativity and promoting teamwork. 🏮 Chinese New Year Buffet Celebrate the festival's culinary richness by hosting a buffet. Have employees bring and share their home-cooked meals or snacks, showcasing the diverse and delicious flavors of the celebration. 🏮 Chinese New Year Trivia Enjoy a fun and enlightening trivia game. This is a great way to learn about the festival's traditions and customs, and enhance everyone's cultural understanding. 🏮 Art & Craft Event Arrange a session dedicated to Chinese arts and crafts, like paper cutting and painting. This allows colleagues to express their creativity while exploring traditional Chinese art forms. 🏮 Karaoke with Traditional Chinese Music Add a musical twist to the celebration with a karaoke session featuring traditional Chinese music. It's a fun way to immerse in the festive spirit. These activities are not just enjoyable but also educational, providing a great platform to learn about Chinese culture. They contribute to building a more inclusive and positive company culture. #chinesenewyear #collaboration #productivity #teamwork

If you don't understand your vision for hospitality, how will you communicate it to your team and inspire them to deliver on your brand promise? ⭐ Clarify and Define Your Vision ⭐ Engage and Inspire Your Team ⭐ Demonstrate and Embed the Vision in Daily Operations #HospitalityVision #BrandPromise #HospitalityIndustry #TeamEngagement #OperationalExcellence #BusinessVision #funny #meme #yellowstone #tonytips

The heart of what we do captured in a single sentiment: “In the hospitality industry, the fulfillment you get from someone giving you a firm handshake and a sincere ‘thank you’ is the real reward. Seeing the appreciation in a client’s eyes that their event went exactly as planned is what it's all about for us.”- Anthoine Shell, Co-founder and Operations Principal Revisit Anthoine's journey and insights: https://lnkd.in/g4wFA-ik

💭 Reflections from Glastonbury I took a step away from my usual job to dive into the vibrant and chaotic world of Glastonbury, Europe's biggest festival, welcoming over 200,000 attendees. This experience is always special to me – it's a time to be present, to focus on the now, and to be part of a massive team effort that makes this incredible event happen. The atmosphere at Glastonbury is electric, and being part of this big machine is exhilarating. It's a chance to bring teams together, to implement lessons from previous years, and to elevate our performance. Every shift, every interaction, every step (and there were a lot of them – I averaged 38,000 steps a day!) counts towards creating an unforgettable experience for the festival-goers. Of course, not everything was smooth sailing. Dealing with challenging individuals reminded me of the importance of empathy and effective communication. Sometimes, it feels like people haven't heard the saying, "you catch more bees with honey." It's key to approach teamwork as a partnership and focus on collaboration rather than pointing out flaws. Transparency and honesty about motives when asking for help can make a huge difference. Every action, no matter how small, contributes to the overall customer experience, especially when thousands are pouring through the gates. It's about bringing people along on the journey with you, overcommunicating, and motivating them to go the extra mile. A key takeaway: never talk down to people – whether they're punters or colleagues. It doesn't make you a hero; in fact, it does quite the opposite. Sometimes, amidst the whirlwind, it's essential to take a step back, breathe, and centre yourself to plan the best course of action. It has taken me a week to recover, but I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything. I can’t wait to do it all over again next year! Here’s a picture from the last shift at our gate with the amazing security team that made it all possible. #Glastonbury #FestivalLife #Teamwork #CustomerExperience #Leadership #EventManagement #Reflection

It's been a while LinkedIn, and yeesh we been busy. ⚡ After many years of fire fighting in my previous role, I left with a wealth of experience. I was fortunate to have incredible support, development, and opportunities along the way. I helped bring together brands, develop concepts, and create award-winning menus, and we had an amazing time doing it. The best part? The people. The education and experiences I shared over the years, watching individuals grow in confidence, seizing opportunities, and then going on to achieve great things—that's something I'll forever be grateful for. (You know who you are) COVID had a profound impact on me. It pushed me to reconnect with the outdoors, get back into fitness, and realize just how destructive my lifestyle had become. Over time, the business changed. I clung to the best parts of my work while, in reality, it was slowly chipping away at my mental health. I had invested so much in my physical well-being and was using that as an escape. I was living two lives: crafting menus I no longer believed in, holding coaching sessions that felt disconnected. The role no longer served me, and I no longer fit. It wasn’t right or wrong—it was just business. I realized my true purpose was helping people, making a difference. Today, I coach, personal train, and run—a lot. I’m still a strong advocate for mental health. As fast as my new path has taken off (faster than I ever expected), I couldn’t completely step away from the industry that gave me so much. I wanted to empower change. Bar operations and creative development are often lumped together, usually filled by the most experienced individual, until they become the central figure in the business—without clear roles or fair compensation for the work they do. The problem is, they’re often either too operational and not creative enough or vice versa. Most of the time, businesses can’t afford both roles, and the individual becomes overwhelmed, which leads to burnout or being let go. I’ve seen it first-hand through years of delivering redundancies. My goal was to bridge that gap. I want to set businesses up for long-term success by channelling collective knowledge, providing the tools and experience necessary to enable future bar operations and creative teams to thrive. This is about progress and saving bars from losing their best people and creating a more profitable business. This has been a long time coming. I couldn’t be prouder of what we’re building here at Industry Spirit, and whilst I attempt to find balance in both worlds, I’m excited to keep working alongside some of the most amazing and selfless people. If you’re part of a growing hospitality group, bar, or an individual facing challenges—we can help. Between us, we’ve seen it all and, more often than not, done more with less. If we haven’t seen the problem before, we’ll work relentlessly until we find a solution. Follow us, share, and get in touch. Let’s continue to make great things happen. ✨

I don’t give two Fs, I give several. I give: Fear Funk Fight Failure Frustration  …A chance to teach me something. If they’re there for no useful reason, I let them go. What Fs I give, intentionally, to my life and to everyone who is open to engage: Freedom  Fantasy  Flow Fire Fun →There are no good or bad Fs. →What matters is what you do with what you have, →The grit to go for what you want and not yet have  →And the courage to engage with what is emerging. Something big always is when you live fired up and in flow. What Fs do you give? 📷 by Katarína Kanabová - KAT IMAGE at Play Restaurant & Events, the event venue I co-founded.

16 seats left ... and 12 days to go! Will you be joining us? A tour of the historic National Gallery on a Saturday afternoon of the 23rd March. A Breakfast Workshop next morning at the iconic Ascott @ Raffles Finally, leading to the landmark Golden Door - Truth & Integrity event at the Singapore Cricket Club. DRESS CODE : Formal **JOIN US IN-PERSON FOR THE GALA DINNER** An International Buffet will be served with choices of gluten-free, vegetarian, meat and seafood. For our Muslim guests, we have a halal option, and food can be served to you at Iftar timing. Book your seat here: https://lnkd.in/gusrAR_K . SIGN UP for the Newsletter and get the 30% DISCOUNT CODE : https://lnkd.in/eBepHPv4 **JOIN US VIRTUALLY** Book your virtual seat here: https://lnkd.in/gusrAR_K MEET WITH Writers, Speakers, Change-makers and Visionaries who have looked within, have sought inner change, and reached across with love. They worked on real change with the support of families, friends, colleagues, communities and even at a cosmic level. They have uncovered “Golden Truths” - words and actions of relevance to what is required today - and how to take action in an optimal pathway, based on the "Golden Values" of truth and integrity. By working towards real-time measurable grounded results, new movements and initiatives have been formed focused on human empowerment and advancement, as well as building sustainable “eco-societies “ of the future. #GoldenDoorAwards #truthandintegrity #TruthWriters #TruthCreators #Speakers #Visionaries #Changemakers #GoldenDoorForum #EcoSocieties #ThroughTheGoldenDoor

Connection, contribution and community. All start from a conversation and taking up opportunities. This week I had the opportunity reconnect and further conversation with Dr. Shwetha Shankar and Antony Gaddie to understand more of what drives them ..................... Do you struggle to start a conversation with new people? Three tips 1. Ask open questions 2. Be curious and interested and develop the conversation 3. Plan, prepare and follow-up conversations, because that's where magic can happen