NBF 2025 is Just Launched!
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- Thursday, 30 May 2024
- 16:00-17:00 EEST
Making good products is no longer enough, and serving efficiently is no longer enough – now, it’s how you make the people you work with, and those you serve feel that matters most of all.
In this talk, Will Guidara will share why he believes our world is on the precipice of becoming a hospitality economy and how every business can choose to be in the business of hospitality by transforming ordinary transactions into extraordinary experiences.
Recruiting is a high-value task, but not an easy one. This PDF was born through Hans-Peter Siefen’s idea to collect the best recruitment interview questions from experienced C-suiters.
This summary includes the favorite recruitment questions from leaders and entrepreneurs such as Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, Risto Siilasmaa, Mikko Kuitunen, and Christina Dahlblom.
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