“More than one third of respondents said that fewer employees are allowed to travel to meetings than a year ago. About a quarter of respondents say more of their business trips have daily spending limits than a year ago and 23% of respondents report staying less frequently at full-service or luxury hotels.

More than four of every 10 travelers surveyed report their business travel expense reports are “more closely scrutinized.” Two of every five say they’ve been encouraged to spend less per day on business trips, and there is greater scrutiny of “outcomes emanating from business trips.”

Despite companies’ efforts to reduce travel expenses, the travelers surveyed emphasized the importance of business travel. Nearly eight of 10 agree or strongly agree that business travel helps their companies grow and face-to-face meetings are necessary for “doing business successfully.”"

For additional on the survey results and the forecast for business travel through 2012, read the full article online at USA Today.

Believe to change

It’s common to see a company’s business strategy too complex and hard to interpret.

This makes it hard to understand the objective and final goal of it, which makes the influence process extremely hard to accomplish. And if we cannot influence, we can’t transform the strategy to action itself. This usually makes the defined strategy a flop and not achievable.

People are the organization’s engine and it’s greatest asset. If people don’t understand it, they can’t execute it.

Harvard Business Review has made a new video available today, quite simple, that suggests 3 steps to build and maintain a simple strategy that allows for a good influence process to happen and make the call to action process achievable..

Highlights

• How to start a business
• How to create mission statements and business mantras
• Think different, jump curves
• Polarize People
• Define a Business Model
• The 10/20/30 rule and how to make presentations
• Hire pashioned people and hire people better than yourself
• Find the influencers
• Make a difference

15:55 – ‘Value’ is different from ‘Price’

22:20 – The ‘Bozzo Explosion’

24:50 – Real CEO’s can demo

28:38 – Q&A – The ‘Bozzo Explosion’ – A players hire A players

34:45 – Q&A – Tips about pitching