HeyJaredDavid Lund
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 9
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Hospitality Financial Leadership - Serving Lunch (opens the original)
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In Brief: For his Hospitality Financial Leadership series, David Lund reflects on how an early job as a hotel busboy—and the frustration that came with it—helped shape his career ambitions and his approach to leadership. Hospitality Financial Leadership - Serving Lunch - By David Lund - Image Credit Unsplash+ Almost 40 years ago now I was a busboy at a large and busy resort in the Canadian Rockies. I had transferred west a few months earlier from another hotel in the same chain where I had worke
Catch Me If You Can (opens the original)
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In Brief: In “Catch Me If You Can,” David Lund uses his memorable encounter with former impostor Frank Abagnale to explore impostor syndrome in financial leadership. Lund argues that business meetings—particularly budget reviews—are often confidence games in which even experienced leaders feel uncertain and play a role. Catch Me If You Can - Image Credit Hotel Financial Coach Frank Abagnale is arguably the world’s most famous modern-day impostor. Leonardo DiCaprio played his character in the 200
The Payroll the GM Never Read (opens the original)
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In Brief: David Lund highlights the consequences of a hotel general manager neglecting to review payroll reports, emphasizing the operational and financial risks associated with inadequate payroll management oversight in hospitality organizations. The Payroll the GM Never Read - By David Lund - Image Credit Hotel Financial Coach There is a moment in this business that I have seen play out at a hundred properties. A general manager sits down on a Friday morning at ten o’clock with a payroll regis
The Concierge Who Read Everything (opens the original)
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In Brief: David Lund argues that AI is becoming a professional “concierge,” recommending specialists associated with specific problems rather than simply listing search results. His own referral through ChatGPT resulted from years of consistently publishing useful, public content about hotel finance—not a campaign or viral post. The Concierge Who Read Everything - Image Credit Hotel Financial Coach A few weeks ago I was on an intake call with a potential coaching client. She is a Director of Roo
How to Build a Hotel Budget Like a Leader (opens the original)
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In Brief: David Lund outlines a structured approach to hotel budgeting, emphasizing the importance of leadership involvement, clear communication, and departmental accountability to improve financial performance and operational efficiency. How to Build a Hotel Budget Like a Leader - Image Credit Hotel Financial Coach I remember my first budget review meeting like it was yesterday. I was young, invited into the room where the corporate team picked apart the hotel's annual budget, and I was certai
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