5 Books Retreat Owners Should Read
While it can be rewarding to own a retreat business, being a retreat owner can also come with its fair share of challenges. Thankfully, these challenges can be overcome and there are plenty of resources out there to help you find effective solutions. In particular, books are an amazing tool that can provide you with ample inspiration and motivation to grow and evolve as a retreat owner.
Here are five books all retreat owners should read.
#1: DEsigning experiences
By
J. robert RossMan and
Matthew d. Duerden
Designing Experiences by J. Robert Rossman and Matthew D. Duerden is a practical guide to providing customers with amazing experiences that positively inform their impression of your brand. As a retreat owner, this can be an invaluable read that provides you with an introduction to an experience design framework crafted by two talented researchers.
In Designing Experiences, readers are exposed to practical tips for crafting experiences ranging from memorable experiences to transformational experiences. As someone in charge of crafting experiences for guests, this book can act as a textbook that inspires you to generate your own creative ideas that you can implement into your retreat.
#2: The Cornell School of Hotel Administration on Hospitality: Cutting Edge Thinking and Practice
By
Jack B. Corgel, Rohit Verma, and Michael Craig Sturman
The Cornell School of Hotel Administration on Hospitality: Cutting Edge Thinking and Practice is a comprehensive guide to everything hospitality. In essence, this book synthesizes the lessons that hospitality management students learn in the most coveted programs in the country. For retreat owners like yourself, this can be a priceless read that you can return to time and time again for hospitality industry-related guidance.
Though this book focuses more on the management of large hotels and hotel chains, there is still a myriad of hospitality gems that anyone in the retreat business can benefit from. In addition to helping you perfect your current retreat operation, this book can also provide you with inspiration and guidance for growing into new hospitality ventures.
#3: Calm: Interiors to nurture, relax and restore
By
SAlly Dennings
Calm: Interiors to Nurture, Relax and Restore is a wonderful guide to the elements that work together to create beautiful and calming interiors. Though this book focuses on homes, the same ideas can be applied to retreats to craft peaceful environments that guests will cherish.
Though retreat owners vary in their involvement in the interior design of their operations, no matter how involved you are in this process this book can act as a useful guide to calming spaces. In addition, this book exposes readers to a slew of different types of spaces and settings so you’ll be sure to find some inspiration that you can apply to your retreat.
#4: Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a company one cup at a time
By
Howard Shultz and
dori jones yang
Pour Your Heart Into It: How STARBUCKS Built a Company One Cup at a Time is a fascinating peek into the rise of Starbucks from humble beginnings to an international behemoth. Though it’s about a coffee chain, it’s an amazing read for retreat owners for a variety of reasons. Most importantly, it takes you on Howard Shultz’s journey of growing a company and can provide you with inspiration to keep going when the going gets tough.
If you’re a retreat owner with a burning desire to grow your operation, this book should be at the top of the list. It contains endless business, leadership, and innovation gems that you can utilize to be more self-confident and inspired as a business owner.
#5: Never Split the Difference
By
Chris Voss
Though it may not be an industry-specific read, Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss is a valuable book for any business owner who wants to grow their people skills. The book revolves around the experiences of FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss and the lessons he learned throughout his storied career.
In addition to being a fantastically entertaining read, Never Split the Difference offers readers lessons on negotiation that can help you interact with others in virtually any situation. As a retreat owner, dealing with guests and clients is a substantial aspect of your life. While it would be nice if all of the guests you dealt with were reasonable, that’s not always the case. Never Split the Difference offers you tools to work through negotiations with guests and clients without ever leaving a sour taste in anyone’s mouth.
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