🎧🎙 Maverick Talk 🚀🎧 - Landing…not launching


BY MICHAEL TINGSAGER

Five minutes that could transform your leadership and business forever.


Landing…not launching

I’m treating the first weeks of the year as a landing, not launching

I no longer tend to view January 1st as a fresh start, a new beginning…

…but a continuation of the life and impact I’m trying to build.

I believe that all this extra pressure on our lives is for no good reason.

Just look at the amount of “new-year-new-me” content out there right now.

January isn’t the start of a new race for me; it’s an arrival, a homecoming, a transition…

...to become 1% better every day.


LATEST EPISODES

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Learn:

• How to build belonging in high-performing teams

• The myth of resilience in hospitality leadership

• What great operators get right — and how they stay human while doing it

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Learn:

✅ The origin of OAPA and Greg’s personal calling
✅ What a truly inclusive employment model looks like
✅ How businesses can stop talking about purpose and start living it

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Learn:

🧠 Price elasticity across sectors

📊 Digital testing and what works in the real world

🪙 Anchor pricing, tiering, and product positioning


MAVERICK BOOK LAUNCH

Proud to support the launch of "Help Wanted" by my Maverick friend and collaborator, Nicole Antonio-Gadsdon, MCIPD, MIH.

This is not just a must-read - it's a must-re-read and something you need to implement in your business.

This book is about hiring for human magic — not as a nice-to-have, but as a real, embodied capability.

If you care about human-led hiring, leadership, and a bit of rule-breaking, this one’s for you.


BOOK CLUB

What if managing people didn’t have to be so complicated?

On 23 Jan, I’m joining the Be Inspired – Book Club to talk about a leadership book that’s stood the test of time:

The One Minute Manager by Mavericks Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.

It’s packed with simple, practical tools to lead better — especially when time is tight, and pressure is high (sound familiar?).

💡 No need to read the book. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to lead differently.

🎙️ I’ll share real-life examples from my 25+ years in food & hospitality leadership, plus lessons from 300+ Maverick leaders I interviewed on the Hospitality Mavericks Podcast Show.

Thanks for inviting me Will James, MA, FRSA

🎟️ Sign up via link in comments

💛 Donations go to World Central Kitchen


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We wanted to show there was another way to build and lead businesses. So Hospitality Mavericks was born. We wanted to gather together the world’s Mavericks who do things differently from the norm. They are leaders from all walks of life who have shown and proven that there is a better way forward without cashing out on their values; ripping off their people, community and planet. That was over ten years ago. Since then we've worked with and interviewed more than 200 leaders, thinkers and experts on the best way to build a business that makes a positive impact on all stakeholders. We are the home to impactful leaders that KNOW and DO things in a better way. A network for those seeking a different path. So don’t just be like the others! Dare to Be Different ✊

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