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SUMMARY:Women In Business - Dr. Melissa Baker
DESCRIPTION:Global Communication & Modern Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Melissa Baker\n\n\n\nThe Lexington Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to continue our Women in Business Series with an inspiring conversation featuring one of the most recognized voices in hospitality education and leadership in the country.\n\n\n\nDr. Baker earned her B.S. from Cornell University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. Before pursuing academia\, she built real-world experience managing operations for the Brio Bravo Restaurant Group. She joined the UMass Amherst faculty in 2013 and has risen through the ranks to become a full Professor and Department Chair\, a role she has held since 2023.  \n\n\n\nDr. Baker is a two-time award-winning educator\, having received the ICHRIE Teaching Excellence Award in 2023 and the UMass Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021 - the first professor in HTM to ever receive the latter\, and the first female faculty member in the Isenberg business school to do so.  \n\n\n\nHer scholarship is equally impressive. Dr. Baker's research focuses on service failure and recovery\, appearance and impression formation\, and customer experience management\, with work published in top journals such as the Journal of Business Research and Psychology & Marketing. Her recent research has challenged conventional wisdom in the industry\, including groundbreaking work on how uncivil customers and company policies that embolden them damage employees' mental health and undercut their capacity to serve\, making a compelling case for why businesses must have their employees' backs.\n\n\n\nUnder her leadership\, the Isenberg HTM program has been ranked 10th in the U.S. and 20th globally out of 1\,000 research universities. Dr. Baker is passionate about expanding what hospitality means\, arguing that the field is the largest industry in the world\, employing over 10% of the global workforce and accounting for over 10% of global GDP\, far beyond hotels and restaurants.\n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Melissa Baker on the power of global communication and the role it plays in effective leadership\, workplace culture\, and professional success.\n\n\n\nEvent Details: \n\n  Wednesday\, May 27 \n\n  9:00   10:00 AM \n\n  Galaray House 1725 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington\, MA
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><strong><font color="#000000" face="tahoma\, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 22px\;">Global Communication &amp\; Modern </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 22px\;">Leadership</span><span style="font-size: 22px\;">: A Conversation with Dr. Melissa Baker</span></font></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">The Lexington Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to continue our Women in Business Series with an inspiring conversation featuring one of the most recognized voices in hospitality education and leadership in the country.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">Dr. Baker earned her B.S. from Cornell University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. Before pursuing academia\, she built real-world experience managing operations for the Brio Bravo Restaurant Group. She joined the UMass Amherst faculty in 2013 and has risen through the ranks to become a full Professor and Department Chair\, a role she has held since 2023.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">Dr. Baker is a two-time award-winning educator\, having received the ICHRIE Teaching Excellence Award in 2023 and the UMass Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021 -&nbsp\;the first professor in HTM to ever receive the latter\, and the first female faculty member in the Isenberg business school to do so.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">Her scholarship is equally impressive. Dr. Baker&#39\;s research focuses on service failure and recovery\, appearance and impression formation\, and customer experience management\, with work published in top journals such as the Journal of Business Research and Psychology &amp\; Marketing. Her recent research has challenged conventional wisdom in the industry\,&nbsp\;including groundbreaking work on how uncivil customers and company policies that embolden them damage employees&#39\; mental health and undercut their capacity to serve\, making a compelling case for why businesses must have their employees&#39\; backs.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">Under her leadership\, the Isenberg HTM program has been ranked 10th in the U.S. and 20th globally out of 1\,000 research universities. Dr. Baker is passionate about expanding what hospitality means\,&nbsp\;arguing that the field is the largest industry in the world\, employing over 10% of the global workforce and accounting for over 10% of global GDP\, far beyond hotels and restaurants.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Melissa Baker on the power of global communication and the role it plays in effective leadership\, workplace culture\, and professional success.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\; font-size: 18px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;">Event Details:</span></strong><font color="#000000" face="tahoma" size="4">&nbsp\;</font><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;apple color emoji&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\;">&#128197\;</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">&nbsp\;Wednesday\, May 27&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;apple color emoji&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\;">&#9200\;</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">&nbsp\;9:00 &ndash\; 10:00 AM&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;apple color emoji&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\;">&#128205\;</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: tahoma\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18px\;">&nbsp\;Galaray House 1725 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington\, MA</span><br />\n<font color="#000000" face="tahoma" size="4">&nbsp\;</font></div>\n
LOCATION:Galaray House 1725 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington\, MA 02420
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