Dr. Lalia Rach is a renowned industry leader, best known for her career in higher education as the founding Dean of the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University. Her success as a consultant, keynote speaker and moderator is directly connected to her relatable honesty and practical, thoughtful information.

She specializes in assisting executives in advancing their leadership strategies and building effective and efficient teams. She believes leaders must advance their thinking, move beyond their comfort zone and fully engage their teams in a consistent and purposeful manner.

At New York University, she created one of the most innovative graduate and undergraduate programs for hospitality, sports, and tourism. In her 18-year tenure as divisional dean and endowed professor at the NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, she was responsible for the development of new curriculum including the first graduate concentration in hospitality revenue management and for increasing the stature and attendance at the industry’s premier conference, the NYU Hospitality Investment and Development Conference, where for more than a decade she opened the event by interviewing CEOs from the global hotel industry.

A multi-faceted professional, she managed her own consulting business, Rach Enterprises, for more than a quarter century advising clients at companies including MGM Resorts International, BWH Hotel Group, Visit Dallas, SCCMPI and Red Roof Inn. Her success as a consultant is directly attributed to what she calls an "uncommon sense" approach to deliver genuine ideas that challenge tradition.

She is the author of “Managing the Book on You: Rewriting Your Leadership Story.”  Buy now.

Programming & Workshops

Strategic Consulting: Services including advice, coaching and training related to executive/leadership development; development and expansion recommendations; organizational restructuring; revenue and profit growth guidance; and diversity and inclusion initiatives; creation and installation of standard operating policies and procedures, and change management processes; performance improvement analysis; revenue and profit analysis; leadership development and executive coaching and event production and management.

Specialized Offerings: Advisory and executive board facilitation; keynote speech; convention facilitation; executive coaching; project work.

Customized Service: Each service will be custom designed to provide the information, guidance and training needed for the client to create greater value. Consulting services will be provided by current employees of ALHI (internal consultants) and by independent contractors (external consultants) on a project basis. 

Leadership Workshop Series: Designed for established leaders who lead a team, series consists of four in-person workshops (one each quarter) and is limited to a cohort of 10 minimum and 20 maximum. Each workshop will include pre-work (reading specific articles or books, responding to surveys and/or email questions).  Format consists of a learning presentation, discussion, and exercises with practical take aways.  Post-work will include responding to surveys and a 15-minute one-on-one video session with Dr. Rach.  

Thinking Differently Webinar Series: One-hour monthly webinars focused on a specific aspect of leadership development. Sessions will include practical ideas and examples for thinking differently about workplace challenges and issues.  While primarily a presentation, there will be active engagement through instant polling and a ten-minutes Q&A at the end of the webinar. 

         Topics include:

• Thinking differently about the job of leaders
• Thinking differently about direct conversations
• Thinking differently about your team and colleagues
• Thinking differently about problem solving

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