• TALABook: Intelligent Emotions with Stephen Barth

    Join TALA and Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston Professor Stephen Barth to discuss his book Intelligent Emotions: On Self Responsibility, Owning Our Emotional Power, and Changing Our Reactions. This fun, insightful book delivers the tools to develop intelligent emotions, then demonstrates how to practice that emotional intelligence in daily life. Barth teaches courses in hospitality law and leadership. He is #3 on Global Guru’s Top 30 Hospitality Thought Leaders & Influencers for 2024.

  • TALABook featuring Pete Smith and his book Dare to Matter: Choosing an Unstuck and Unapologetic Life of Significance

    Join TALA 2025 Keynote Speaker Pete Smith for this TALABook event featuring his book Dare to Matter: Choosing an Unstick and Unapologetic Life of Significance. Pete reveals the findings of his self-described "obsession" with what it takes to live a life of significance. Interviewing and studying the lives of those who are making a difference in the word today - including stories from people you may or may not know - and sharing lessons learned from his own near-death experience, Smith answers the question that [...]

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  • TALABook with Carole Robin, author of “Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues”

    Virtual

    Join Stanford University Professor and Author Carole Robin, Ph.D., to discuss her book Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues. Connect can help anyone hoping to improve relationships and build new ones, at any stage of life. The ability to create strong relationships is crucial to living a full life and becoming more effective at work. Readers will learn about the value of showing more of themselves in an authentic way, developing trust, mutual influence so that each can get their needs met, [...]