People often ask me about the transition from Golden Nugget to Mirage: it
was a magical time that changed everything. We began as the Golden Nugget team:
ordinary people who worked together in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, forging
friendships and creating new ideas; we evolved into the Mirage team that was
both riding on and managing a tidal wave of change. It was a special project:
the building, the people, and the ideas raised our abilities, awareness, and
game to a much higher level. But I realized
we had to plan and prepare for the time when that “high” might eventually
become a new, and not so special, normal.
We leveraged the Mirage’s pre-opening spirit to develop and include employees
in volunteer activities; we created employee focus groups to work on keeping
practices and ideas refreshed; and we listened to their ideas to promote the
concept that they too could change things and make a difference. These kept
that magical feeling alive and deepened their loyalty to our company.
Nate Staniforth (b.
1982): Magician, writer, traveler, and host of The Discovery Channel’s
“Breaking Magic” series.
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