Essential Leadership Skills for Hospitality Supervisors

Essential Leadership Skills for Hospitality Supervisors
Author: George Ojie-Ahamiojie
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1467841536

The success of any organization, is a direct link to the employees' performance. In the hospitality industry, several managers work long hours; five to six days a week, with little or no quality of life. So the success of these supervisors is not only important, but necessary. The fact is their success is directly linked to their employees' performance. And the employees will only provide high-quality service when they feel the managers are on their side and have provided the tools, training, and motivation necessary for them to be productive employees. Due to the intense labor of this industry and the continued changing of the workforce, supervisors must learn how to effectively communicate, train, develop, delegate, and motivate this diverse workforce. They must also learn how to handle marginal employees, solve problems, and make good and effective decisions. Essential Leadership Skills for Hospitality Supervisor – An Experiential Approach, will help you in the acquisition of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to succeed in this endeavor. This book will not only discuss several theories and concepts, but will also provide you with several practical applications you will need to be successful. This book is easy to read and understand. It teaches you how to select the best talents in your team, train, develop, and motivate these employees; how to empower and delegate some of your responsibilities; how to provide the tools needed to accomplish the tasks; and finally how to move from a manager who does things right, to ultimate become a leader who does the right things right! I hope you find this book motivating and helpful. I wish you continued success in your career and this industry!

Lead with Hospitality

Lead with Hospitality
Author: Taylor Scott
Publisher: BenBella Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1953295223

Across all industries and levels of organizations, one key leadership trait inspires and motivates more than any other: hospitality. We have all encountered inspirational leaders who've helped us, taught us, encouraged us, pushed us to get outside our comfort zones, or motivated us to become the best version of ourselves. What is it about their leadership styles that inspires us to do more for our team and our personal and professional growth? Turns out, we admire these leaders for the same reasons we love our favorite hotels, resorts, restaurants, or bars: How they make us feel is essential. Members of today's workforce—especially millennials and Gen Z—are looking for inspiring environments and work that truly fulfills them. Before anyone is compelled to do anything they first must feel. Speaker, consultant, and hospitality industry veteran Taylor Scott knows that the most effective leaders approach their roles with heart, emotionally connecting with their team members before attempting to manage them. Scott draws from his two decades in leadership roles at respected hotels, resorts, and restaurants. He distills the principles of gracious hospitality, translating them into actionable leadership lessons which apply in any industry, such as: • How making people feel welcome fosters loyalty and keeps workers engaged with an organization's purpose • How serving people with empathy and compassion sparks workers' highest productivity • How making people feel comfortable encourages exploration, curiosity, and discovery while inviting everyone to lean into their creativity • How making people feel significant drives them to deliver their best work He also shares specific, practical steps you can take to put these principles into action. Scott shows how to connect, serve, engage, coach, and inspire your peers, teams, and even your own leaders. Lead with Hospitality is a call to action to connect with people on a human level which ultimately inspires teams, organizations, and companies to go to the next level.

Supervision in the Hospitality Industry

Supervision in the Hospitality Industry
Author: John R. Walker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2024-07-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 139424469X

A thorough, accessible handbook for leadership in a vital industry Supervision in the Hospitality Industry: Leading Human Resources, Tenth Edition, is a comprehensive primer designed for beginning leaders, new supervisors promoted from an hourly job, and students planning for careers in the hospitality industry. Covering each essential aspect of first-line supervision, this market-leading textbook helps readers develop the practical skills and knowledge necessary for effectively supervising hospitality workers at all levels of an organization, including cooks, servers, bartenders, front desk clerks, porters, housekeepers, and janitorial staff. The text's unique approach to leading human resources — combining fundamental leadership theory and the firsthand expertise of hospitality industry professionals — enables readers to master concrete, results-driven leadership methods and overcome the everyday challenges faced in the real world. The Tenth edition covers: The impact of the COVID pandemic, the importance of culinary ethics, DEI considerations, organizational excellence, and much more The importance of recognizing and practicing cross-cultural diversity and interaction A balanced and informed view of management and supervision in the hospitality industry by considering the viewpoints of supervisors and all levels of associates Employee assistance programs A wealth of real-world case studies, illustrative examples, and “Industry Profiles” sections offering perspectives on leadership and supervision issues from hospitality professionals

Multi-Unit Leadership

Multi-Unit Leadership
Author: Jim Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2011-06-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9780971584914

Multi-Unit Leadership is the best-selling book used in over 170,000 businesses worldwide. Managing multiple units requires significantly different skills than managing just one. This book details those skills in seven distinct stages and shares the best practices from successful multiunit leaders worldwide. Perfect for regional managers and franchisees who need to know the difference between hands-on management and indirect influence. Written in a detailed and fun format perfect for today's Digital Age leaders, Multiunit Leadership examines the unique role and requirements of managers who are responsible for two to forty units. Our research with over 500 successful Multi-Unit Leaders (MULs) reveals the best practices and unique expertise that differentiates high-performing mulitunit leaders from average ones. Chockablock-full of specific examples, expert opinion and case-study scenarios, the seven leadership stages outlined in the book include: Brand Ambassador, Servant Leadership, Marketing Guru, Head Coach, Talent Scout, Synergist and Goal-Getter. You'll learn how to better manage time and projects, how to develop stronger teams, how to get maximum impact from your store visits, and how to consistently build sales by working smarter, not harder. Readers can assess their own strengths and challenges compared to the industry's best MULs at the end of each chapter and compile their own best practices relative to people, performance, and productivity. Companies using the book include McDonald's, American Express, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Target, Jiffy Lube, Supercuts, Applebee's, and Sam's Club.

Leadership Approaches in Global Hospitality and Tourism

Leadership Approaches in Global Hospitality and Tourism
Author: Baytok, Ahmet
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2023-02-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1668467151

The ever-changing conditions of the present climate require leaders who can ensure adaptation between human resources and work, transform systems, and direct people to goals in a more effective and persuasive way. Leadership is very crucial and necessary in the field of tourism, as it is in all fields. Leadership has been dealt with in the historical process with situational approaches, behavioral approaches, and leadership skills; since the early 1980s, leadership approaches such as transformative, servant, spiritual, and authentic leadership have come to the fore. Leadership Approaches in Global Hospitality and Tourism examines popular approaches to leadership in the context of tourism and contributes to the extant literature by demonstrating various aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry. It reveals the leadership approaches that scholars and practitioners should adopt in order to understand the crucial role of leadership and to respond to everchanging conditions with empirical studies, theoretical backgrounds, and best practices. Covering topics such as soft skills, transformational leadership, and self-leadership, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for business executives and managers, governmental and non-governmental organization leaders, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Responsible Leadership

Responsible Leadership
Author: Nicola M. Pless
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9400739958

These chapters on ‘Responsible Leadership’ represent the latest thinking on a topic of increasing relevance in a connected world. There are many challenges that still remain when it comes to establishing responsible leadership both in theory and practice. Whilst offering conceptualisations for the improvement of leadership is a first and perhaps easier response, what is more difficult is to facilitate the actual change to happen. These chapters will not only generate interest in the emerging domain of studies on responsible leadership, but also will pave the way for future research in this area in the years to come. Previously Published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 98 Supplement 2, 2011​

Becoming a Strategic Leader

Becoming a Strategic Leader
Author: Richard L. Hughes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118046579

Today’s organizations face difficult challenges in order to remain competitive—the quickening pace of change, increasing uncertainty, growing ambiguity, and complexity. To meet these challenges, organizations must broaden the scope of leadership responsibility for strategic leadership and engage more people in the process of leadership. In Becoming a Strategic Leader Rich Hughes and Kate Beatty from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) offer executives and managers a handbook for implementing a strategic leadership process that reaches leaders at all levels of organizations. Based on CCL’s successful Developing the Strategic Leader Program, this book outlines the framework of strategic leadership and contains practical suggestions on how to develop the individual, team, and organizational skills needed for institutions to become more adaptable, flexible, and resilient. The authors also show how individual managers can exercise effective strategic leadership through their distinctive and systemic approach—thinking, acting, and influencing.

AMA Business Boot Camp

AMA Business Boot Camp
Author: Edward T. Reilly
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 081442001X

The collective wisdom of The American Management Association-right at your fingertips.

The Type B Manager

The Type B Manager
Author: Victor Lipman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0698402588

In The Type B Manager, Victor Lipman offers a unique lens through which to view the challenging problems of management. While management has long been considered the realm of Type A individuals—hard-driving, competitive high achievers—all too often these high-intensity traits aren’t effective when it comes to motivating your employees. Many characteristics of Type B individuals—being more relaxed, less competitive, more reflective, slower to anger—can be considered “people skills” that better influence motivation and productivity. And successful management after all is the practice of accomplishing work through other people. In a business landscape where 70 percent of employees are disengaged and not working at full productive capacity, Lipman focuses on practical tactical aspects of management viewed through a Type B lens, including: · Motivating and developing employees · Handling conflict, and · Engendering trust and respect He examines specific skills, behaviors, and situations where a Type B mindset is advantageous and suggests ways that self-described Type A managers can boost their effectiveness by adopting Type B approaches—and vice versa.