Leadership for Global Hospitality

Running head: LEADERSHIP FOR GLOBAL HOSPITALITY 1
Leadership for Global Hospitality
Name
Institutional Affiliation

LEADERSHIP FOR GLOBAL HOSPITALITY 2
Leadership for Global Hospitality
Introduction
Leadership refers to the ability of an individual influencing people or a group of people
with the aim of achieving the set goals and objectives of an organization. Leadership requires all
the departments of the organization to be motivated and harmonized by coordinating the people
working in those sections towards achieving the set goals and objectives. To achieve good
leadership in an organization, the leader(s) should develop and practice good leadership skills
which motivates and encourages the people they lead. Consequently, having leadership in every
department ensure that all the activities done or to be done are flowing towards the common goal
mark. Leadership requires all the people to respect the opinions, ideas and the set rules and
regulations (Adair, 2013).
Effective leadership requires sufficient skills to handle issues and provide the way
forward despite the many challenges that accompanies leadership. Leadership can be under one
person leading a group of people or it can be found by assigning the duty of leading others.
Moreover, leadership does not necessarily require the individual to have knowledge of the
department to lead; but one should possess leadership skills for changing the department from a
less performing to a more performing department. For an effective leadership, there should exist
a cordial and strong relationship between the leader, the individuals being led and the
management (Ambrose, 2003).
Consequently, for leadership to be effective, the leader and supporting staff should work
together to ensure that all the activities are done within the stipulated timeline. However, for the
leadership portfolio to be effective, it should include building professions to learn, creating the
spaces for reflecting and coordinating so as to accomplish the set goals (Palmisano, 2011).

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Personal Leadership
As a leader, I intend to be a respectable, well behaved and reliable leader to my company
and family by providing them with necessary basic needs and bringing up a well-cared family. I
intend to provide them with the necessary support and working tirelessly towards developing my
community. By initiating constructive and profitable projects and activities in my society, I
aspire to provide them with the necessary leadership skills, and encouraging them to corporate so
as to accomplish the project ( Jay, 2009).
By providing them with the reliable and complete information, I aspire to work with the
members of the community so as to grow and develop as a whole. In addition to this, I intend to
plan the strategies, activities and the time frame for carrying out the work and the projects
currently undergoing in the society. Encouraging the community based groups like the local
sports team while building the society helps in identifying the weak areas to be adjusted. Thus, I
intend to learn from the leaders, practice their leadership techniques and encourage coordination
among the team players.
As leader, I intend to ensure public participation in building the community so as to
realize the development of the community. The participation will ensure that right or correct
activities are carried out and responsibility encouraged and motivation. Responsibility and
accountability will help the leader to exercise good leadership. To achieve this, I intend to
delegate activities to them with aim of encouraging hard work and responsibility to their actions.
Practicing good leadership skills and practices will encourage effective communication
with the intention of delegating duties, motivating them, encouraging creativity and at the end
receiving feedback from my family and the society at large.
Personal Attributes

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The traits or characteristics exhibited in the chapter regarding my leadership portfolio
responsible for distinguishing me as an individual include the communicating skills, being
technically competent, being flexible in terms of performing the work, being determined and
persistent, and the ability to working peacefully with fellow co-workers (Boggs, 2003).
As a manager of the shop, my role was to employ an assistant to share the activities and
responsibilities of handling the clients and the suppliers. Having invited my colleague to apply
for the position, I discovered that he had the customer care skills despite the fact that he has
never worked in a cafe. I employed Mike to be my assistant in the shop and he proved that he
can be as well a good manager of the shop. This is because through his flexibility in handling
different activities without delaying the clients and working smartly while serving the clients
(Valencia, 2007).
Consequently, Mike was determined to work and he put his energy and efforts towards
performing his duties and tasks. No matter how much he failed, he never gave out but his
persistence helped him achieve his goal of becoming a good manager. Mike was competent
enough because he was able to finish his targets within the stipulated timeframe and he used to
work perfectly with little correction. While working with him, I never encountered any cases of
wrangles nor misunderstanding as we had regular communication during our working period.
Nevertheless, the good communication skills full of courtesy and respect, helped us to handle
clients who were initially difficult to handle.
The other traits in the work place include the ability of being loyal, i.e. being trusted by
the employer or fellow workmates and the public at large, skills for solving problems, practicing
good ethics of work, being honest, good listening skills, being industrious and creative, being