soft skills
How To Be a Successful Hotel General Manager
EHL Insights | October 29, 2024
In the current climate, hoteliers are constantly seeking ways to become better hotel managers, opportunities to advance their careers and distinguish themselves in what is a competitive industry. This blog serves as a vital resource for hotel management professionals who aspire to elevate their skills, expand their networks, and embrace the latest trends and innovations in the field. Whether you are aiming for personal career growth, wanting to enhance guest experience, or seeking strategies to optimize your operation, you will find valuable insights and practical advice here. Discover the 5 transformative steps that will not only im...
Why Soft Skills Are the New Hard Skills in Hospitality
Benjamin Robert | July 10, 2024
By Benjamin Robert What is more important for your career progression today? High-tech skills for working with AI and Big Data or learning to work well with others and solve problems? The answer may surprise you. While it’s true that learning to use the latest technology is a big focus for upskilling these days, the skills that matter most for the future of work are not hard skills; they are people skills and cognitive skills known as soft skills. With technological advances shaping the future of the workforce landscape, the definition of essential skills is changing rapidly. Where technical abilities once reigned supreme, soft skills...
Why Hospitality Is Important as a Skill and Not Only as an Industry
EHL Insights | August 31, 2023
Well on the way to recovery post-pandemic, the global hospitality industry continues to grow, change, and diversify every year. In fact, hospitality remains one of the world's fastest-growing employment sectors, and factors such as increasing disposable income, rising demand for more diverse travel and tourism activities, and the affordability of air travel contribute to this ongoing growth. According to the Hospitality Global Market Report, the travel and tourism industry saw a growth of 15.1% in 2022. One of the sectors with the best economic performance was the hotels. In 2022, hotels generated 595,500 million more in profits than in 2...
Why Digital Leadership Is a Non-Negotiable for Future Success
EHL Insights | August 1, 2023
In today's fast-paced and constantly changing digital world, businesses and organizations face a pressing challenge: how to effectively grow digital leadership. Gone are the days when a good mastery of Powerpoint, Excel sheets, online meetings, and email was enough to succeed in a management role. In today’s workplace, digital leadership requires far more than digital literacy, it means being fluent and flexible in the digital sphere and having a fine-tuned set of technical and soft skills. As leadership roles continue to evolve rapidly, with digital technologies playing a crucial role, it’s important for managers and leaders to unders...
Top 5 Most In-Demand Soft Skills of 2023
EHL Insights | April 13, 2023
Today, more global organizations like Google, Apple, IBM and Facebook are no longer emphasizing the need for specific titles or experience and instead are shifting towards a focus on skills when considering candidates for a job. According to research by LinkedIn, the skills companies need most are determined by looking at skills that are most sought after based on six months of data (April to October 2022) from employers, hirers, and job-posters on LinkedIn. Demand is measured by identifying skills possessed by members who were hired or InMailed, as well as the skills listed in paid job postings. The results showed that employers are look...
