Who is leading the leaders in recovery?

Capturing knowledge and experience from a mentor is an important part of leadership at any period in an individual’s career.

“Strong leaders who are bold, better, smarter and understand the need to invest in themselves by finding a coach and/or a mentor is what this industry needs”. CARRIE FABRIS

But we’re in a period in everyone’s work life that has no historical precedent or playbook for anyone to learn from.

And that’s a bit of a problem as companies try to figure out what they need to do for their strategies and their staff.

Personal mentorship is one way of learning from those who have developed strategies over the years to help business leaders unravel the complexities of corporate life, generally, as well as when specific issues need addressing at a time of crisis.

At a broader level, perhaps there is an opportunity – as I’ve suggested before – for a more collaborative approach to dealing with the crisis.

Yes, brands compete and the recovery will renew the intense rivalries that exist across the sector, but the wellbeing of the sector and its people can be achieved with cooperation and sharing of knowledge in a transparent and altruistic way.

It sounds rather Utopian, to some extent, but leaders, managers, and others with responsibility for a strategy, operations, or staff should consider such tactics for the greater good of bringing an industry along through the process.

The travel and tourism industry on a special note is continuously lagging behind on this specific matter and heads and chief executive officers of the corporate companies are still straggling to find time to invest in themselves. However, the Covid19 pandemic has given everyone a forced time off and this has mostly been a turning point for many towards self-investment.