Leader As A Host
Join me and my guest Taylor Scott (leadwithhospitality.com), a best-selling author, inspirational keynote speaker, and organizational development consultant. Members of today’s workforce—especially Millennials and Gen Z—are looking for inspiring environments and work that truly fulfills them.
They admire leaders for the same reasons they Love their favorite hotels, resorts, restaurants, or bars: how they make them feel is essential. Scott knows that the most effective leaders approach their roles with heart, emotionally connecting with their team members before attempting to manage them.
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Summary
In this episode of the Soul of Business, Blaine engages with Taylor Scott, a leadership consultant and author, discussing the intersection of hospitality and leadership. Taylor shares his journey from working in the hospitality industry to developing leadership workshops, emphasizing the importance of emotional connection and the essence of gracious hospitality in effective leadership. The conversation explores the Aloha spirit and its five virtues that can enhance leadership effectiveness, as well as the significance of creating meaningful connections in both personal and professional settings.
Takeaways
- The essence of gracious hospitality is how you make people feel.
- Leadership should be approached as a service to others.
- Emotional connection is crucial for inspiring action.
- The Aloha spirit embodies compassion, encouragement, kindness, hospitality, and leadership.
- Effective leaders prioritize human connection
and emotional intelligence.
- Before inspiring others, leaders must first connect with them.
- Visibility and networking are key for personal branding.
- Leadership development can be rooted in personal experiences and stories.
- Creating a welcoming environment is essential for team success.
- The journey from hospitality to leadership can be transformative.
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Blaine Bartlett consults, advises and coaches globally with leaders, executives, companies, and governments. He is internationally recognized as a leadership development master and through his work has personally delivered programs to and worked with more than 300,00 individuals, directly impacting more than one million people worldwide.
As CEO of Avatar Resources, a global leadership consultancy he founded in 1987, he’s worked with entrepreneurs and leaders of many of the largest (and smallest) companies and organizations on the planet to change the way leadership is used to foster thriving through Compassionate Capitalism.
Blaine is a co-host of Office Hours on AppleTV as well as being featured in the TV series World’s Greatest Motivators and the movie and book Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Managing Director of the Global Coaching Alliance, a Chancellor at Napoleon Hill Institute, a longtime member of the Transformational Leadership Council and serves as a member of the teaching faculty of the American Association for Physician Leadership. Blaine sits on numerous Boards including the Board of Directors of the World Business Academy and the Unstoppable Foundation. In 2012, he was formally invested as a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, the world’s oldest humanitarian organization.
Blaine is the author of five books including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business. His newest book is The Leadership Mindset Weekly.
