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12/05/2016

Are you a mediocre boss? How to identify them!

It`s not easy, but not impossible.
There are many and different types of leaders, there are good ones and bad ones ( I don't want to extend myself with the uncountable numbers of adjectives) then there is the Mediocre.
To work near one of them (the Mediocre) can affect your emotional health, so you need to identify him (or her) as soon as you can.

During my career I knew a lot of leaders and now I am sharing with you the five points to detect the leader who won't help you at all during your journey in the company.


1. The Mediocre always knows the answer

If you make a interesting suggestion to your boss, he or she will always find a way to belittle or ignore. Mediocrity is accompanied by arrogance and never threatens the authority, so always come with answers like: "I had already thought of that" or "you do not know how this company works."

A good leader knows how to listen and ask more questions to good proposals, always thinks about the team is flexible.

2. The mediocre leaders always emphasize what is being done wrong.

For a team to grow is necessary to highlight the achievements of their peers, that would make a good leader. Conversely, a mediocre leader always point errors, even if it's represented only 1% of the work, the other 99% of good job will be discarded to make room for error.

The mediocre leader just want to maintain everything under his (or her)  control,  to create divisions into the team and unbalance their workers. If you are afraid to work because at any moment can make a mistake, you need to consider two things: 1st you have a bad leader and 2nd you are losing the ability to achieve great things.

3. The mediocre bosses never work with people better than them

Strong leaders hire people they trust, that means they trust themselves and  others also who can help him to improve their management.
The mediocre bosses doubt themselves and have constant fear to be replaced because they don't feel capable enough and they just  want to work with people who only execute orders and not question.

4.The mediocre bosses do not want to hear other ideas

In a well-led team they are constantly sharing ideas to solve problems and obstacles that may arise to the group; It is almost a challenge to deepen the more intractable problems and address them bearing in mind all their staff.
In the other corner, a poorly led team that only obey, they don't say and they don't  know anything about the problems, probably because if they know about, they could threaten the authority.

5. Mediocre bosses are afraid ... very afraid!

The key to understand the behaviour of a mediocre boss is to observe his distrust, because they are afraid not only to their bosses, their peers and also even his own shadow. They feel always at the limit, so constantly lash out against people who do not fit their malicious temperament.


After reading this post, take a look at your leader, then evaluate and compare him (or her) with the list, after that, you know what do you need to do: run like an a devil so far as you can or invite him (or her) for a drink.

10/05/2016

Nice deco, good prices and excellence service.

I had a chat with my son. 
Actually I have always chats with my son but this time we were talking about my job. 
He is 9 years old and his passion is rugby, so far from hospitality business where I work.


We were in front of one restaurant and I asked him: 

- Imagine you want to increase the business.If you need customers to come, What do you do? 
- Very easy Dad, nice deco, good prices and excellence service. 
- Well, do you forget something?
- No. it's simple like that
- What about food quality?
- Are you joking? This is not an option, it must be "the top" like at home, isn't it?

Nine years old. 
Of course he doesn't know about Market, status, revenue, P&L, etc but he knows the Secrets already.
I wonder if he get it so easy and quick, why most of the business men don't?

The conversation went on, he talked about all the restaurants that we use to go and the reasons why we always go there to have lunch or dinner.

- Dad, you love The Balcon because is lovely and the service is excellent.
- How do you know that? you have never been there!
- Yeah but Mom always talk about it with her friends when we go to Sofia´s home. But I prefer  Loch Fyne in Covent Garden, or Five Guys instead.

It make sense. You can find the three ingredients he mentioned before in the two places (well, Five Guys... but he is 9 so is good)

The Hospitality business it's so easy. There are no secrets. A 9 years old kid know it!!

If something doesn't work is because the people who works there doesn't care or because the Managers don't care about, and if they don't care is because the Company doesn't care.
The domino effect.

Somebody should do something about it, otherwise to hire a new F&B Director it can be a waste time.

Perhaps to hire a rugby player could be an option, isn't it? 

05/05/2016

Frases de mi Gurú favorito

Hoy no va de F&B, ni de hoteles ni lugares exóticos, hoy solo es una reflexión, como la que puede escribir o pensar cualquiera de ustedes.

Consejos de cada día

Me encantan las frases en general. 
Soy un adicto a la lectura desde que tengo uso de razón, bueno, mejor dicho desde pequeño ya que no hace mucho que tengo uso de razón, a pesar de haber pasado los cuarenta.

Mi padre tenía una caja de madera, con cientos de tarjetas, del tipo de visita pero con frases célebres, venían en los paquetes de cigarrillos y él las había coleccionado hasta que dejaron de aparecer. 
Yo las leía de vez en cuando, me gustaban, pero había tantas que al final me cansaba. Había frases de todo tipo, la gran mayoría eran frases de pensadores y filósofos, así conocí yo la existencia de Sófocles, Pilatos, Chevallier, Oscar Wilde, y un sinfín de etcéteras.

A medida que fui creciendo, me seguí interesando por la lectura, incluso me interesó hasta la ciencia, uno de mis ídolos llegó a ser el mismísimo Albert Einstein, pero por aquel entonces el Instituto Balseiro con sus reglas estrictas acabó por desmontar mis planes.

Volviendo al tema de las frases, el tiempo siguió su evolución y hasta se publicaron libros con ellas, incluso con explicación añadida, para aquellos que carecemos de capacidad interpretativa, como ejemplo tenemos Piensa, es gratis con un repertorio de frases que hacen reflexionar a más de uno.



Redes Sociales +  Internet

Bueno, aquí el abanico de frases célebres se multiplica por millones, y si le sumamos las chorradas sarcásticas e irónicas que adornan la situación política y social de la actualidad, la cifra de frases célebres se hace incalculable.
No hay duda que muchas frases son de puro sentido común, otras son algo lacrimógenas, o reflexivas, motivadoras, en fin, que hay para todos los gustos.
Basta con leerse un resumen de esas frases y ya nos podemos convertir en el GGM de moda, Gran Gurú Motivador. Y si nos atrevemos a hablar de Liderazgo,coaching y motivación, podemos hasta ir soñando con un Pulitzer (siempre y cuando sepamos lo que es eso)
Hay frases sobre todos los temas, y las dicen los personajes más variopintos, no los voy a mencionar aquí por respeto a los que leen, pero más de un inepto dice cosas sensatas aunque más no sea por casualidad.


Motivación personal


Automotivación no es un palabra que me guste mucho, por eso prefiero Motivación personal, suena mejor.
Es muy fácil pretender ser el GGM de moda, bastar copiar y pegar en nuestro blog unas frases contundentes y ya está, que nuestros contactos le den a "me gusta" "compartir" "favoritos" "retwitear" que nuestra lista de seguidores crezca y es así como se alcanza la fama, con las frases de otros. Buen punto!


Quien las dice y cómo las dice

Nos gustan las frases célebres o de moda, admiramos a esos personajes actuales, la mayoría del modelo americano de "hechos a si mismos", incluso tenemos pensadores que hasta son humanos y cercanos, Pep Guardiola, Loquillo, Fernando Trueba, que se enfrascan en conversaciones trascendentales gracias a un banco, que intenta humanizarse y llegar a las personas por medio de esta publicidad.

Las paridas de esta gente son sencillamente geniales, sueltan perlas unas tras otras de una manera tan natural que hasta nos parece no solo elocuente, incluso nos creemos que hasta nosotros podemos conseguirlo. Es ese el fin, el objetivo? Que pensemos que nosotros también podemos

Frases contundentes dichas por  Emilio Botín, o Amancio Ortega, que suenan hasta creíbles e incluso hasta casi los dignifican a ellos como personas.

No hay dudas que las frases ayudan, a mi más de una me hace reflexionar, y como soy un común mortal, como la mayoría de todos los que se cruzan con estas letras, puede que hasta me las crea.



A vivir que son dos días

Las frases te hacen pensar, las publicidades te manipulan, todo está preestablecido por un orden e interés superior. Superior a qué? A nosotros. 
Todo está perfectamente sincronizado para que el mensaje nos llegue, alto y claro, así nos compramos ese coche que sale en la tele, o hacemos ese viaje que seguro nos merecemos, porque de última aplicamos la famosa y mundialmente conocida frase " a vivir que son dos días"
Por eso yo ......
No digo todo lo que pienso, porque sencillamente, pienso todo lo que digo