A collector-figure box mock-up of a stressed new 'Hospitality Manager' figure, labelled Leadership Deficit Edition, with a skills matrix showing low leadership and employee-relations scores.
24 Aug 2026
Congratulations on the Promotion. You're On Your Own Now.
Hospitality promotes its best cooks and servers into management with zero leadership training, then acts baffled when they struggle. The industry's fix for this is usually an expensive away day rather than an actual skill. I've seen this go wrong in spectacular, five-figure fashion. Here's the story, and here's what's actually missing.