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Developing Trust in the Housekeeping Staff at the Hilton St. Louis Airport
Eric Nelson, Matthew VanSchenkhof, Emily Westermier, Kendall Meyer
January 1, 2017
SKU:
BUS-004854 Region:
North America
Topic:
Strategy & General Management
Length:
3 pages
Keywords:
trust, accountability, housekeeping, hotels, hospitality, critical incident
Copyrighted by:
Journal of Critical Incidents
Student Price:
$4.00 (€3.68)
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Kendall Meyer was frustrated. He had recently started his internship in the housekeeping department for a large hotel and was experiencing credibility and performance issues from housekeeping staff that he was responsible for supervising. As a new hire and a supervisor with limited housekeeping experience, how could Kendall work toward holding his staff accountable? What could he do to build trust in his staff? This critical incident is a decision incident. It asks students to examine a relatively common problem for a new manager: how to develop trust among staff members who the manager does not know well.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate how to build trust one person at a time.
- Begin to create a climate of trust in a work team.
- Differentiate how trust is built across many constituents.