Essential Tools to Help You Lead

Recommended COURSE 2 for Leaders. 10 essential tools to embrace and implement at your venue to improve performance, engage your team and deliver results.

ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO HELP YOU LEAD

This workshop is the second in VPTD's Hospitality Leadership Series and will help leaders to master ten essential hospitality leadership tools.

You will learn what these tools are, why they work and how to maximise their effectiveness to engage your team, deliver results and maintain consistency.

Frequently, these tools are employed without fully maximizing their potential impact. This session will provide leaders with a comprehensive understanding of how to extract the maximum utility from each tool, empowering them to enhance their leadership efficacy and achieve desired outcomes with greater efficiency.

Just as a master chef expertly extracts every drop of flavor from a carefully selected ingredient, effective leaders must learn to extract every ounce of goodness from the tools at their disposal.

Each tool presented is critical to building a culture of high-performance and enabling both staff and leaders to deliver exceptional results.

It is important that leaders complete The Foundations of Hospitality Leadership prior to commencement of this workshop.


Learn how to effectively use 10 tools that will help you to be a more effective leader.

  • Shift Plans
  • Briefings
  • Walk 'n Talks
  • Staff Incentives
  • Team Meetings
  • Recon Mission

....and more

Downloadable resources and templates included.


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Here's what previous attendees have to say...

After doing several training sessions with Vanessa and Sara I have learnt so much. The training allowed me to learn new ways and techniques to approach an array of scenarios!! Highly recommend!

- Amelia Rusling


It was such a pleasure working with VPTD. They have given me many powerful tools at the start of my managerial role. Their fun, interactive approach made the training sessions very enjoyable. VPTD has a great and positive impact on our team development and I am grateful to be given the opportunities to train with them.

- Cloriea Cheng


I have just completed 4 days of leadership training and I cannot recommend it highly enough. The learnings are so relevant to the hospitality industry and are practical in their approach. I am now equipped with so many tools/techniques to achieve my outcomes.

- Morgan Brady


Your Instructor


Vanessa Pollock
Vanessa Pollock

Having worked in the hospitality industry for many years both in Australia and abroad, I am absolutely committed to championing this industry as one of the most satisfying and rewarding career paths in the world. Hospitality is vibrant, energizing, ever-changing and filled with warmth and gratitude. Sure, it's not always a walk in the park: long hours, demanding guests, tough targets and wide goal posts but we get to create memories and develop teams and friendships that can last a life time.

I've been studying Hospitality Leadership for over 20 years and my driving force is to make the career path for hospitality workers fulfilling, sustainable and as easy as it can possibly be.

Connect with me on LinkedIn, follow us on Instagram or flick me an email directly at [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you.



Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
This course is available on demand. Each section of this 2 part workshop is 1.5 hours. You can start and finish anytime, or as directed by your manager.
How long do I have access to the course?
VPTD is offering this course free until July 1st 2020 in an effort to support and add value to the hospitality industry during the Covid-19 health crisis. If you have taken advantage of this offer, this course will expire on the 1st of July 2020. If you have missed out on the free offer and have purchased this course, you will have lifetime access. After enrolling, you have unlimited access as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I have questions throughout the course?
We love questions! Feel free to ask your question in the comment section located below each video. Or you are welcome to send us a message through Teachable. Teachable will then send that in an email straight to me.
Are these courses live?
No, we pre-record all the videos in the courses so that they can be access by anyone anytime.
Who should attend this course?
Anyone charged with leading people in the hospitality industry should attend this course. Supervisors, leaders in the Events space, Senior Chefs, Managers, General Managers, Sommeliers, Sous Chefs, Head Chefs and Bar Managers.
How long is this course?
This course is in two parts. You can do both parts in one sitting, or over a couple of days at times that suit you best. Each part will take you 1.5 hours to complete. In total, the entire workshop will generously take you 3 hours to compete.

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