Hiring a General Manager

A General Manager one of the most responsible position in a hotel, Hiring him..naaaa.. hiring the right one...ummm!!! one of the biggest challenge.

So what do u see and how do u interview him:

The first thing I see is his experiance but more in that is to see how long has he worked in each institution. A person might have worked in many places but it can be that he has just been there for a year or two. This shows his incapability to adapt with the management. He has a very differnat view towards doing his job and is not able to follow the orders of the CEO or it can be that he is not able to convince about his ideas that it can be successful, The probability can also be that he cannot call the shots,

The other thing i have seen is that when u interview you should be able to question him on the industry he was previously working, this will help u easily find out how he was performing, A little twisted questions and he will be caught. U can catch him on this basis, one simple example is to ask him how well do u know ur competitors around u, and if he fumbles u know how good he is. There are other questions like how was your relationship with the suppliers, mangement, CEO, what was the ARR u were maintaing etc.. u can jus go on with it.

The next thing u should see is how does he react to ur question, is it to the point, or he is jus beating around the bush,

One thing i have got a wisdom taught from my dad is...

"Hiring a GM may get u into a better position or it may happen the opposite that u may jus get worser than ever"

This fear will make u even more careful while choosing the right one or the wrong one. The GM is a position where he can easily loot u and u want even know a damn thing. or he can be the person who can take u beyond the horizons. If u have to reach this post please remember one important thing, Where ever u work alwayz keep a strong successful profile in ur surronding markets, this is one thing the CEO's will look for while hiring. The other thing is that alwayz speak to the point and when u are asked a question answer to the point and if u dont know make it sure that if u choose to beat around the bush.. u r sure to get caught, jus say I dont have enough knowledge on this and this will clear doubts and shows ur straight forwardness.