When your teams perform based on assumptions, service becomes unpredictable. Five different people deliver your standards in five different ways. Guests don't know what to expect. Your managers keep fixing same issues.
The Clarity Crisis
A lot of leaders link inconsistent service to staff members' motivation or attitude issues. But It's Not.
Often your team lacks clarity. Meaning your current SOPs, approach in training are not answering their key questions:
Even experienced people, those from big brands, have questions and don't automatically bring the right service behaviours to the floor.
If any of this sounds familiar
My name is Marina La Grange, and I’ve spent over 17 years in premium & luxury hospitality. Before transitioning into Training & Quality leadership, I started in operations — from lobby hostess at Rocco Forte to managing Club Lounge (both Front Office and F&B) at InterContinental.
I’ve been:
And through all those roles, I saw one pattern kept repeating. Training is talked about as essential — but treated as a burden. It’s seen as important but canceled the moment operations get busy. It’s understandable. But it points on the lack of working system.
I founded Devout Hospitality to help independent hotels & restaurants build training systems that work. Systems that: reduce onboarding time, improve scores and online ratings, maximize revenue and free up leadership time.
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