Choosing a corporate position
选择去集团总部工作Alphonse L. Johnson， 2014年4月4日
当提到在酒店、度假村或餐厅工作时，人们通常认为进入集团总部工作才算是进入了职业的“圣殿”。下面的指南会帮助你评估在集团总部工作的优势和劣势，并提出了一些策略让你在获得最多经验的同时把风险降到最低。
这些建议都是基于我的职业生涯提出的，我的职业生涯大约2/3在集团旗下的酒店，1/3在集团总部。我在32岁的时候第一次被提升至瑰丽酒店（Rosewood）客房部总监，我最近担任过的两个职位是首席运营官。
个人经验综述：
管理公司员工：影响比指挥更有效。
你的技能、个性和工作方法会被很多人所关注。
当你被派去协调集团和酒店老板之间的沟通时，你的交际能力将受到考验。
会有频繁的出差，这真不是一句玩笑话（我超过400万英里的航空里程可以证明这一点）。
金融技能和MBA学位是现在胜任公司高管职位必不可少的条件。
你会怀念大家在运营团队中一起工作的友情。
你将很少见到集团中的其他同事，因为他们也在出差。
无论哪个职位都是既有好处也有挑战。最关键的是这个职位是否适合你，是否适合你的家庭生活以及符合你的职业追求。下面是一个简短的问题清单，将帮助你找出属于你自己的答案。
我为什么想去集团总部工作？
职业发展到了这样一个阶段，需要一个身负多重责任的职位。
我需要一个新挑战。
我想挣更高的工资。
我的家人希望我在晚上，周末和假期的时候能在家里陪伴他们。
事实是：
在总部工作你会身负多重责任。你将主要和那些亟需帮助的酒店打交道，这无疑会让你增加许多解决问题的经验。
只有当你在同一家酒店同一个职位工作已经超过三年的情况下，才有必要考虑去集团总部工作。但是如果你继续在酒店中工作下去的话同样也会有更多的挑战和机遇。
除非你的职位头衔以“首席”开头，否则在集团和在酒店的薪资水平大致相同。
我去总部工作之后我家人见到我的时间更少了，因为需要出差。
去集团总部工作会对我的职业生涯产生怎样的影响？
去集团总部工作就意味着永远离开实践操作的运营类工作了。
去集团总部工作是一个跳板 — 以后以一个更高的职位重新回到酒店做运营类工作。
我需要加强我在总部办公室的人际关系以更快升职。
去集团总部工作将对我个人产生什么影响？
我希望作息更加规律。
我喜欢60%以上的时间都不在家。
我将怀念在团队中工作。
回答这些问题会帮助你规划和决定以后要走的道路。
总之，在企业中工作还是非常值得的，也可以让你拥有更广阔的职业发展前景，但是你个人需要付出很大代价。一个两全其美的办法就是为你在企业中的工作期限设限，2-3年最佳，这样你在企业中的工作既可以增强你的技能，也可以让你接触到公司的领导层。
请分享你对于企业工作的想法和经历。
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Choosing a corporate position
by Alphonse L. Johnson 4 April 2014
When working at a hotel, resort or restaurant, people often think that the holy grail of positions is a position in the corporate office. The following pointers will help you assess the plusses and minuses of a corporate position, and suggest some strategies to maximize the experience and minimize the risks.
These recommendations are based on my career where I spent approximately 2/3 of my time on property and 1/3 in the corporate world. I was first promoted to a corporate position as a director of rooms for Rosewood, when I was 32 years old, my two most recent positions have as COO.
My general observations are that:
1.Corporate staff are more successful if they influence, rather than direct.
2.Your skills, character, and approach are now scrutinized under a dozen microscopes, rather than one.
3.Your diplomacy skills will be tested as you are called to bridge gaps between your company and owners.
4.Frequent travel is not fun (I have flown over 4 million air miles to prove it.)
5.Financial skills and an MBA are essential today for a senior corporate position.
6.You will miss the camaraderie of working as part of an operations team.
7. You will see your corporate colleagues infrequently as they will also be traveling.
As with any position there are benefits and challenges. The overriding question is whether a corporate position is right for you, your family and career. The following short list of questions should help you answer the overriding question for yourself.
1.Why do I want a corporate position?
a)Career move to have multi-unit responsibility.
b) I need a new challenge.
c) I want to earn a bigger salary.
d) My family would like to have me home during the evenings, weekends and holidays.
Reality check:
a)Corporate positions will provide the multi-unit responsibility. There is no doubt that you will gain more problem solving experience since you will be working primarily with the properties that need the most help.
b) This should only be the case if you have been at the same property in the same position for over 3 years. However, there are always more challenges and opportunities on property as well.
c) Unless your title starts with “Chief”, corporate salaries are usually similar to on-property salaries.
d) My family saw me far less in my corporate role than when I was on property, due to the travel required.
2.How will a corporate position affect my career?
a)The corporate position will be a permanent move away from operations.
b) The corporate position is a stepping stone for a future promotion back into operations.
c) I need to improve my network in the corporate office to move ahead more quickly.
3.How will a corporate position affect me personally?
a)I am looking forward to a more regular schedule.
b) I will enjoy being away from my home base 60%+ of the time.
c) I will miss working in a team environment.
Answering these questions should help you formulate and decide the path for you to follow.
In conclusion, working in a corporate position is very rewarding and can enhance your career prospects, but there is a high personal price to pay. One way to have the best of both worlds is to set a time limit on your corporate assignment, ideally 2-3 years, so that you can experience a corporate position thereby increasing your skills, and exposure to company leadership.
Please share your thoughts and experiences on corporate positions.
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