coaching in hotel management

Question

Ms Selome, who was working as junior chef at Hilton Addis, is just transferred to and started a new job at Radisson BLU Hotel in Addis, as a main chef. The senior chef at the Radisson BLU Hotel, Mr Fisseha, has already identified some skill gaps on Ms Selome and would like to recommend a strategy to fill the identified gaps, to the Hotel’s Senior Management.

1.     Should the recommendation from the Senior Chef. Mr Fisseha, be a Coaching session or Mentoring one? And, why? (20 points)

Answer 1

The recommendation from the Senior Chef, Mr. Fisseha, should be a mentoring session. Mentoring sessions aim to implement certain skills and abilities to the mentee in order to further develop their abilities and make them more successful in a particular area or subject. In this case, Mr. Fisseha should mentor Ms. Selome on the skill gaps that have been identified, in order to build Ms. Selome's skill set so that she can become a more successful chef.