![\"\"](\"\/bhr\/files\/2021\/04\/BHR-Article-Photos-May-2021-7.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
By:<\/strong> Arun Upneja, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA View From the Top\u201d may have been the title of this Boston Hospitality Review issue on Leadership if we weren\u2019t where we are today. Over the past year since the pandemic struck, we have seen and heard leaders, from chefs to CEOs, in this most trying of times, working to keep up the faith that we will make it through this crisis together. The pandemic has humbled us all and prompted leaders to take a deep look <\/span>within<\/span><\/i> themselves and their businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Through this metaphorical \u201cwar,\u201d as some of this issue\u2019s authors describe the fight to keep going, true leadership means recognizing that the worth of a company comes from people, not profits. You will find in this most timely issue on Leadership, thoughtfully produced by Editors, Drs. Taylor Peyton<\/a><\/span> and Priyanko Guchait<\/a><\/span>, that leadership is in a deep state of not just <\/span>evolution<\/span><\/i> but <\/span>revolution<\/span><\/i> and rebirth right now. Whether you, our readers, are in a leadership position or aspire to be in one, the topics addressed in this issue from the perspectives of both academics and practitioners in the industry, will help you to rethink and rebuild the way you do business.<\/span><\/p>\n Modern-day hospitality pioneer and restaurateur <\/span>Danny Meyer<\/span><\/a><\/span>,<\/span> who recently received the prestigious ICON award at BU SHA\u2019s annual Hospitality Leadership Summit<\/a>, reflected on this momentous and transformational period. He expressed that closing his restaurants during COVID provided the rare opportunity, as he put it, to \u201cdry dock the ship\u201d and inspect it in its entirety, illuminating the parts in need of serious repair. Although there is still much work to be done to restore the broken pieces, with optimism for the future, Danny shared his renewed understanding and appreciation of the meaning of hospitality. He distilled it into one word: \u201chope.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I, too, feel that hospitality provides hope for a better and brighter future. Hope does not exert itself \u201cfrom the top\u201d downward. Much like effective leadership, hope rises to the top and uplifts all those in its midst.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And on the leadership note, I hope you will join me in celebrating the rising leaders graduating this year who will shape the future of hospitality in positive, productive, and exciting new ways!<\/span><\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"\/bhr\/files\/2021\/03\/Upneja-1-424x636-1.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n