{"id":2586,"date":"2026-09-03T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstone-hospitality.global\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:16:49","slug":"hospitality-leadership-skills-gap-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstone-hospitality.global\/de\/hospitality-leadership-skills-gap-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Kluft der F\u00fchrungskompetenzen in der Hotellerie im Jahr 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The hospitality leadership skills gap is a divergence between two rates rather than a shortage of people. Here is what it is made of, and what closes it.<\/p>\n

\"Florian
By Florian Kittler · September 3, 2026<\/div>
Managing Partner, Cornerstone Hospitality · ~18 min. read<\/div><\/div><\/div>\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The hospitality leadership skills gap<\/a><\/strong> is described as a shortage, as though there were a finite pool of qualified people and the industry had run out. That framing is comfortable, because a shortage is somebody else’s problem. It is also wrong.<\/p>\n

What the numbers actually describe is a divergence. The demand for leadership is growing quickly, in a sector forecast to support 376 million jobs in 2026 and add almost 89 million more over the coming decade [1]<\/a>. The supply of people ready to lead is growing slowly, or not at all. Both lines are rising, which is exactly why nobody notices the distance between them until a seat opens.<\/p>\n

This piece sets out what the gap actually consists of, why it behaves the way it does in hospitality specifically, what it costs in terms a board will recognize, and what closes it. We run searches into these seats. So the view here is from the point in the process where the gap becomes undeniable: the moment somebody has to be appointed.<\/p>\n