"Influence of Thought Leader ship in the Hospitality Industry"

Innovation and performance in combination with efficient leadership are quintessential requirements to achieve the desired sustainable profitability of companies. The relationship shared by these variables is the keyto the organizational success, although there exists a complex relationship between them as per the study. The purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of leadership on the relationship between innovation and performance in the hotel sector.Leadership is the indispensable management function thatassist to channelizethe available resources of the organization for improved efficiency and on-time achievementof goals. Effective leaders extend support in understanding the purpose and then motivating and guiding the organization to realize its mission, vision and objectives. The hard-core search to find out the best leadership style in hospitality industry results in suggestions to practice open communication and people-centered leadership style.Practicing this type of leadership style proved to be most effective for the hospitality leaders,who inherently respect their employees as crucial individuals and see them as part and parcel of the team, find it much easier to command respect in return, that leading in hospitality sector needs to reflect what may be called hospitable leadership: successful leaders in hospitality demonstrate a leadership style that not only enables and inspires and sets strategic direction, truly welcoming input and viewpoints from operational staff and leadership levels