Help! How do I engage my team with new ‘Green’ actions?
Last week I was invited to speak at the Hospitality & Tourism Expo organized by the Restaurants Association of Ireland.
When I finished my presentation the audience and I had an opportunity for a quick Q&A, with one questions coming up several times:
How can I get my team to engage with Green Actions?
This is a recurring issue for many business owners and a difficult barrier to get through.
While I do not have all the answers, namely because this barrier involves human psychology and our adversity to “change”… I do have 8 tips that you can try out:
- You cannot implement a Green Programme alone if you run a medium to large business. Period. You will need a Green Manager and a Green Team. Choose these people with care. The first instinct here would be to work with all your heads of department, but while they need to be involved in some capacity, it is important that you do not forget about your Junior Staff. There might be many hidden “green...
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Raquel Noboa
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Raquel Noboa moved to Ireland from her native Spain in 1998 and has been working in the Irish hospitality sector since then. As an independent consultant, Raquel specialised in Greening businesses by reducing their use of water and energy, and their production of waste. Raquel won the title of Irish Hospitality Institute (IHI) Environmental Manager of the Year in 2015. She also led Hotel Doolin to win the Platinum Award on Green Hospitality in 2014, twice winner of the Tourism & Entertainment Award 2015 & 2016 from the National Green Awards, IBEC Environmental Awards 2016 amongst others. In 2020 Raquel started working with Secondary Schools in Ireland through the Building a Greener Future programme, to give the young generations the knowledge and skills they require to calculate their home and school's carbon emissions, so we can help build a society that is carbon conscious in the future and assist the government's NetZero targets.
