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            professional life. Narrating her
            own personal experience, she
            went on to explain the elements
            of Emotional Intelligence and
            their role in Leadership. Self-
            awareness, self regulation, social
            awareness, empathizing with
            team members and relationship
            management are among the major
            skills in developing the ability
            to understand and recognize and
            manage one’s own emotions as
            well as emotions of others. The
            key word that sums it all up is
            Empathy.
                                                                                          SJ Enterprises LLP

                                             Experiences to enhance business,   International Housekeepers
                                               having a session titled,    Summit 2024, Aakash Dharamsey
                                                 ‘Impression Mastery!      – Director, ADD Laundry
                                                  Elevating Personal       Concepts and a pioneer in the field
                                                   Presence,’ provided     of Laundy across India, focussed
                                                    a quick guideline to   on “Automation in Laundry”. By
                                                    making a positive first   integrating AI-driven systems,
                                                    impression. Monica     robotic handling, and smart
                                                    Jain – Principal Seth M   washing solutions, operations can
                                                    R Jaipuria School and   achieve significant improvements
                                                   International Etiquette   in speed, cost savings, and quality
                                                  and Protocol Consultant   control. These technologies not
                                                 conducted an interactive   only optimize processes but
                                               session citing relevant     also ensure consistency, which
                                                                           is crucial for maintaining high
                                            examples from the industry.    standards, particularly in large-
                                             Participating as a speaker    scale operations like hotels and
                                            and Q&A panel member at the    hospitals.
              The Talk Show was summed
            up by Dhammike Dasanayake –
            Founder and Member of Advisory
            Board, Sri Lanka Housekeepers
            Association…clearly the future
            of housekeeping seeks bespoke
            solutions in Automation and
            Mechanization but the core
            of operations is dependent on
            people. For this reason, every
            Housekeeper must develop their
            Emotional Quotient to enhance
            the leadership of the team.
              They say that you never get
            a second chance to make a first
            impression. In a people -oriented
            industry which relies on Client





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