Are Your Students and Young Professionals Ready for the Real World of Work?
Next-Gen Hospitality Leaders supports early-career and next-generation professionals as they step into work and leadership, building confidence, clarity, resilience, and human skills needed to thrive.
A leadership ecosystem trusted by individuals, parents, schools, and companies across hospitality and people-first industries.
"Leadership isn’t built in a day. It’s nurtured over time, with the right support."
Isabelle von Burg, Founder of NGHL
Today, 70% of young professionals leave within their first year.
Not because they lack talent, but because they lack support during the transition.
What Really Happens After Graduation, and Why NGHL Exists
Graduation is not the finish line. It is the starting point.
Young professionals step into the world of work with high expectations and little support. Some are still searching for clarity, unsure of their direction and asking themselves what kind of role, environment, or path truly fits them.
Others take opportunities, give their best, and over time realise something is missing. Alignment. Meaning. Space to grow. That is often when doubt starts to surface.
Next-Gen Hospitality Leaders exists to support this critical transition, helping young professionals gain clarity, align their choices with their values, and step confidently into the professional world.
What is NGHL?
Next-Gen Hospitality Leaders is an online leadership accelerator and coaching space created for early-career and next-generation professionals stepping into the real world of work and leadership. It supports those navigating pressure, uncertainty, and key career decisions, while building self-confidence, presence, and clarity.
NGHL offers private one-to-one coaching, small-group coaching, and a supportive peer community guided by experienced mentors. Members develop essential power skills such as emotional intelligence, decision-making, resilience, and leadership presence, helping them grow with confidence while staying aligned and balanced.
Whether someone is exploring their next step, starting a new role, or stepping into greater responsibility, NGHL offers a human and structured space to grow with real-life impact.
Built on Real Leadership Experience
NGHL is grounded in real leadership, not theory.
It is shaped by nearly two decades of hands-on leadership experience in high-pressure, people-first environments. Everything inside NGHL reflects real workplace dynamics, responsibility, and expectations.
What participants develop is immediately applicable in real work situations. Practical clarity, human skills, and leadership confidence that works in the real world.
20+
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Years of leadership experience
Led iconic brands including Four Seasons, The Ritz-Carlton, Lausanne Palace and more.
Happy clients
Trusted by companies across hospitality, wellness, luxury retail, banking and beyond.
The NGHL Experience
At NGHL, leadership development is not a one-off training. It is a continuous, high-impact journey designed to support growth over time and in real life.
A Rhythm That Creates Progress
NGHL follows a steady cadence shaped by coaches and mentors with senior hospitality leadership experience. This rhythm reflects real operational cycles and decision-making realities, helping participants build consistency, accountability and momentum over time.
Learning Rooted in Real Life
Every experience is grounded in real professional situations drawn from senior leadership practice in hospitality. Participants develop clarity, confidence and leadership presence through conversations and guidance informed by real-world responsibility and perspective.
A Community that Accelerates Growth
Growth happens faster when it is shared. NGHL brings together peers, mentors and coaches who have led teams, made complex decisions and navigated pressure at senior levels, creating a psychologically safe space where honest exchange drives lasting development.
NGHL adapts to individuals and organisations through a combination of community, group coaching and personalised support.
Who NGHL Is For
NGHL supports individuals shaping their careers and organisations investing in future leaders.
For Individuals
Gaining clarity, confidence and direction at key moments of transition, from early career steps to leadership roles, career changes and broader life crossroads.For Universities and Schools
Preparing graduates to transition confidently into internships and first management roles.For Companies
Developing and retaining young talent while building a strong leadership pipeline.
"Isabelle has managed to rekindle the spark of passion for this industry that had left me. The NGHL community she created is simply a true burst of kindness. All the members share the same human values, and it feels so good! And of course, the calls and conferences organized weekly have really helped me evolve, both professionally and personally."
Fanny M., Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
"I’ve known Isabelle for over seven years now, so I’m not surprised she came up with such a fresh, human-centered approach to leadership. What she has built for the next-generation of leaders is truly unique and exactly what the industry needs."
Aurélie F., Director Spa & Wellness - Switzerland
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What our clients and coachees say...
"It's been a true relief for me to hear about Next-Gen Hospitality Leaders. I joined about 8 months ago and can't stop raving about the program! For me, it’s not a duty, it’s a gift. I consider it as my personal 'me-time' to grow, reflect, and recharge."
Mara O., Quality Manager, Marriott International
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"Working with Isabelle helped me gain clarity when I felt stuck and unsure about my next move. I stopped trying to convince and started showing up with confidence. I made decisions that finally felt aligned with who I am and my values, both professionally and personally."
Sam L., Young Professional, Hospitality
The Leader Behind the Movement...
With over 20 years of senior leadership experience in global luxury hospitality, Isabelle von Burg has led teams at iconic institutions including Lausanne Palace, The Ritz-Carlton, Mandarin Oriental and Four Seasons.
After years on the front line of operations and leadership, she founded Next-Gen Hospitality Leaders to address a challenge she witnessed repeatedly across organisations and schools: talented young professionals entering the workplace without the support needed to truly thrive.
As a certified business coach and leadership mentor, Isabelle combines real-world operational experience with a people-first, human-centric approach to leadership development. Through structured guidance, peer learning and personalised support, she helps emerging leaders build confidence, clarity and long-term performance, both professionally and personally.
By 2027, Millennials and Gen Z will represent 75% of the global workforce.
Is your organization ready to help them grow into the leaders of tomorrow?
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Curious to explore how NGHL can support your next step?
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