Sitting with a Stammvater

Remember those after-work gatherings at La Ferme after burning our brains with student projects Maybe you went to unwind, to chat with friends before going home, or to drink student days after-work gatherings but, thankfully, we have regular Stamm events around the world to keep the #EHLSpirit alive. Today, we’ll hear from Luzern’s Stammvater, Christian Laue; how he got started in the Stamm, the challenges keeping it alive, and more

Interview with Christian Laue

Tell us about yourself

CL: I graduated from the BSC program in 2005, French section I’ve only worked for a short time in the hospitality industry having moved to the insurance, and pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis

Currently, I’m quite active in the Basel Alumni network and I happy to have been elected as Stammvater of Luzern. Now I starting work in a consulting company

It’s been a few months since you were elected as Stammvater of the Luzern Stamm, congrats! What drove you to apply for this position?

CL: Thank you so much To me, the Stamm is very important and it’s wonderful to have these events where people have the chance to gather and reconnect with their EHL peers

But the former committee was almost dissolving and, wanting to keep it alive, altogether with Simon, I stepped up Our goal is to bring diverse cultures and industries together (going beyond pure hospitality) and form what the Stamm really should be about: a strong community with this one big thing that unites them–the EHL spirit

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This July edition of the eJournal will focus on transformation and we understand that Stamm Luzern will go through one. That’s exciting. What are the challenges you see in the next three years?

CL: To me, there are two main challenges Firstly, the prior committee had five people whose shoes will be extremely hard to fill. We need to attract the EHL community with a program that gives value so they remain active in the community We can’t solely rely on the relationships the former committee had; we need to nurture them

Secondly, it’s becoming harder to attract a great number of active EHL students who are either in internships or who have just graduated This makes it more difficult to integrate them from the beginning into the Stamms

A concern of mine is that, upon graduating, students won’t work in hospitality anymore and this will impact their ability to perceive the value of joining the Stamm We need to convey our worth Be it in a social way, be it in a professional way, or even for those who are

As Stammvater, Is there any message you would like to send to the community?

CL: Be proud of your achievements together and continue to be part of one of the bigg networks in the world Join us at the next Stamm event

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