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Hot Topics for Restaurant Managers
On the off chance that you have a spare minute to take a break during this busy time of year, check out the hot topics for restaurant managers we’ve been tracking lately. Guest Experience It’s no surprise that restaurant managers and operators are focused on the guest...
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The ROI of Training
The way you see restaurant training probably depends on how effective and cost-effective your experience with it has been. Perspective is everything. Do you look at employee training as a process, or an event? In order to see ROI, your training needs to be directly...
Top 10 Team Vulnerabilities
Every team has weaknesses. In professional sports, competitors study their rivals to identify and exploit those weaknesses. It may not be as blatant in the restaurant business, but your competition is essentially doing the same thing – just waiting for you to fail....
Enhancing Your Training Initiatives through Teamwork
Training and teamwork go hand in hand, and you need them both to run a successful restaurant. Your restaurant’s success depends on both working together seamlessly. Think about it – your team can’t begin to work together if they’re not trained on both the soft and...
Can You Spare Some Change?
Change nothing, and nothing changes. So unless you’re completely satisfied with the performance of your restaurant exactly as it is, change is not just inevitable, it’s necessary. Some change in your restaurant might be brought about by circumstances beyond your...
4 Elements of Successful Restaurant Teams
You’ve heard it — or maybe even said it — so many times that the mere mention of team can be perceived by your staff as nothing more than lip service. You can almost hear the empty promise: "Sure, coach, I’ll pitch in for the team." Yeah, right. In this business, too...
Turn Slackers into High Performers
We’ve all heard of the 80/20 rule: Your superstars generate the most sales and profits. Even if it’s not so dramatic in the restaurant industry, aside from your “A” players, the key to your success is your “B” players. This group typically makes up about 50 percent of...
Make Your Restaurant a Hostile-Free Work Environment
Restaurants can be like pressure cookers. In the back of the house, employees work in close quarters where speed and accuracy rule. In the front of the house, servers have to be on the top of their game to deliver exceptional service and sales worthy of big tips....
Restaurant Training to Improve Teamwork and Sales
Everything is fine. Customers are happy, employees are content… things are going well. So what’s missing? Maybe it’s that spark – that passion – that turns a job into a way of life. Your job as an operator is to build and feed that passion in your team members through...
Communicate Like the Leader You Are Meant to Be
It’s easy to communicate, right? For example, a restaurant manager says to a server, “Your check averages are the lowest on staff. Get your act together!” While that's technically communication, it's not effective, and it happens way too often. Anyone can communicate,...
Wanna Fight? Resolving Conflict in Your Restaurant
Not too many people want to argue, disagree, or openly oppose the views of their teammates or boss. Yet, it’s often those opposing views that can bring about productive and positive change for your restaurant. Yes, it’s true — conflict can be a good thing and can lead...
Take One for the Team
It’s not my section. My customer. My job. My problem. It’s not, it’s not, it’s not… As managers, we often hear more about a person’s lack of responsibilities than we hear about their actual duties or abilities. And, if that happens more than once with an employee, the...
Communication Problems? Stop Talking and Start Listening
There’s no doubt about it – restaurant managers spend a lot of time talking. On any given shift, you likely have conversations or correspondence almost non-stop. You communicate with employees, customers, vendors, and the list goes on. If you had to guess, how many...
