“For the longest time, I didn’t believe in the rants of gurus who said to think outside the box.”
Labor Costs Double And Will Double Again
“In the past 18 months, restaurant wages have risen at double the rate of menu prices and will double yet again in the next 18 months.”
Hands-On Or Hands-Off: What Type Of Leader Is Best?
“The “hands-on” approach thinking is one of the most confused and abused phrases in management today.”
4 Really Bad Training Nuggets & 1 Good One
“Training, as it stands in most companies, is broken. It’s transactional at best and completely irrelevant at it’s worst.”
Bad Employees Or Bad Leadership?
“I’ve never believed in “bad employees.”
The Duality of Hospitality Employees
“If you spend any time reading industry blogs and forums of front-line employees, you will quickly begin to see the ginormous difference in thinking between them and professional hospitality managers.”
Virtually All Highly Successful Restaurants DO NOT Have a Weekly Huddle
The idea that you need a weekly manager’s meeting in order to do anything is just plain dumb. And the idea that it is a “characteristic of successful independent restaurants” is complete hokum. It is not.
9+ Ways to Improve Employee Performance & Engagement
Do all 9+ of these and you’ll have that rockstar culture you’ve been denied for years.
10 Things Really Amazing Restaurant & Hotel Employees Do
After four decades of hiring, training and coaching literally thousands of employees, I’ve come to look for certain behaviors that define really amazing employees. Here’s my top 10 list.
It’s Not About Teamwork
Bolting on the latest ‘teamwork’ thinking is just ridiculously ineffective and misses the actual psychology behind the dynamics of impacting either individual performance or true team development.