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The Downfall of a Restaurant: A Leadership Deficit

Embrace the Suck

As such, it's a tragedy when these establishments falter, collapse, or disappear, not due to a lack of talent, vision, or culinary prowess but because of a deficiency in leadership. I've distilled this undeniable truth: The success or failure of any restaurant is invariably linked to the quality of its leadership.

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Podcast 16: Digital Innovation & Leadership in Hospitality Management

Ken Burgin

Ken Burgin interviewed Michael to find out what he’s learned during the pandemic about Innovation & Leadership in Hospitality Management. We also discussed changes in managing people – recruitment, retention, mental health, skill development, culture and productivity.

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Using Leadership to Deliver on Expectations & Execution

Future Food

How can the culture of a slow moving, cost minimising, revenue maximising, food and service laggard be transformed into an adaptive, agile, customer-centric and solutions focused innovator that not only executes the food vision as promised but enhances the client’s culture? In a word, leadership.

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Two Cultures – One Contract – Using Leadership to Deliver

Future Food

How can the culture of a slow moving, cost minimising, revenue maximising, food and service laggard be transformed into an adaptive, agile, customer-centric and solutions focused innovator that not only executes the food vision as promised but enhances the client’s culture? In a word, leadership.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

For example, you might have to take a larger role in candidate sourcing, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and even the firing process than you might expect. Innovation This is one of the most challenging restaurant manager responsibilities simply because it's rather ambiguous.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

For example, you might have to take a larger role in candidate sourcing, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and even the firing process than you might expect. Innovation This is one of the most challenging restaurant manager responsibilities simply because it's rather ambiguous.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

Applicants may wonder about the restaurant’s culinary direction, commitment to sustainability, sourcing ingredients, and how innovation is balanced with tradition in the kitchen. They will be interested in get a sense of the team’s spirit, leadership style, and the overall atmosphere of the kitchen.