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Industry Report: Restaurants face staffing challenges, old and new in 2023

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Table of Contents Biggest overall team management challenges Top priorities for restaurant operators Wage Increases Leadership and Training Programs Hiring and retention remain the biggest challenge for restaurants when it comes to team management overall. Here's what we found. The greatest challenge is staff retention.

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Creating a culture that attracts and retains with Danny Meyer

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From what culture is, to how it's built, and how to use servant leadership, a lot of ground was covered. You can train skills, but you can't change who someone is. So we've never learned how to train someone who's otherwise not nice to be nice. So we've never learned how to train someone who's otherwise not nice to be nice.

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James Beard Employees Demand More Diversity in Leadership, Salary Transparency in Internal Letter

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Among other demands, the letter calls to diversify the board of trustees, and make events more equitable On July 16, a large group of James Beard Foundation employees sent a letter to the foundation’s senior leadership team, outlining a list of demands for the future of the organization.

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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

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Through financial recessions, terrorist attacks, global pandemics, and just the typical challenges we face in the course of daily business, there are many leadership lessons to be learned. In the good times, this looks like rigorous training, a dedication to time-honored processes, and a focus on building your culture. Get Better.

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[Data] How Have The Shifts Changed For Those Working in The Restaurant Industry

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To account for a large increase in permanent, pandemic-related closures, we only analyzed restaurants that have remained open from 2019 through 2021. Here's what we found: What Shifts Increased from 2019 to 2021? What Shifts Decreased/ Minimal Increases From 2019 to 2021?

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How Nonprofits That Train People to Work in Restaurants Navigated COVID-19

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It is also a nonprofit that has spent 30 years training at-risk youth exiting the juvenile detention system to work in hospitality. So the staff and the 15 young people working that night spent most of the evening doing extra training and cleaning to keep busy. Café Momentum is more than just a restaurant, though. Several U.S.

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To Mitigate ‘The Great Resignation’ Refocus on the Employee Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

89% of operators cited employee retention as a top concern in 2021, up from 69 percent in 2017. Empowering Employees with the Right Tools and Training. Another option is to employ an on-demand learning approach that provides instant access to training – empowering employees to take ownership of their own development.