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From Cashier to VP: How 4 Restaurant Execs Climbed the Ladder

7 Shifts

In that leadership position, he created classes for managers on skills like leadership and cost control. After college, Talebi and his brother concocted a menu and a business plan for CRAVE American Kitchen + Sushi Bar. Then Peggy Rubenzer, her former colleague, recommended her for a Director role at Hopdoddy Burger Bar.

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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

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Focus on creating extraordinary experiences that raise the bar in your community. Here are five I’ve come back to again and again. Get Better.

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TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND AS A COOK

Culinary Cues

Share, teach, and train others – this is the fuel that drives your own leadership engine. This will feed your competence and confidence and provide a network of resource experts who will be there when you need an answer. [] RESPECT OTHERS: Remember the rules of thumb for teamwork and leadership. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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The Winning Strategy: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent for Your Restaurant – A Four-Step Approach

Embrace the Suck

If a candidate seems promising in terms of personality, complement it with a behavioral assessment to gain a better understanding of their leadership style, communication skills, and response to feedback. To assemble a high-performance team, you need to perpetually be recruiting, marketing, training, and learning. Perception is key.

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Restaurant Conferences to Attend in 2022

7 Shifts

Executives and leaders from Bar Louie, Blaze Pizza, Chipotle, Church's Chicken, and other prominent franchises have shared their advice at this conference. Bar & Restaurant Expo. Website: Bar & Restaurant Expo. Topics: Alcohol, Bars, and Nightclubs. Ideal Attendee: (Restaurant and) Bar Owners. When: March.

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Expert Insight for Restaurant Industry Leadership: Communications Strategies

Foodable

The author of The Surprise Restaurant Manager, McGarrie has helmed many successful restaurants, bars, and entertainment-based venues for over two decades. Ken has helped launch new concepts and train hospitality leaders throughout the United States and Canada.

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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY

Culinary Cues

This is when leadership is most needed. Leadership is always important, but seems to be in critical need when we are in time of crisis. This is when people turn to either those with the title or those with a history of leadership. Leadership, real leadership comes from four actions: * What we hear. What we learn.