Embrace the Suck

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

I keep detailed coaching notes from every client I have had over the past 11 years as The Restaurant Coach™ Some of those stories make it into my books, speaking gigs, podcasts, or just as a solid warning to new clients about what not to do! Bad hiring is a disease. I think Uber is hiring. Reading books.

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Coaching Email Marketing Communication Workshop 330

EATER

JUNE 9, 2023

They really wrote about it in this rapturous way,” Francesca Beauman, author of the book Pineapple: The King of Fruits , told Gastropod. What a waste,” Beauman explained. Why would you eat that? It would be a bit like eating your Gucci handbag.

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The Restaurant Coach University

JANUARY 29, 2017

Dos Equis: Stay Thirsty Restaurant Social+: We Create WOWS and Purple Cows GoPro: Be a Hero Coca-Cola: Open Happiness As the good book says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” You’ve made some bad hiring choices (usually when desperate to fill positions, which is known as “panic hiring”).

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Embrace the Suck

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Read books and blogs. Hire a business coach (okay that was a little self-promotion…LOL). Mistake #6: They have an outdated hiring system (or worse) they panic hire. They have no system for hiring! We tend to hire for skill and forget the personality. You all hire from the same labor pool.

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Coaching Training Social Media Hiring 329

MBB Hospitality

APRIL 25, 2018

Strongly introverted people who prefer books and animals to people will struggle more with hospitality jobs. Save yourself a lot of headaches by hiring someone who has had previous hospitality experiences , especially in the niches you are hiring for. Must Love People. You want to keep your customers coming back for more.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2023

She joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast to discuss her philosophy on managing a team, including how she coaches managers. I seen the books. I have to do one or the other and it doesn't make sense to hire someone at Poppy + Rose when I can do this. So I give them books and things like that to read. What are we going to do?

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Front of House Back of House Take-out Book 370

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. Their investments align capitalism with positive social and environmental impact, driving toward zero-waste “closed loop” systems that benefit people, the planet and business.

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