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It’s Time to Redefine Restaurant Accountability Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

Consider the line cook who notices ticket times steadily creeping up and takes the initiative to communicate with the team and adjust the pace, all without management intervention. ” Try: “We commit to open communication because it strengthens trust and allows everyone’s voices to be heard.”

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How to Train Your Staff to Communicate Effectively with Guests

Modern Restaurant Management

Start with The Basics of Communication. Listening is particularly important when customers are expressing concerns or have special requests. Often when it comes to customer communication, it is not about what you say but how you say. Often when it comes to customer communication, it is not about what you say but how you say.

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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

7 Shifts

You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace. Maybe one of your servers just called in sick at the last minute, your shipment of inventory containing all the ingredients for tonight's dinner special never showed up or the plumbing is acting up again. Table of Contents.

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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

7 Shifts

How do you prepare your team for special events or holiday rushes? How do you communicate restaurant policies and changes to your employees effectively? Can you give an example of how you’ve managed a large event or special occasion at a restaurant? How do you maintain smooth communication between FOH and BOH staff?

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How Family-Run Bobe’s Pizza Grew their Five Locations with 7shifts

7 Shifts

Once they saw the additional features for team communication, time off requests, and submitting availability, they knew 7shifts would benefit their business. A connected team Traditionally, the Bobes’ main form of communication with their employees was a phone call. 7shifts was very easy to get started with.

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How to Increase Employee Productivity

7 Shifts

This may seem obvious, but keeping an open communication channel between management and staff is a great way to reinforce the importance of an active staff. Customers on average will order more menu items, resulting in a larger bill for the restaurant and a larger tip for the employee.

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The Top 10 Things Learned from Working with 1000+ Restaurants

Embrace the Suck

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! Communication is key if you want to build a badass culture. Reading books.

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