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IN PURSUIT OF THE CARROT

Culinary Cues

Measuring how the “carrot rule”, is applied is the job of the coach, manager, or in our case chef. No one – I repeat – NO ONE – will ever be excited about a business (sporting team or restaurant) with lackluster goals, or none at all. THE PLAYER/STAFF MEMBER IMPACT: It was Coach Belichick whose message to players was: “Do your job”.

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KITCHEN GROUPISM VS. TEAM

Culinary Cues

What teams seek to find is leadership in this regard and not the subservient desire to be led. There are plenty of examples of real teams in sports, business, music, the military, law enforcement, medicine, and those kitchens where success is a given. With a sense of team – the dynamics of support, understanding, sharing, and unity.

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Leadership in a Time of Coronavirus

Modern Restaurant Management

For myself, as a lifelong and collegiate-level athlete, I am reminded of the lessons in leadership taught to me by coaches, my family, and professional mentors. In terms of leadership, it can be difficult at times to trust the process during times of change, especially as it relates to circumstances outside of human control.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: New Research Reveals Restaurant Managers Are Key Ingredient in the Recipe for Staff Retention

Modern Restaurant Management

The importance of (and need for) managers’ frontline leadership spans both back-of-house and front-of-house, extending from the kitchen when cooks need help to the dining room handling guests’ needs. For managers, empathy and soft skills are key to helping problem-solve solutions to whatever situation arises.

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THE INTER-DEPENDANCE OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY RESTAURANTS

Culinary Cues

Everyone needs to be coached on hospitality and know that it sells the product or service. [] SHARE OUR STRENGTHS AND COUNTER OUR WEAKNESSES Some businesses are stellar at creating attractive points of sale, others are not – SHARE what you’re good at. Watch a sporting team build energy before a game. Well, let’s show it. Why not you?

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How Restaurant Owners Can Use Audio Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

Taking a look back at your full marketing strategy and determining if this will expand your brand awareness or thought leadership is the first piece of the puzzle. Another example could be if you are a sports bar in a college town. Just because something is available for you to use, doesn’t mean you should.

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Is Your Brand Employment Message Ready for a Post Pandemic World?

Black Box Intelligence

Sports venues are welcoming back non-cardboard fans. challenge, in which the devastating cutbacks rightfully imposed to stay afloat are massively intertwined with a narrative about corporate America in which senior leadership got richer and essential workers got nothing. My favorite artists are talking about touring again.