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Restaurant Modernization — It’s More than Customer-Facing Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

Coach Employees to Be an Extension of Your CQO. That’s why it’s important to coach employees (not just have them memorize rules) to help them understand why they’re being asked to follow certain rules. However, they still need to send you documentation and data in order to remain approved suppliers for your business.

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Is scheduling on paper killing your business? How scheduling software helps

ChowNow

Entering timesheets into payroll is tedious Restaurant payroll is a stack of endless documents. This means more time to coach your staff, wow your guests, and plan for growth. Would you be more actively recruiting new team members or coaching existing team members?

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

7 Shifts

Speeding up the onboarding process 7shifts handles employee onboarding by sending and storing documents. They can focus on developing their managers who can then focus on coaching their team. “That's usually the first place we go when trying to figure out how can we improve our labor.”

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Succession Strategies for Restaurant Owners: Safeguarding Your Legacy 

Modern Restaurant Management

Rember that while operations may be covered by your bench, any would-be replacement may also need coaching or specific training to get them ready for all the management aspects of their role. In the long term, it may forestall a crisis if you can no longer operate.

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How To Run an Effective Pre-Shift Meeting

7 Shifts

This section of the meeting gives managers time to teach and coach their team. This can be on a sheet of paper, on a digital document, or on a whiteboard. This includes any shift schedule changes , shift roles, side work assignments, events or large parties, and restaurant sales forecasts based on historical data. Teaching and lessons.

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The Future of Operational Excellence: A Radical Reimagining of Continuous Improvement and Feedback

Modern Restaurant Management

In their quest to develop a new auditing solution, Focus Brands International sought a more collaborative approach, and developed a virtual collaborative coaching model for store reviews. As part of their efforts, the company provided tools for an online coaching team who could provide reviews in each location’s language and time zone.

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How to Create a Restaurant Staff Training Manual

7 Shifts

Write your training guide as you’d coach them in person.) While you can’t watch over everybody’s shoulder while they figure things out, keeping documents by your POS systems will significantly speed up training and reduce costly errors. Close the document with a message written by you.

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