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Overlooked Traits When Hiring Restaurant Managers

Modern Restaurant Management

When hiring restaurant managers, qualities like organization skills, experience and leadership are always at top of mind. However, many traits exist that often go overlooked in the hiring process impacting the success of a restaurant. So, focus on these attributes.

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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

7 Shifts

Hiring the right people can make or break your business. What interview questions do you ask when hiring new restaurant employees? Becoming a restaurant manager entails leadership and communication skills. This question also gauges a potential manager’s leadership and communication skills.

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Hiring? Ask These Interview Questions to Spot Versatile Restaurant Talent

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring for soft skills becomes much simpler when you know exactly what to ask and look for in interviews. In this article, I’ll share those tips so you can hire people who will excel in the role and not only fill it. The customer received his meal soon after and thanked me for making it right, ending the interaction on a positive note.”

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OUR DAILY BREATH: LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP

Culinary Cues

There has never been a more important time for leadership – not the job title – the act of leadership and the positive actions of those who rise to the occasion. There are people who selflessly step up and do what they believe is right, even in the absence of real leadership. At the same time – they crave leadership direction.

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HR in 2025: Insights & Predictions

What are the drivers of effective leadership? Get our annual survey report to find out: The #1 challenge of recruiting & hiring Why remote teams are struggling What are the drivers of effective (and ineffective) leadership And lots more! What does the C-suite think HR is most responsible for?

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The Downfall of a Restaurant: A Leadership Deficit

Embrace the Suck

As such, it's a tragedy when these establishments falter, collapse, or disappear, not due to a lack of talent, vision, or culinary prowess but because of a deficiency in leadership. I've distilled this undeniable truth: The success or failure of any restaurant is invariably linked to the quality of its leadership.

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Red Lobster hires Maggiano's exec Larry Konecny as COO

Restaurant Business

The operations expert is the casual-dining seafood chain’s third leadership hire in as many weeks as it embarks on its post-bankruptcy comeback.

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