Mentor Material? (Maybe Not)

Mentor Material? (Maybe Not)

Susan is your best employee. She’s friendly, she’s fast, she’s knowledgeable. She wins almost every sales contest and loyal guests ask for her by name. You want to clone her (and maybe you should), but don’t make her a mentor. Why not? The best mentor is not always...
Add Fun to Your Team Training

Add Fun to Your Team Training

Forget the whiteboard and throw away the felt-tip pens (at least for now). Spring fever is in full swing and the only way you’ll keep your team focused on any type of restaurant training is to make it as fun – and useful – as possible. So use your imagination to find...
Mission: Possible

Mission: Possible

If you don’t know where you’re going, you probably won’t wind up there. Before you can build a team environment in your restaurant, you must first decide on the team mission – where do you want it to go? What do you want it to do? By defining a clear team mission, you...
How to Sell More Appetizers

How to Sell More Appetizers

Guests love appetizers, and so should you. With restaurant capacity limited in many areas, it’s more important than ever to train servers to sell appetizers and other add-on items. There’s another benefit, too: unoccupied time passes slower than occupied...
Motivate Servers to Increase Sales

Motivate Servers to Increase Sales

You can train servers to take orders or you can motivate them to increase sales. When you start coaching salespeople instead of just training servers you’ll find that sales and service will improve. The most important thing to remember is that you can’t be everywhere...
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