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How To Create Great Leaders For Your Kitchen Team
There are lots of reasons why you need good leaders for your kitchen team. The first two reasons are obvious. A good kitchen leader will enhance [...]
Guiding your staff through the peak Christmas season
We're approaching the busiest and potentially most stressful few weeks of the year in the hospitality business. We all know how important it is to [...]
Absentee Chefs: What to do if your chef goes AWOL
A handy guide for dealing with persistent absentee chefs. Follow step by step to maintain the smooth running of your kitchen management, your restaurant and your business.
Stop staff problems from becoming serious disciplinary issues:
No one really wants problems with an employee to escalate as far as a disciplinary process, if at all possible. It’s stressful, time consuming, and [...]
What you learn from a Disciplinary Workshop
Every employer needs to know disciplinary procedures inside and out. However, grasping the details can leave many employers feeling overwhelmed. Attending a disciplinary workshop customised [...]
Zero Hours Contracts in the Hospitality Sector
From a high of almost 25% of the hospitality sector workforce last year, Zero Hours Contracts appear to be falling in the industry. That’s according [...]
Getting the most from your staff: Performance Management
Getting the best out of your staff is a constant ongoing process, and a major part of HR management for every hospitality business. We all [...]
Staff retention: 3 key ways to keep your chefs
Given how hard it is to recruit enough chefs, it’s vital to make sure you are doing all you can to keep them once you [...]
Managing a change of business culture after a buyout
Believe it or not, statistics show that culture clash can be one of the key reasons why a business fails to meet its potential, after [...]
The key ingredients to kitchen management
When you get it right, good kitchen management can be the making of your hospitality business. It’s not just about producing great food either.. we [...]
5 reasons why recruitment is so important for the hospitality sector
Recruitment often seems like a huge challenge for the hospitality sector, and coming across these statistics from London Loves Business brought home to me the [...]
7 ways to keep your team engaged and motivated:
It's hard enough getting and retaining the right staff for your hotel, bar or restaurant: it's another job keeping them engaged and motivated, particularly at [...]