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Mike’s Monthly Tip: Paired Employee Incentive
Seeking Paired Interests Everyone wants to be good at their job. Really, they do, but employees easily become complacent when they get used to their hourly wage and have no opportunity for growth. In their eyes, they’ve reached their ceiling. T...
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What Happens When You Lose a Key Employee?
Action step to take when losing an employee you really needed to keep This topic hits close to home for most operators. In fact, as I sit here writing this article my assistant manager is working out the last of her two-week notice, which she gave vi...
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Bar Staff Training
Pizzeria owners must make sure employees know safety, hospitality and beverages — Bar Staff Training Training bar staff entails much more than demonstrating how to make a Negroni or Aperol Spritz. Learning how to pour wine and beer and prepare ...
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Mastering Employee Retention for the Win
Employee Retention Recipe for Success In the ever-evolving landscape of the pizza industry, one crucial ingredient that should never be overlooked is retention. Retaining employees is critical to ensuring that your busy kitchen and front-of-house ope...
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Mike’s Monthly Tip: Staff Party for ROI
Hosting a staff development party Hosting a staff development party is more than just a fun escape from the daily routine; it’s a strategic move to enhance team cohesion, and appreciation and reduce attrition. “I have enough on my plate b...
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Battling Employee Turnover
Operator Anthony DeSousa offers this commentary on the riddle of the employee rollercoaster The cycle repeats. Not with the regularity of earth’s orbit, instead more like a comet impacted by changes in gravity breaking apart in time. I’m describi...
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Crafting Our Next Great Pizza Makers
Training Pizza Makers Takes Patience As an owner or an operator of a pizza shop you are undoubtedly the master of your craft and the master of your domain. You have a product that you take great personal pride in. Over many years you have worked tire...
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Mike’s Monthly Tip: The Ego Dilemma
Over the last 20 years I’ve been in this game, I have met and seen several restaurants close forever because of an owner who had to do it all. They wanted to keep it personal and be a part of every decision and task. These owners were incapable...
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A Gameplan to Avoid Team Burnout
Holiday Planning should include strategies to help your staff thrive Here’s the reality: the holidays in the restaurant industry aren’t easy. It’s controlled chaos. The big parties, the weird weather, days closed and staff gearing u...
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Software Training with a Learning Management Systems LMS
Learning Management System Technology can help crew members learn and managers track progress Training systems have evolved. Instead of expecting new hires to read employee handbooks or sit at a desktop and watch a series of video modules, pizzeria o...
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A Lesson in Employee Retention
Cuffers & Barneys: Long-term and short-term employees One of my managers quit on the spot. I walked into his restaurant at 6:00 a.m. on Monday morning, the time every manager performs their weekly inventory and paperwork. He was sitting at his de...
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Hiring For Long-Term Success
Strategies to improve your hiring game Hiring has always been critical, but it’s more important than ever for the post-COVID pizzeria operator. Lots of workers have left the service industry, and those that are left have higher expectations than ev...