SIMPLE ENGAGEMENT

We will always have challenges with employee engagement in the restaurant industry. Staff members come in all ages, levels of education, employment status (part-time, full-time or seasonal), career stepping stones, or just plain in it for the money. There are always personal agendas, as well as staff getting along with each other. The chefs bother the servers, the servers do not want to help the...

KEEP THEM HAPPY, KEEP THEM WORKING!

Hello again from Vegas, it’s been a couple of months. I’ve been busy with a newborn in the Carbery household. Inevitably though it was back to work…. In Las Vegas there are many opportunities in the hospitality industry. These opportunities can make it difficult and challenging when it comes to employee retention. There are not many places in the world where a new hotel/casino property...

EMPLOYEE RETENTION – WHAT MAKES THEM RUN FOR THE DOOR

Corey Harlock has spent more than 20 years at the executive management level in the hotel and restaurant sectors, and interviewed and surveyed thousands of prospective employees. With his finger firmly on the pulse of the hospitality industry, Corey can help your company find the right executive, increase its staff productivity, lower turnover and create a healthy work environment. As a...

USING “GREEN” TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM

Janine Bolton is President of LEAF (Leaders in Environmentally Accountable Foodservice), a nation-wide organization that is dedicated to helping the foodservice industry reduce its environmental impact, and makes it easy for diners to identify truly “green” restaurants with third-party certification. Janine and her LEAF team are blazing a green trail in the Canadian Foodservice...

EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION – THE DOUBLE EDGE SWORD.

Corey Harlock has spent more than 20 years at the executive management level in the hotel and restaurant sectors, and interviewed and surveyed thousands of prospective employees. With his finger firmly on the pulse of the hospitality industry, Corey can help your company find the right executive, increase its staff productivity, lower turnover and create a healthy work environment. As a...