Business Management News

As a restaurant operator, labor is the most expensive and variable aspect of your business. Sure, you can control it, but most restaurant managers simply focus on the hours paid and don’t appreciate the myriad ways you can impact your labor cost.

For organizations with a large and diverse workforce, the single most effective strategy to boost productivity and immediately raise their profits is through efficient scheduling procedures. It is only through proper employee management strategies that a business can expect to get the best out of its workforce. Because of this; lots of thriving businesses have turned to new and improved...

In an ideal world, managing employees would involve motivating them to bring their best selves to work, encouraging a harmonious environment with teams working together to advance the company.

Whether you run a tech startup that keeps pace with visionaries in Silicon Valley, or a small business, major change at the company level requires an extra managerial touch. This can be especially true if you’re helping your company weather big shifts in direction, like coming under new ownership or undergoing a rebranding effort.

Good communication in the workplace isn’t just about holding more efficient meetings or getting along with co-workers - it affects everything from productivity to employee engagement.

Too often, all that’s involved in the onboarding process for new hires is a quick orientation, a packet of information, and a new nameplate on a desk. But with the best candidates off the market within 10 days and 95% of HR professionals feeling urgency and pressure to fill roles, it’s no wonder the onboarding process can seem rushed.

We all know that effective managers can make or break their team - and their company. Just think about the jobs you’ve had where you show up each day, energized and ready to work - and the ones where you dread clocking in.

No restaurateur likes to think or talk about the turnover in their restaurant.

It’s no secret that employee turnover is expensive. Losing highly qualified employees means losing the productivity and talent they brought to the table. It means conducting time-consuming interviews. It means training and onboarding new hires. It means waiting the months or years it takes for a new person to reach the level of impact that their predecessor achieved in that...

Over the past decade, internet start-up culture has infused best practices for employee management. Provide workers with flexible scheduling options! Allow more remote work! Sound familiar?