| Motivating your restaurant staff to work harder | | | | included his employees by allowing the members |
| and smarter is a sometimes difficult task. If you | | | | of his kitchen staff to each feature a new dish |
| are out of ideas regarding lazy, uncooperative, or | | | | every week. If the dish was popular, he would |
| surly staff members, here are some fresh | | | | add it to the menu as a special. The kitchen |
| thoughts to help you coax them into being | | | | member whose dish it was also got a percentage |
| proficient and effective employees. | | | | of all the sales of that dish. This is a perfect |
| What do your other employee's think? If you | | | | example of motivating and encouraging your staff |
| have one or two individuals who you just can't | | | | to aid you in the goal of increasing your business. |
| seem to get along with or understand, ask their | | | | Another manager uses his employees as |
| co-worker's opinions on the matter. It may be | | | | advertisers by having "friends nights" where the |
| that the teenager who you consider sullen and | | | | staff are encouraged to invite all their Facebook, |
| uncooperative is dealing with a recent breakup or | | | | Twitter, My Space, and other socially networked |
| other personal issue. Perhaps one of the waitress' | | | | friends. By hiring people who have over five |
| has just the right idea to motivate the slower | | | | hundred friends each, this has become a lucrative |
| moving employees. Involving the staff in the | | | | and fun evening for everyone concerned. |
| planning and operation of the restaurant is one of | | | | "Encourage employees to take |
| the best ways to show them not only that their | | | | continuing-education courses and to read books |
| opinion is important to you, but also that they | | | | that will help them acquire more skills." Although |
| have a vested interest in helping the restaurant | | | | this will initially be a cost for you, the benefits of |
| become more profitable. | | | | having employees with more skill and proficiency |
| When employees understand that a better | | | | will soon outweigh the initial investment. Continued |
| bottom line directly impacts them in a positive | | | | training will also benefit the employee for future |
| way they are more interested in increasing the | | | | jobs and raise their value in the job market. |
| profits of your business. One restaurant manager | | | | |