Monthly Archives: December 2019

Episode 45 – Your Leadership Superpower with Brian Duncan

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Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast! It is the cure for the common restaurant! This is episode 45 and today I am joined by my good friend, restaurateur, and wine god…and also the happiest man I know: Brian Duncan.

But before we jump into the conversation let’s talk about potential…your potential. The number one thing that will change your restaurant, change your life, change your money, change your relationships is you must raise your standards. Your restaurant and your life right now is a reflection of what you tolerate. Are you happy with that? If yes, that’s great! If your are not, you have to raise your standards and keep them up there. We all start out when we open our restaurant with high standards and as we get beat down from life and negative energy vampires we slow start to lower our standards until we lose who we are and what we stand for. We compromised and sold out. Well, it’s time to take it back. Time to get the restaurant and life you know you are capable of. Time to turn all those things you know you should do into a must do. You know what I’m talking about: you should workout, you should eat better, you should get more sleep, you should cost out your menu, you should fire that low performer on your team. You should and should and should all over yourself every single day. It’s time to stop shoulding and start doing.

You know that you should work on your business instead of in your business. So, how exactly do you do that? It starts with a conversation. Go to my website www.therestaurantcoach.com and schedule a call with me personally. We’ll discuss where your restaurant is now, where you want to be in the next 90-days, and I’ll give you a crystal clear plan to get it. You just need to take a little action and schedule a call. Now, let’s jump into my conversation with Brian Duncan and what is your superpower to getting the restaurant you want!

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Episode 44 – Why Service Sucks with Kelley Jones

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Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast! It is the cure for the common restaurant! This is episode 44 and today I am joined by legendary restaurateur Kelley Jones of Kelley Jones Hospitality in Las Vegas. But before we jump in, allow me to go on a little rant about leadership. Leadership is the ability to put others before yourself. It is the ability to see potential in others and help them raise their standards so they play at a higher level. So many managers call themselves leaders when in fact they are just followers. They just maintain the status quo and don’t push the edge to move the brand forward. You need a true leader in your restaurant. If you are not that person, it’s okay to admit it. It’s not okay not to do anything about it. I know plenty of restaurant owners that should not be the leader of their organization, yet they refuse to step aside and allow a true leader to take the reigns and build the brand. If you are an owner, you don’t have to be the leader. You can just be the owner! I also know plenty of restaurant owners that have realized that their strength is not running the restaurant. Entrepreneurs are wired differently. Most are great at the startup stuff. They suck at the teamwork stuff. Sometimes the greatest thing you can do is admit you are not the best person for a job and then replace yourself.

You have probably heard many times that you need to work on your business instead of in your business. So, how exactly do you do that?

It starts with a conversation. Go to my website www.therestaurantcoach.com and schedule a call with me personally. We’ll discuss where your restaurant is now, where you want to be in the next 90-days, and I’ll give you a crystal clear plan to get it. You just need to take a little action and schedule a call.

Now, let’s jump into my conversation with Kelley Jones and why Service Sucks in America!

 

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Episode 43 – Enlightened Leadership and Restaurant Economics with Craig Shelton

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James Beard Award Winning Chef, Consultant, and Contrarian, Craig Shelton stops in to share some insight into what the restaurant industry is missing: enlightened leadership, group-think, and why the economy is hurting the restaurant industry. Craig is brilliant and talking with him always opens my eyes to look at the world with a deeper perceptive.

“A contrarian strategy is often the winning move.” – Craig Shelton

Books recommended for enlightened leadership:
The E-Myth
Getting Things Done
Extreme Ownership
Human Sigma

 

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Episode 42 – 6 Steps to Set Your Restaurant for Success in 2020

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Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. Soon, the end is coming. Well the end of the year and like it or not 2020 will be here! Right now you are most likely making big plans and promises to yourself that 2020 is going to be your year! You are going to finally stop playing small and conquer your market.

Yeah, I know you made those same promises at the beginning of this last year too. This next year is going to be different, right?

Oh, Not so fast.

You need a better plan if you want to make 2020 your best year ever for your restaurant. Those big goals are not going to happen without one. In fact, the bigger your goals, the bigger and more badass plan you need to have to ensure they happen. That’s the thing most fail to do, write down a plan and then take action each day to seeing if you are moving closer to hitting those targets. Stop trying to keep all that stuff in your head and start writing it down where you can put it into a damn action plan!

Restaurant success isn’t rocket science, it’s people science. Once you understand that (and more importantly yourself) you’ll be on your way to finally breaking free from where you are now.

Here are 6 steps you must take to set your restaurant up for massive success in the new year or any year for that matter!

WAIT! The Restaurant Success Summit Recordings

The first annual Restaurant Success Summit was November 23-24, 2019 in Tucson, AZ. 

5 industry experts from around the world came and shared their insights into getting the restaurant you want! If you were there, you know how powerful the two-day conference was! If you missed it you can still get valuable information from the recordings.

To make sure you get value, I added 15 additional hours of training videos from workshops and my private education stash!

What you’ll get:

  • The Restaurants Success Summit Live Stream Recordings – Both Days (20 hours)
  • The 10X profit Series Seminar with Donald Burns & Bo Bryant
  • Team USA Sessions at Hospitality Innovation Planet 2019
  • Recording of Winning The War for Talent Webinar
  • The 222-page downloadable Restaurant Success Summit Workbook
  • Speaker Presentations Downloads

This is 35 hours of pure restaurant education that will get you closer to having the restaurant you want! 

What attendees of The Restaurant Success Summit had to say: 

“Truly a fascinating weekend. Every speaker brought value. Thank you!” -John Lenertz. Owner, Hickory Jack’s BBQ

“No words. An amazing experience!” – Ximena de Obaldía, Owner, El Trapiche Restaurante

“It was amazing, very informative, very educational. I know my team, and I learned so much. We are excited to execute.” -Johnny Robertson, Owner, Outlaw Grill

GET ACCESS NOW

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