Saturday, January 14, 2012

How to Foster Ownership Among Your Restaurant's Workforce

A restaurant with employees who have an owner-minded mindset will go above and beyond expectations for the benefit of the restaurant objective. This maybe rare today, but a truly business owner dream come true.

Here are some important ideas to foster ownership spirit among your restaurant staff members.

1. Create safe environment where your employees can share their concerns without fear of retaliation.
2. Share your restaurant's objectives and help your employees understand the importance of going above and beyond in today's tough economic time and increased competition.
3. Share your restaurant's vision for the future and make them part of the dream.
4. Collaborate ideas with your employees who will be more inclined to support ideas they had  helped create.
5. Make decisions and debates transparent.
6. Reward employees who go beyond the expected.

  Your first objective should be to primarily hire individuals who are responsible and business-minded. They can adapt easier and faster to change and develop innovative ideas that can lead to new opportunities.

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