Archive for the ‘From The Playbook’ Category

Pricing means different things in different industries, and every company has different needs. We draw from an extensive toolkit to develop a tailored solution that works for your environment and your people, and we work with you to design solutions that allow your organization to develop the skills to repeat the process into the future. [...]
Quite often, it is possible to hear the terms ‘coaching’ and ‘mentoring’ used interchangeably in a personal and organisational development context. Wherever these are used, the success of these development approaches is dependent upon many factors, not least the organisational culture, the skills of the individual mentor or coach, and the emphasis that is placed [...]
I don’t. The Guest does. Or the Customer does. That’s the entire point. YOU don’t define how well you treat me. I do. The customer. Because it’s MY needs, wants and desires that I’m interested in having satisfied. Business people think they need to define what excellent CS/CX is, which leads to transactional thinking and [...]

“There are 7 billion people in the world. Not all of them will appreciate your brand of jazz. Your mission is not to convince anybody to like you, respect you or see the world the way you do. Your mission is to find people who resonate at your frequency.” ~ Liz Ryan

1. Execution. You have to walk the talk. Every part of the guest experience has to be executed or no amount of external marketing will help your business grow. 2. Effective positioning. Who are you to your guests? Are you offering any differentiated value or are you just another commodity business in your market? 3. [...]
Depending on objectives and the organization’s environment, I employ a variety of Coaching methods to help those I Coach elevate their performance. These include, but aren’t limited, to: Strategic Planning. Work with the leader in “planning the plan”, and facilitating team involvement in its development and execution. Shadowing. Accompany the leader on their rounds and observe their [...]

Service is table stakes (pun intended). Everyone provides service: everyone has their 12 steps of service that include all the transactional lists most people (restaurant managers included) come up with to answer the question: “what does good service look like.” This is the wrong question.

Most operators consider the cost-benefit between two (or more) choices they want to consider. The problem lies in how they chose the options being considered and whether or not there were better alternatives.

This meme was posted on LinkedIn earlier and the subsequent commentary by the author included this: “It’s either right or wrong. It’s either done the correct way or no way at all.”

Q: Is it better for a restaurant to limit its options per food category or to have as many choices as possible? A: There is no right answer except to understand your Guests to the point of adding or subtracting enough to make them spend enough to make your restaurant a success.