Navigating High Labor Costs: Three Tips to Get More for $20 Wages
Eating at California restaurants can be a real pleasure. Working at California restaurants can also be a pleasure, especially in the quick service restaurant (QSR) sector, where minimum wage just went from $16/hour to a staggering $20. My teenage daughter used to turn up her nose to flipping burgers. Now, with wages that rival some […]
Are You Failing Your Frontline Workers?
Understanding The Differences Between Hourly Employees vs Those on Salary “I don’t know what’s wrong with these people! I pay them fairly. I buy them pizza and celebrate their birthdays. I treat ‘em like family. And still, they’re constantly calling out. They move slowly. They ghost me. They complain about stress. I can’t believe how […]
Restaurant & Hospitality Speaker Scott Greenberg
How to Make Core Values Actually Mean Something in Your Restaurant “Next in line!” “Hi, I’d like a No. 4 with a bottle of water to go.” “Will that be for here or to go?” “Uh, to go.” “That’ll be $17.75. Thank you, your order number is 43. Next in line!” Five minutes after I […]
How to Boost Restaurant Performance Using Constructive Comparison
I’m a food and hospitality speaker. But when I attended my first convention as a franchise business owner, I felt like a freshman on the first day of high school. Many people knew each other and warmly offered handshakes and hugs. I knew almost no one. I also noticed how many of these people had […]
Attracting and Retaining Customers and Employees Comes Down to These Two Skills
Attracting and Retaining Customers and Employees Comes Down to These Two Skills Ever heard a business owner say they’re in “the people business?” As a hiring and retention keynote speaker, I hear it all the time. I make a living giving presentations to franchise systems, associations and corporations. I like to ask audience members to […]
3 Ways to Truly Be in “The People Business”
“So, what business are you really in?” When I pose this question during my presentations as a motivational franchise speaker, many answer in terms of their products. “We’re in the ice cream business,” or, “We sell pizza.” Invariably a more sophisticated owner chimes in with, “We’re in the people business,” making the point that it’s not just […]
Resilience: The Most Important Soft Skill for Sustained Franchise Performance
4 Coping Strategies for Franchise Business Owners to Boost Resilience “Where do you see franchisees struggle the most, with what they know or how they feel?” As a motivational franchise speaker, I recently posed this question to a group of franchise executives at an operations summit hosted by Franchise Business Review. I’ve worked with enough […]
Introducing ‘Franchisor Appreciation Day’
There’s no shortage of official “days” in the U.S. Most of them have been created as a marketing tactic. Greeting card companies haven’t complained. But every now and then a “Day” comes along that merits some attention, and this September 15 will be one of them. Christened “Franchisor Appreciation Day,” this new initiative seeks to […]
Scott Greenberg, Business Resilience Speaker
McDonald’s Isn’t Banking on Robots Solving the Labor Crisis Faced with a challenging labor market, some of the biggest restaurants in the country have transformed robotics into a mainstream alternative. As a business resilience speaker, this is one of my areas of interest. Chipotle is the best example. The fast casual not only began testing […]
How Franchisors and Franchisee Associations Can Partner for Brand Greatness
Some time ago, a friend forwarded me an article about the Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama and their unsuccessful attempt to unionize. Since I’m a motivational franchise speaker, he asked me how often movements like this emerge in the franchise industry. This wasn’t the first time I’ve had to explain to someone that […]
