In the current economic climate most restaurant companies have been searching for a way to attract guests. They have turned to a variety of discounts and value-oriented options to keep guests coming through their doors. In order to maintain profitability, they have also looked for ways to cut costs. One of the most common cutbacks […]
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Why Server Training Saves You Money
By David Hayden on July 29, 2011 in Restaurant Management Books, Restaurant Management Training, Training Restaurant Staff

Why Server Training Fails Servers
By David Hayden on May 19, 2011 in Best Of The Manager's Office, Restaurant Management Training, Training Restaurant Staff
I have been reading a great deal lately about training and education models lately for a series on training I am working on. The conclusion I am coming to is that restaurant training is suffering from far poor design and purpose. It is based on an outdated and ineffective model. It is structured in the […]
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David Hayden was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He took his first serving job in 1996. Since that time, he has worked for over a dozen different restaurant companies. He has held both hourly and salaried positions at independent and corporate restaurants. He has waited on over 100,000 guests and trained hundreds of servers. He has been named "Best Server in Kansas City" the last three years by the local weekly paper.