If your restaurant can’t function without you, you don’t own a business. You own a job that never lets you leave. Let’s talk about how you as a restaurant owner about how to stop being the bottleneck in your restaurant and finally get your time back.
Most restaurant owners believe, “If I don’t d...
If you’ve ever hired someone because you needed a body to work in the restaurant and then paid for it for months, this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar. In episode 140 of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I sit down with Dwight Crain, managing partner of Eleserv, to talk about the...
If you don’t know your numbers, you’re not leading your restaurant. You’re reacting to it. And that’s exactly why profits feel so unpredictable. One way to establish consistent profits is to learn the three numbers every restaurant owner must know to protect profit and build real freedom. These numb...
 If your team isn’t listening, it’s not because they don’t care. It’s because you stopped communicating in a way that connects. I want to help you manage one of the most frustrating problems you’ll ever face: when your restaurant team tunes you out. Let’s answer why your restaurant team isn’t listen...
 You know things are bad in your restaurant when you’re so overwhelmed you forget to eat for three days and your debit card is declined at the gas pump. In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I sit down with Kristi and Tracy Carter, owners of JAC’s Craft Smokehouse in West M...
 If your managers cannot make decisions without you, that is not their fault. It is a leadership gap. As part of my accountability and team culture series, I want to walk you through something every independent restaurant owner must master: how to coach your managers so they think and lead like owne...
 If your restaurant culture feels broken, if people roll their eyes, cut corners or stop caring, it isn’t because they’re bad people. It’s because somewhere along the way, they stopped believing what you say matters. Let’s talk about one of the hardest lessons in leadership: how to fix broken cultur...
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” in your restaurant and still not getting the results you want, this podcast episode is for you. In this conversation with restaurant owner and digital media legend Shawn P. Walchef of Cali BBQ and Cali BBQ Media, we dig into why “build it and ...
Most restaurant pros struggle with accountability. I hear it all the time, “I’ve told them a hundred times, but nothing changes.” Sound familiar? Here’s the truth. Holding people accountable isn’t about barking orders or micromanaging. It’s about setting crystal clear expectations, following up cons...
Most restaurant pros say they want success but few are willing to think like the people who actually achieve it. They want results, more money, more freedom and more peace but they are not willing to change the mindset that produces those results. In this fourth and last part of my restaurant leader...
I open this episode with a challenge: What if the difference between feeling chained to your restaurant and finally running it on your terms comes down to five leadership habits you can choose — every single day? In Episode 137 of the “Restaurant Prosperity Formula Podcast,” I dig into how visibilit...
 Most owners think they’re stuck because of food costs, labor shortages or competition. Those are symptoms. The root cause is how we think and lead. We try to fix new problems with the same old mindset that created them. Here I want to answer why most restaurant owners stay stuck and how to be a res...
