Browsing Tag Constantine Kolitsas
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9 March 2020 at 14 : 02 PM
Shadowbrook at Shrewsbury
COVER STORY Jimmy Kourgelis brings his catering magic to a historic estate. BY CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS PULLING INTO SHADOWBROOK at Shrewsbury, a historic estate that today is famed New Jersey caterer/entrepreneur Jimmy Kourgelis’s most recently acquired property, the visitor is immediately thrust back into another time. The feeling makes ...
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9 March 2020 at 14 : 57 PM
Βελτιώσεις εστιατορίων μέσω προσωπικών βελτιώσεων
ΣΤΟΧΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ | Του ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ N. ΚΟΛΙΤΣΑ Business Coach Mπορεί να θεωρείται κλισέ, αλλά δεν είναι. «Είσαι τόσο καλός όσο και οι άνθρωποί σου». Γι’ αυτό το λόγο οι μεγάλες εταιρείες ...
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18 January 2020 at 09 : 21 AM
Hire People You Like
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS by CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach I’ve hired hundreds (possibly thousands) of people through the course of my career as a restaurant manager, owner, multi-unit director of operations, and consultant. And if there’s one part of the job I’ve always hated, it is without question hiring staff (both front-of-the-house and ...
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16 December 2019 at 05 : 06 AM
Constant, Gentle Pressure
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Ι tell them the same things over and over every day, and they still don’t do it right.” The complaint is one I hear over and over every day, and still, the managers and owners aren’t getting it—there are ways to get through to staff members and ways to create barriers that ...
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14 December 2019 at 15 : 29 PM
Going Social
Can social media influencers help your business, and can you become one yourself? By Constantine Kolitsas Millennials are all about the experience. This demographic is looking to have an immersive experience that turns them on to something new—whether it’s a restaurant, a bar, or a travel destination. And where previous generations turned to ...
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7 November 2019 at 07 : 02 AM
Πατεράδες, Γιοι και ο Cat Stevens
ΣΤΟΧΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ Του ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ N. ΚΟΛΙΤΣΑ Business Coach Ως σύμβουλος εστιατορίων -με πολλούς Ελληνοαμερικανούς πελάτες- βλέπω το ίδιο σκηνικό να επαναλαμβάνεται: Δυσαρέσκεια ανάμεσα σε ...
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10 October 2019 at 07 : 19 AM
Πυρ, Στοχεύσατε, Έτοιμοι
ΣΤΟΧΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ Του ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ N. ΚΟΛΙΤΣΑ, Business Coach Είναι γεγονός ότι ο μελλοντικός προγραμματισμός δεν «αγκαλιάζεται» πάντα από την βιομηχανία των εστιατορίων. Πολύ συχνά οι ...
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10 September 2019 at 03 : 23 AM
Transparency Drives Upper New York’s Pan Gregorian to Success
COVER STORY With the purchasing cooperative’s user-friendly systems, its members can follow the dollars to their bottom line. BY CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Talk to a member of the Pan Gregorian Enterprises of Upper New York (PGEUNY) purchasing cooperative and you’ll hear the same conviction: “If it weren’t for the cooperative, we would not ...
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10 September 2019 at 03 : 06 AM
Hire Smart, Hire Right
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Hiring is an area where typical restaurant managers fail repeatedly. With so many things a manager has going on—managing labor and food costs, keeping staff up to standards, performing marketing tasks, managing vendors, monitoring food safety protocols—it’s no wonder that hiring is often ...
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12 August 2019 at 10 : 15 AM
When You Want to Cash In Your Chip
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach WE all know that a nice kitchen and nice bathrooms add value to our homes; that a fresh paint job, a manicured lawn, and updated hardware on its doors and cabinets will help inflate a home’s value ahead of a purchase. But it seems this formula is not translating to our businesses: A ...
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