Browsing Tag managing for success
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18 January 2024 at 06 : 52 AM
Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Don’t stress it; I can’t pronounce it, either. It’s Latin. The phrase translates to “I will find away or make one.” It was uttered by the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in response to his generals when told it would be impossible to cross the Alps on war elephants in ...
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22 December 2023 at 11 : 38 AM
Disagree and Commit
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By Constantine N. Kolitsas Business Coach One of the greatest frustrations of a restaurant owner is in finding good people for management positions. Today’s restaurant manager needs to have a broad skillset that encompasses diplomacy, public relations, extended software knowledge, and marketing, in addition to an ability ...
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11 November 2023 at 15 : 48 PM
Tell Your Story
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach If there’s one thing that the public loves, it’s a good story. “You know that hole-in-the wall tavern on King Street that’s got a line out the door? It was opened during Prohibition as a speakeasy. They made the gin in bathtubs. The same family owns it ...
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10 October 2023 at 06 : 38 AM
Pronouns and Getting Woke
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach The world is constantly changing. Whether or not it’s evolving is up for debate, but it’s definitely changing. And at a breakneck pace. Say it’s the woke agenda, say it’s Covid-related, say it’s anything you want to call it, but along with the social changes taking place ...
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10 September 2023 at 06 : 26 AM
Straight Talk
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Do you remember “Scared Straight”? It was a program for middle- and high-school students that put them into contact with prisoners in an attempt to give them a dose of reality and where their life could take them if they took the wrong path. It was mostly for at-risk youth, and ...
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10 August 2023 at 04 : 38 AM
Science and Art
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach I’ve spent the past few weeks looking closely at how my managers function in the front of the house (FOH), and in so doing, the differences in styles have really surfaced. While I suppose it’s true of all areas of management, I’ve found it of particular interest how some managers ...
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12 July 2023 at 11 : 12 AM
Winners & Losers
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach A manager once told me that you can have success or you can have excuses, but you can’t have both. That was a wake-up call to me, at the time, a young man moving up the management chain. And from that point forward, I never looked to make an excuse but, rather, to understand that it was my job ...
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13 June 2023 at 14 : 17 PM
A Few Things I’ve Learned
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach At one point in my career, I left the restaurant business and got into journalism (please, don’t act surprised). When my position as editor-in- chief of The GreekAmerican (a national English-language newspaper for the Greek American community) came to an end (our parent company ...
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11 May 2023 at 13 : 44 PM
The Complacency Conundrum
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Here’s something we all know: Covid accelerated the complacency of a work- force that was already in decline. The signs are everywhere, and they’re not so subtle. And the threat of job loss doesn’t really concern anyone anymore because they can just go out and get another job ...
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13 April 2023 at 16 : 06 PM
Update on the Apps
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Technology evolves, and its grip on our business necessitates that we keep up on what’s happening if we are going to be relevant in our markets. Have you got Facebook figured out? Wait a second, they’ve changed the rules and now you’ve got to try to understand how to reach your ...
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