Training valuable employees is one of the most important parts of any restaurant. If you have a bad training process, you will end up with incapable employees. If you have a very strong training process your business will run smoothly inside and out thanks to all of the training. The training process, is important, and demands focus. There are many little mistakes you might make that can ruin the training process. Some can even lead employees to quit before they are done training. If you aren’t paying enough attention to training your employees, or you are but you feel like there is room for your restaurant to improve, you should look at these tips.
When training valuable employees, DO try and separate your training days into half class time and half floor time, allowing your trainees to learn important skills and restaurant specifics, and then having them apply what they have learned in a real setting. DON’T, however, place a trainee with just anyone when they are on the floor, because this could lead to misinformation about your restaurant. You want to make sure and place trainees with some of your experienced and best employees so that they learn the ropes the way you prefer.
If you didn’t know either of those things about training already, it is time to start reading up and changing your training program. Restaurant Hospitality can help with this list of tips for successful training. More…
