Leadership Insights

In this episode of Restaurants Reinvented, we have the pleasure of hearing from Milena Regos, the Founder, Creator, and Chief Wellbeing Officer of Unhustle. Milena and our host Jen Kern discuss the challenges companies — including those in the restaurant industry — face today, such as labor shortages caused by burnout and overall employee dissatisfaction. In addition, they discuss burnout prevention and the steps companies must take to attract and retain employees.

In the fourth episode in our series focused on the current restaurant labor challenges, Jen sits with Jim Taylor of BenchmarkSixty to discuss why restaurants should instead look at employee productivity when evaluating labor costs.

In the fourth episode in our series focused on the current restaurant labor challenges, Jen sits with Jim Taylor of BenchmarkSixty to discuss why restaurants should instead look at employee productivity when evaluating labor costs.

In the fourth episode in our series focused on the current restaurant labor challenges, Jen sits with Jim Taylor of BenchmarkSixty to discuss why restaurants should instead look at employee productivity when evaluating labor costs.

In the third episode in our series focused on the labor challenges restaurants are facing, Jen talks with Donald Burns, The Restaurant Coach, to learn more about why self-care and empathetic leadership are so pivotal to improving restaurant cultures and teams

In the second episode of our series focused on the labor challenges in restaurants, Jen sits with Amir Mostafavi of South Block Juice. Together they discuss the unique initiatives he’s put in place to develop an extremely positive company culture, such as employee profit-sharing & giving back to local food banks!

In the first episode of our new mini-series focused on the labor challenges in restaurants, Jen welcomes Stacey Sikorski of 7shifts and Niko Papademetriou of Qu to discuss how operators can leverage modern technology solutions to drastically improve working conditions for their team.

In this week’s episode of Restaurant’s Reinvented, Jen sits with two digital restaurant savants & authors, Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn, to discuss the importance of data in the restaurant industry, the challenges restaurant owners face today, and the benefits of using algorithmic growth.

In this week’s episode of Restaurant’s Reinvented, Jen welcomes Solomon Choi, Founder & CEO of 16 Handles to talk more about how guest preferences can shape your technology and how vital an agile POS is in our everchanging world. They also dive deeper into automated marketing, data, and how 16 Handles approaches omni-channel ordering.