Managing Your Restaurant Staff
Even a small restaurant can have a diverse staff with many different types of personalities all working together under one roof. Managing the front of the house and the back of the house, smoothing out conflicts and dealing with all the other issues that arise with your restaurant staff is not always easy. Learning to communicate clearly with staff your expectations and setting ground rules and disciplinary actions (not fun, but sometimes necessary) will help keep day-to-day life at your restaurant running smoothly.
See Also: How to Be an Effective Restaurant Owner
An employee manual can be very helpful for new staff learning the ropes of your restaurant. An employee manual outlines areas such as job descriptions, restaurant policies, dress code, code of conduct. Read more about how to write your own restaurant employee manual.
Restaurants owners usually tend to be hardworking people (otherwise, they would never want to open their own restaurant). However, sometimes this hard work ethic can be a hindrance when a restaurant tries to do everything himself. Learning to delegate less important tasks will save you a lot of time, which you can then devout to other areas of managing your restaurant.