If you want to recruit, retain and leverage the skills and talents of brilliant employees, you need to provide an inclusive workplace where people love to come to work. Employers that treat their employees like recalcitrant children, micromanage and demonstrate their distrust of them will not only lose good people to their competition but will eventually end up miserable, broke…
Not many industries have as much chaos potential as the Restaurant industry. There is constant activity, conflicting personalities and customers that need to be served. Your mental, physical and spiritual health are directly impacted by how you deal with these factors on a daily basis. Two people who own busy, successful restaurants practice meditation and have more energy, stay calmer,…
Many restaurants start out with exciting concepts and ideas, but as they grow they lose the culture that made them successful. Other restaurants manage to continue growing and keep the culture they created. What separates one type of restaurant from the other? One of the key factors is to define the culture you want to create, and integrate that in…
Working with family members can be wonderful, but it takes a lot of work and the willingness to be flexible. David and Hiromi Vardy have owned O ChamŽ, in Berkeley, Calif., for 10 years. David is the chef and Hiromi runs the front of the house. They enjoy working together. “With all the hours we put in the restaurant, we…
Martin Luther King’s birthday is important to our work in diversity and inclusion today. It’s important because of who Martin Luther King was, the work he did for civil rights, the impact his work had, and the legacy he left. He and the thousands of other people that marched with him believed that all people should have the opportunity to…
–> Ever since we published articles about diversity during the holidays, we have been getting questions asking for more information in specific areas. We decided to share three of the most common questions along with our answers. We hope our answers will help you in your professional and personal relationships with people who are different than you. Q1. Aren’t you…
Here are a few ways employers can do to celebrate diversity, make their workplaces more inclusive during the holidays, and increase employee participation at work: – Make sure your Holiday party isn’t a Christmas party in disguise. Decorations and food should be general, and non-specific to any religion. – Consider having a New Year’s Party instead of a Holiday party….
Three Ways to Appreciate Diversity and Be Inclusive This Holiday Season Learn about other celebrations. Be aware that everyone doesn’t celebrate the same holidays or celebrate the same holidays, the same way. If you appreciate this diversity, then take the time do some research, and learn about the different holidays, what they mean and the diverse ways they are celebrated….
I’ve found ten key ways to raise your Cultural IQ. Here are the first five. 1- Decide to be curious and interested in learning about other cultures, and really understanding diversity in new ways. This means you’re willing to take a risk, observe other people’s behaviors and ask questions in appropriate ways. If you’re not interested or willing to view…
What does it take for a homophobic Christian to shed their bigotry and fear, and see LGBT people not only as humans but to support their quest for equality? For Timothy Kurek it took living his life as a gay man for a year, to go from believing being gay is a sin, to believing that being a good Christian…
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