A Practical Guide to Leading People, Controlling Shifts, and Building a Stronger Operation
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A promotion changes more than your title. Suddenly you are responsible for the people, the guest experience, the standards, the numbers, and what happens when the plan falls apart.
The First 90 Days as a Restaurant Manager gives newly promoted and developing managers a practical 30-60-90-day roadmap for taking control of the operation without trying to change everything on Day One.
Readers learn how to lead former coworkers, run stronger shifts, control food and labor, handle guest complaints, coach employees, inspect the operation, communicate with senior management, and build a sustainable management rhythm.
Includes a private online companion toolkit with 11 practical management forms and checklists.
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What You Will Learn
The first 90 days are about more than proving you can run a shift. They are about learning to see the entire operation, earn the confidence of your team, understand the numbers, establish standards, and build management habits that last.
By the end of this book, you will understand how to:
- Take control of a new management role without trying to change everything on Day One.
- Lead former coworkers while establishing clear expectations and accountability.
- Read the operation through food cost, labor, sales, guest counts, average check, waste, and other key numbers.
- Run stronger opening, closing, pre-shift, deployment, and shift-management routines.
- Inspect the restaurant systematically instead of managing only from reports.
- Handle guest complaints, coaching conversations, and corrective action professionally.
- Train employees and supervisors in ways that improve consistency and performance.
- Communicate effectively with owners, senior managers, and other departments.
- Build a practical 30-60-90-day improvement plan.
- Develop a sustainable management rhythm that continues after Day 90.
Included with the book: Readers receive access to a private online companion toolkit containing 11 printable management forms, checklists, planning tools, and scorecards designed to put the book into practice.
Who This Book Is For
Written for newly promoted restaurant managers, assistant managers, supervisors preparing for management, chefs moving into broader operational responsibility, and experienced managers who want a more disciplined way to organize their first months in a new operation.