Restaurant Data: Effects of motivating your restaurant staff

Restaurant Data: Effects of motivating your restaurant staff

Motivation is the art of making people/self believe and work towards a goal that they/you cannot see but can only visualize and it is one of the most important aspects that helps human achieve and exceed expectations. Motivating staff and self is a very important part of all business establishments in the ever growing competitive global market and the Food & Beverage industry is no exception.

If you are a Food and Beverage Manager, restaurant manager or Restaurant supervisor, motivation should be one of your prime strength and you should be able to motivate your restaurant staff so that they can make your guests experience excellence in service each time. In case you have heard of the Maslow’s motivation theory of hierarchy of needs you will agree that each individual is at a certain level of the pyramid and strives to fulfill a particular need. As a restaurant manager you need to understand the level on the pyramid that your restaurant staff is on and accordingly motivate them to achieve things that they desire.

For instance you cannot assure self esteem to a person who is striving really hard to make a living or get a shelter, you have to find what motivates your staff and your incentives or efforts should be in that direction.

In a restaurant not all jobs are high paying and being a service industry you have to bear all things that a guest comes with therefore it is very important that your restaurant staff is high on motivation level which means that they should be ready to work towards a particular goal in the interest of the restaurant.

You need to show them that they are important to the restaurant and the restaurant management also thinks about their growth and will reward them with rewards they desire. This is something that can keep them motivated. As a restaurant manager you will have to understand that motivation will be different for different staff members and you will have to learn the art of balancing it out between them.

A motivated employee will not only do his work in the best possible way but will also create a positive vibe for the rest of the staff and bring in a lot more than just his/her services. Motivation if correctly used is a very effective tool that can help you develop a strong and winning team that will overcome adverse conditions and take the business to newer heights.

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Ehab Rashwan