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Alaina Lancaster

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Alaina Lancaster

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Workforce

How to tap into staff creativity

Crowdsourcing ideas from employees can inject operations with fresh perspectives. Here’s how directors squeeze the best inspiration out of their teams. 

Workforce

6 staff management tips for handling workplace bullies

Women respond to harassment at work differently than their male counterparts, according to a recent study. Here’s how operators are working to create cultures that squash bullying while retaining and nurturing staff talent.

Workforce

4 ways operators are maximizing their productivity in 2017

Here's how some FSDs are settling into the new workflow of a new year.

Workforce

How to tell when employees are unhappy

Here's how FSDs can address some warning signs that may indicate trouble in work paradise.

Operations

5 FSDs named school nutrition heroes

The directors received the honor for spurring creative initiatives in K-12 foodservice.

Workforce

Certifications that should be on your radar

Certifications act as a powerful recruiting and retention tool, but they can also provide insight into an operation's direction and focus. Check out the types of accreditations operators are working toward in 2017.

Operations

DC poised to enforce paid leave

Legislation passed on Tuesday would require the district's private sector foodservice operators to provide workers with family and medical time off.

Workforce

How legalized marijuana has impacted operations

As more jurisdictions join the ranks, here are some potential side effects felt by operators. 

Operations

What’s wrong with the industry?

Young professionals share their gripes about noncommercial foodservice.

Workforce

Noncommercial’s recruiting problem

Operators weigh in on the biggest hurdles to winning workers.

Operations

Pizza ovens are bringing in the dough

Wood-fired, coal-fired, brick—specialty pizza ovens are no small investment, but operators are finding that the equipment gives rise to a new slice of customers.

Operations

Engage staff to help meet financial goals

Letting team members in on the financials of your operation can help engage them in the mission to get out of the red by generating revenue or cutting costs.

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