Week 12 (The perfect fit)

What I am about to say is not necessarily relevatory news to me . In my time alone , my ruminations have revealed to me this truth : I do not like managing restaurants. The state of business and my position in the company over the last 10 years has necessitated this service from me . If you combine this reality with my ongoing insecurities based on my “ lack of formal management training”, management of a store is net negative action for me. Here is why: What I have realized about myself is that I understand the need for great leadership at the store level and have formulated in my mind what that looks like. However, that act of defining what leadership looks like and how I want that to show in my concepts is what engages me . I want to seek, engage , hire and cast vision for great leaders. in What I have realized is that my energy comes from engaging at this level with my vision . This has been something that i have known for a while but really grasping this reality is something that is hard for me. Experience has taught me that it is absolutely necesssarily to do everything all the time. This the type of leadership that has been modeled and foisted upon me. This actually is fine……….if you want to be in ONE store forever. There is nothing wrong with owning and operating one store , however , this is not my vision for myself and this is not the life i see for myself. I want to scale.

So this is what I got from self reflection:

You are not a store manager ( and this is okay) .

In this nacent stage of the business, you cannot remove your self from the store because management is necessary and you the person for the hour

Focus 70% growing the business and people ( training shifts , coaching, marketing systems )

spend 30% on the business directly

in that 70% , quickly train the team members that are showing leadership qualities and delegate

lastly , when the time comes , hire someone better than you in the areas that are necessary to core metrics and indoctrinate them on your why ( vision)

There is nothing wrong with hiring someone better than you in a specific task . This is something you have to do . ego will create fear and insecurity but a low - quality candidate will kill a business.

So my focus over the next month is focus my energy on really teaching and exercise my mind on a leadership and scale level. This is where I want to be.

Peace,