Step Up Your Hiring Game: How to Meet the Demands of Today's Job Market! In this episode, you will be able to: Tackle the difficulties of locating and keeping staff in the restaurant business. Recognize the significance of tailoring the recruitment process to foster a sense of belonging among restaurant…

What will you do when your body finally gives way, taps out, and says in uncertain terms enough is enough? Right now, you might be fit, young, and strong, but no matter what you do, there's only so much that the body can take both physically and energetically - the…

When do you know it's time to hang up the apron and throw in the towel on your hospitality career? Join Jim Taylor and Adam Lamb on Thursday, April 20th, 2023, at 12 N ET for another episode of Turning the Table when we discuss winning mindsets for the restaurant…

What will you do when your body finally gives way, taps out, and says in no uncertain terms enough is enough? Right now, you might be fit, young, and strong, but no matter what you do, there's only so much that the body can take both physically and energetically -…

Kirk Spinks, COO of El Furniture Warehouse joins Jim Taylor as they discuss how Kirk and his team have created a growing brand based on doing things differently.

There's a lot of buzz around AI regarding local marketing in the industry. Without appropriate guardrails from corporate or the parent organization, Generative AI can make recommendations that seem great for franchisees but can break brand guidelines, rules, or even laws. Given this new ability to drastically increase productivity with…

Kirk Spinks, COO of El Furniture Warehouse joins Jim Taylor as they discuss how Kirk and his team have created a growing brand based on doing things differently.

Are you struggling to attract the right staff? Sick and tired of getting ghosted on interviews? Does it seem that you're new hires aren't skilled enough? How can you properly train your staff when you're chronically understaffed? Ricardo schooled us on his top three tips for hiring smart and training…

Does it feel like it's harder than ever to communicate effectively with your staff members? Have you adjusted your delivery style to be better understood by associates? What's the politically correct way now to speak with staff? If you struggle with workplace communication, you'll want to catch our episode with…

Ricardo Monzon of Somos Vida Cultura joins Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching to dispel the myth that no one wants to work anymore. Join us on Thursday, Feb. 2nd at 12N ET and learn the three things you can do right now to…

The Queen of Culture, Brittinay Lenhart joins Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching to talk about the cultural transformation occurring in the Hospitality market and why you should be ahead of the curve instead of behind it. Join us on Thursday, Jan, 26th at…

The team at "Training Bites" Podcast, Zana Usher and Tim O'rouke, join Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching to talk about the critical component of training and the gap that currently exists in our pot COVID marketplace. Join us on Thursday, Feb., 9th at…

Full Course Fund CEO Lauren Hernandez joins Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching to discuss the growing disparity of effective hospitality training and the expectations placed on new staff members without the requeesite4 skill sets, and how COVID ply made things worse. Join us…

Consultant Aaron Fish joins Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching to talk about hospitality in the senior living market segment. Join us at 12 N ET, Thursday, Jan. 12th. to find out the 3 Things that Senior Living Restaurant Operations do better than any…

Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching discuss the fundamental mindset shifts necessary for operational success in the #newhospitalityculture of 2023. Join us on Thursday, Jan. 5th at 12 N ET and find out the three core beliefs you can leverage to set yourself up…

We're inviting you to join us in celebration of the end of 2022 and take your questions, concerns, AND smart ass remarks about what we might be able to look forward to in 2023

Jim Taylor and Adam Lamb discuss their favorite three episodes of the year, why they made our list, what we're celebrating about the restaurant industry in 2022 and what we're looking forward to in 2023. Join us on Thursday, December 29th for the special year-end wrap-up episode at 12 N…

Scot Turner from Auden Hospitality in the UK joins Jim Taylor and Adam Lamb in the studio to talk about his long career in the Hospitality industry and the five biggest lessons he took away from his successes, and failures. Join us on Thursday, December 22 to listen to this…

Author and Executive Leadership Coach Kelly Heateringham joins Jim Taylor and Adam Lamb in the studio for part 2 of The ABC's of Inspirational Leadership: Boundaries. What are they and why are hospitality professionals so bad at creating healthy ones? Join us Thursday, December 15th at 12 N ET to…

Jim Taylor and Adam Lamb discuss protecting staff workload by embracing and mastering forecasting in restaurant operations.

Leadership Coach Michelle Moreno joins Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching to discuss the current stat of hospitality leadership and three things you can do right now to uplevel your management style.

Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty and Adam Lamb of Chef Life Coaching get together to thank those working on this holiday, so others won't have to.

On this episode we’ll be speaking to Chef, Advocate & Antagonist for the Hospitality Industry Jensen Cummings about several posts he created lately that caught the attention of both Jim & me because he was using a trigger word that always gets us lit up: VALUES You’ll want to stick…

Join Jim Taylor and Adam Lamb. as they respond to some listener comments about how to support a team that's been beaten down by prior management, this Thursday at 12N on the Turning the Table podcast