Servers and bartenders at Tres Agaves Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Lounge in San Francisco tend to speak with authority when describing a tequila or dish that reflects the comfort-food cuisine of Jalisco, Mexico. The staff of this...
NEW YORK —Freelance illustrator by day, bartender by night, Andy Markloff is also a “Jeopardy” game champion, even though he’s never been on the long-running televised quiz show. Markloff, who...
New York entrepreneur and restaurateur John McDonald has come up with a new “perk” for his employees, an energy and immunity booster call E-Boost. The effervescent product is a blend of vitamins and minerals, including B12, C, magnesium, zinc...
PHILADELPHIA —Casual-dining chains that have highly engaged customers also have engaged employees and financially outperform competitors that fail to make emotional connections with customers...
Delia Champion, founder of Atlanta’s popular Flying Biscuit Cafe, was stunned to hear her name called out during the Stevie Awards for Women in Business ceremony at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last month. The international awards had...
Robert Rodriguez, chairman of the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enrichment, often has heard hiring managers and recruiters complain that their recruiting efforts were not as effective as they could have been with Hispanic applicants. In addition to...
Ididn’t invent the hypothetical situation, but let’s just suppose for a second that I did.Put five monkeys in a cage. Inside that cage, hang one banana on a string and place a ladder under it. Keep a garden hose nearby. Soon one of the monkeys...
Just as wide variety in a menu can attract customers, plenty of employee benefits can give an employer the edge in the competition for talent. With all things being equal between two job offers, an applicant is more likely to choose the employer...
DALLAS —Economic conditions that have made the business climate difficult in 2007 are expected to continue next year, but companies that can improve their human resources practices will have an edge...
