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6 ways you can seriously increase your tips

Kyra Kuik - Productivity

If you're a restaurant server, you know how important tips are to your personal bottom line. According to PayScale.com, the average hourly wage for servers is $5.30. The federal minimum wage for tipped workers is lower than that for workers in other kinds of positions. In almost half of all U.S. states, that wage is … Continued

UK special: Top 10 tax changes you should know for 2018

Paul McCooey - Business management

As most of us know, many changes are happening in the UK at the moment and more are coming, not least to the economy. In this article, I shed light on ten changes, which will impact on businesses and their employees over the next few years. Some of these changes are already here, while some are … Continued

Customer case study: Fitness World

Lisa Andersen - Planday news

Planday had a chat with Fitness World, a busy fitness chain in Denmark, about the challenges and goals they face everyday. Here, we give you a preview of the conversation. In a fitness chain, the day-to-day instructors are the faces of the organization. Their enthusiasm or lack of, often makes or breaks the class workouts, … Continued

How busy managers can achieve work-life balance

Lisa Andersen - Productivity

As a manager, it’s important that you figure out an effective way to keep yourself from diving too far into either end of that equation. Too much work leads to burnout. Too much life leads to stalled career progress and a lack of fulfillment. Workaholism simply isn’t sustainable, not if we want to keep ourselves … Continued

Why you should promote work-life balance in your workplace and how to do it

Kyra Kuik - Leadership / Productivity

As a manager, you’ve probably seen lots of articles about work-life balance that are aimed at you. But don't overlook the fact that this issue also affects the hourly employees at your restaurant and the quality of their work. So why is work-life balance so important for your staff? And how can you encourage it … Continued

Accountants: Asking for client referrals

Lisa Andersen - Business management

As somebody who helps small businesses with their finances, you understand the importance of networking. Your clients reach out to the people they know in order to help them market and spread the message of their services and products. So why should it be any different for you? Whether are you run your own accounting … Continued

How to better predict customer flow

Kyra Kuik - Business management

For restaurant managers, a crystal ball would come in pretty handy. Looking into the future, they would know exactly how many customers to expect each day and, in turn, how many staff members they need to have on duty. Unfortunately, predicting customer flow isn't that easy. But it's an important skill for restaurant managers to … Continued

How to scale your training and development programs

Lisa Andersen - Business management / Leadership

As your company grows or you start to open franchises, the challenges you face will become exponentially greater. Not only do you need new ways of managing employee schedules, juggling more complicated books and ensuring that you’re always fully stocked and ready for customers, you have to train all the new hires that come with … Continued

How tech can improve employee satisfaction

Kyra Kuik - Business management / Leadership

It can be a real challenge to know if your employees are truly satisfied or if they’re secretly plotting to make a move to another position in the near future. 16% of millennials are actively disengaged Turnover among Millennials alone costs the US Economy about $30.5 billion annually, according to Gallup, but your company doesn’t … Continued

Demystifying your payslip

Kyra Kuik - Other

Opening your payslip can come with a real mixed bag of emotions. All too often, it can go a little something like this: “Yes! I’ve been paid! Wait a minute, that’s not the amount I was expecting… they’ve taken how much for tax? And what’s that for? Surely that can’t be right… and what does … Continued

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