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Your Handbook to Happiness has landed
The hospitality industry's not-so-secret ingredient is happiness. But we can focus so much on making our customers happy, we can overlook our teams. That ends here, with your ultimate cheatsheet to creating a happy hospitality team.
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How to get honest feedback from your team (for free)
One of the trickiest things to do in the hospitality industry is get open, honest feedback from your team. This free form will break down the barriers and help you start conversations.
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Tipping point: why it’s time to take Fair Tips Act action
The Fair Tips Act is coming into play on October 1, 2024. It's time to take action.
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Turn it up: how music sets the tone for your team
Everyone wants a happy team, right? The good news is, there's an easy way to make your team happier – and it could be as easy as changing the music you play. Here's why.
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How Planday helped DiningSix Group make The Single Biggest Shift
The DiningSix Group uses Planday to plan shifts ahead, control its ops and create a streamlined staff management plan. And it’s improving staff morale, too.
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Scheduling – flexibility vs uncertainty
The flexibility of the job is one of the hospitality industry's biggest pulls. But, right now, there's a big disconnect between perception and reality.
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Mental health in hospitality, a crisis we need to be talking about
The hospitality industry’s riding the wave of a mental health crisis. But specialised, dedicated help, like The Burnt Chef Project, is available out there.
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What is The Single Biggest Shift?
The Single Biggest Shift is the small change you could make that has a huge impact on your entire business. It’s planning rotas ahead. Here’s why it matters…
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How Dishoom dishes up the industry standard for staff retention
When it comes to retaining top talent, Dishoom are experts. But what are they doing right? To find out, Planday sat down with Dishoom's Head of People, Kate Moscardini.
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Hospitality’s mental health epidemic (and why clear career paths motivate teams)
Hospitality workers have looked after everyone else for so long, they’ve forgotten how to take care of themselves. How can we help? By reading this article for starters.
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What affects employee happiness at work?
The hospitality industry is in crisis. If a staff shortage wasn’t bad enough, the great teams we have aren’t sticking around. Something has to shift…
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How to improve cost control for your hospitality business
Digitalising your hospitality business could be one of the key success factors in 2024. This article explores why. Read on.
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Three reasons to embrace start-up spirit for party season
Start-up spirit could be the key to surviving the festive season. This article explores why. Read on.
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How to pull off the perfect event, with Tom and Lisa May Lewis
Planning the perfect event is almost second nature to the Monachyle Mhor team. But how do they do it? And what could you learn from them? Here's the scoop.
ArticleManage festive stress: 5 lessons hospitality can learn from other sectors
Start planning ahead now for the crunch of seasonal issues that are bound to repeat themselves now, and next year, at exactly the same time, in exactly the same way
