The Chophouse: The Motivation Of Employees

Leadership is a quality found among many, but a true leader goes above and beyond the task at hand. A true leader guides, motivates, and inspires others to achieve their greatest potential. When I was fifteen years old, I got my first job as a greeter at a local restaurant, The Chophouse. The Chophouse provided me with many opportunities to not only develop as an employee, but grow as a leader. Working in a restaurant has it's ups and downs. One negative thing in particular is the constant rotation of workers. The majority of people working in food service are young, usually in high school or college. When I started at The Chophouse, there were about eleven other greeters. Six months later, that number had been cut in half. After a year, we were back up to about ten people, but only two of them had worked there when I first started. With such an unstable flow of employees, it's important that someone can be a guiding light to new staff members, especially those who haven’t had a job before. As more and more of my original coworkers left, it became increasingly apparent to me that I would need to make that responsibility my own.

Nights like these would call for our top personnel; the shifts typically had four greeters, with one in charge. Fortunately, I grew accustomed to these chaotic shifts, directing the others to ensure everything went smoothly. My job had several duties: answering phones, cleaning tables, resolving minor conflicts, and seating guests so as to be fair to the servers. Most of these tasks are done through careful delegation of the other greeters. In order to make sure these assignments are done right, it's important to know the capacity of your coworkers, a vital quality a leader should