Restaurant Leadership Podcast: The Show for Multi-Unit Operators Ready to Scale
by Christin Marvin · 124 episodes
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Welcome to the Restaurant Leadership Podcast...the show for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to scale.Your host, Christin Marvin, founder of Columbine Hospitality and creator of the Independent Restaurant Framework (IRF), has spent over two decades in the industry...from line cook at 15 to managing partner by 30. She knows what it takes to build a restaurant group that runs without you in it.Each week, Christin brings you real conversations and straight talk on the three things that actually move the needle in a multi-unit restaurant group: People, Process, and Profit.This podcast is for...
Latest episodes
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22 min
126: Stop Complimenting Your Team
“Great job” is easy to say, and it’s also easy to forget. When the holiday rush hits and your team is carrying stress, tight labor, tight margins, and higher-than-ever guest expect…
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36 min
125: Build A Profitable Non-Alcoholic Beverage Program - with Dana Bonelli
Non-alcoholic drinks stopped being a “nice to have” and started becoming a measurable profit lever. We sit down again with Dana Bonelli to pressure-test what’s changed since 2024,…
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26 min
124: Sober and Still in It - 5 Years Without a Drink in an Industry Built on One
I didn’t plan to get emotional talking about sobriety, but one question on a recent guest interview hit me right in the chest: what was the hardest part about deciding to stop drin…
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19 min
123: What Behavior are You Tolerating, and at What Cost?
The quickest way to weaken a restaurant isn’t a bad week of sales, it’s the quiet decision to tolerate what you know needs to change. We start with a real quarterly planning story…
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19 min
122: Hire, Coach, and Keep the Right Leaders
Turnover after the holidays can feel like a punch to the gut, especially when it hits key leaders and you’re already tired from the busiest shifts of the year. We step back and loo…
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47 min
121: From Chaos to Choice - Lead with Presence
Running multiple restaurants can turn you into a full-time decision machine, answering everyone’s questions while your own focus gets shattered into a hundred pieces. That’s exactl…
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50 min
120: How to Negotiate Your Salary
What if you're leaving half a million dollars on the table over your career — and don't even realize it? Coach to CEOs and law firm leaders, Katy Goshtasbi reveals the hidden patte…
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33 min
119: How to Deliver an Exceptional Dining Experience in Today's Market
You can feel it when a restaurant cares, and you can feel it even sooner when it doesn’t. I took a trip to Santa Fe and had a dining experience that stopped me in my tracks, not be…
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21 min
118: Stop Saying Yes, Start Leading
The people pleaser saboteur is one of the most common — and most costly — patterns in hospitality leadership. In this episode, we break down why saying yes to everything is burning…
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45 min
117: Succession Planning
Guests: Jeff Keesel (Outgoing CEO, Restaurant Technologies) & Alyssa Partee (Incoming CEO, Restaurant Technologies) Episode Summary This episode tackles one of the most requested t…
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38 min
116: How to Grow a Successful Consulting Business
Here's a punchy episode summary: Episode Summary: The Blueprint for Restaurant Operators Ready to Build Something New Ever hit that five-year itch wondering what's next after resta…
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38 min
116: How to Grow a Successful Consulting Business
Ever hit that five-year itch wondering what's next after restaurants? You're not alone.In this episode, I sit down with Jim Taylor, founder of Benchmark 60 and creator of the Bluep…
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28 min
115: What's Next - Columbine Hospitality is Taking Over the Blueprint
Episode Summary Christin Marvin announces that Columbine Hospitality is officially taking over The Blueprint — a coaching program originally built by Jim Taylor of Benchmark 60. Th…
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28 min
115: What's Next - Columbine Hospitality is Taking Over the Blueprint
Christin Marvin announces that Columbine Hospitality is officially taking over The Blueprint — a coaching program originally built by Jim Taylor of Benchmark 60. This program helps…
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26 min
114: Stop Repeating the Same Meeting
Your manager meeting keeps circling the same issues because nobody leaves with a real commitment that can be measured, owned, and finished. We tackle one of the most expensive lead…
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23 min
113: How Leadership Alignment Makes Scaling Possible
If you co-own a restaurant group, try one question today: “What does success look like in three years?” If you’re not 100% sure your partner would answer the same way, you’re not a…
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26 min
112: Turn Reactive Operators into Intentional CEOs
Most multi-unit restaurant operators don’t have a growth problem, they have a focus problem. When your leadership team doesn’t know what matters most for the next 90 days, everythi…
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18 min
111: Danny Meyer
I walked into a talk with Danny Meyer expecting a few good notes on hospitality, and walked out with four leadership reminders I’m still thinking about as a restaurant coach. Heari…
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31 min
110: The $75,000 Mistake You’re Making
Ever wonder why “Everything’s fine” keeps blowing up into last-minute fires? We dig into the uncomfortable truth: avoiding one-on-ones quietly drains profit, trust, and talent—and…
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21 min
109: Breaking The Bottleneck
Ever felt that uneasy pull that says there’s more growth on the table, but you don’t have the energy or structure to reach it? We’ve been there. This week we share a pivotal shift:…