I was introduced to Simon Sinek’s ideas when I first became an assistant general manager with Boston Pizza. It was my first management job and my boss at the time emailed me this TED talk. His ideas made me see job as a manager differently. Listening to Simon talk inspires and motivates me to grow …
Building community fosters a sense of belonging. Team members feel safe to be themselves while working towards common goals (Northouse, 2016, p.229). Building a community is hard in a kitchen. Prep cooks start work before the sun rises and never meet the majority of the cooks that start in the evening. To fix this I …
Leadership created because of the title or position someone holds within a company is assigned leadership. Emergent leadership differs because the leader doesn’t always hold the highest position in the group, they gradually fill the role over time due to their interaction with the rest of the team (Northouse, 2016). Last year I moved to …
According to Northouse (2016), “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (p. 6). The word process explains the fluid nature of the leader-follower dynamic. As kitchen manager (KM) I lead a team underneath me. My followers include my prep and line-cooks, supervisors, and dishwashers. I’m …
I decided to tell a story of a couple making and eating dinner. I used Freesound for all of the noise clips. I even used some of the search tips I learned in other activities to improve my searches. I used 8 sound clips in total. The background music was chosen because it sounded ‘normal’ …
https://anchor.fm/maddison-couturier I chose to record my simple ‘Hello World’ introduction. I found both apps very easy to use. I accidentally added to sound clips to the end of the anchor.fm app. I couldn’t figure out how to remove them. I really liked soundcloud. It was nice that you could pause and come back to the …
I’m not very savy when it comes to taking good pictures. I don’t have a real camera, I simply use my Samsung S6 camera. So I spent the morning playing with a bunch of features that I was not aware of. I followed along with a blog post from Android Central https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-camera-tips-and-tricks and learned a lot …