The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 16 Small Teams

Leading the team brings morale, drive and passion.

We have all seen "Bright Sword". From the outside, Li Yunlong's team is usually loose and has little combat effectiveness, but when it comes to war, the whole team is like a bundle of dry firewood. Li Yunlong is a torch. The team immediately changed to another person, yelling.

The same is true for leading a team in a hotel. The leader needs to have passion, like a torch, to ignite the passion of everyone.

"Inflate early and repair tire later" refers to two regular meetings in the morning and evening.

Don't talk about big things in regular meetings. Employees don't like to hear it, and they don't understand it.

The most important thing is to raise the spirits of the employees during the regular meeting, so that everyone can maintain a good state and enter the work.

The time should not be too long, about 5 minutes is best.Employees don't like to listen to more than 8 minutes. Unless it is a bonus, they don't care about it for half an hour, and they are full of energy.

In the regular meeting, we should encourage more, praise more, attack less and criticize less.Praise makes people like it, and it will continue to do the right thing.Criticism is tiresome, and it is easy to arouse confrontational psychology, making wrong things continue to go wrong.

When leading the team, always keep in mind that the most taboo is not to criticize by name at regular meetings.It will give everyone the illusion that they are criticizing themselves.It looks like it is saving face for those who are being criticized, but in fact it is a blow to a large number of people, and the gain is not worth the loss.

If the regular meeting is held well, the team will have cohesion, but if it is not held well, it will be scattered.

After breakfast, the employees came to the food stalls in twos and threes. They chatted together in groups of three and two, and some even fought with each other.

Li Xu took the dot to the front of the station, checked the time, there were 2 minutes left, and he didn't call everyone to gather together, let everyone continue to relax and gossip.

Lao Tan came over and took the book from Li Xu, saying that he would host today's regular meeting.

"Assemble—" Lao Tan shouted loudly, his voice was like a bronze bell.

Everyone was shocked and stood up immediately.

There are three rows in total, the first row is for chopping boards and lotus tables, the second row is for the stove chef and pasta, and the third row is for washing dishes, serving sundries, killing chickens and cold dishes.

Old Tan said loudly: "Today I will click here, and whoever clicks will answer 'to' loudly. The voice must be loud and loud. Answer with your loudest voice. Is it clear?"

"Clear!"

"Li Zhongqing."

"Here!" The voice was loud.

"Xu Jun."

"To!"

Both the master and the chopping board answered very loudly, but when it came to Dong Zhichao, the chef, their voices were very low and timid.

Old Tan called his name again.

"Dong Zhichao!"

"To—" the voice increased, but it was still very small.

Old Tan stared at him.

This sunny and handsome boy has the frailty of a girl, his face is very fair and handsome.

A word suddenly popped up in Lao Tan's mind - pseudo-mother.

This is a hypocrite, she was originally a young man, but she insisted on making herself look like a little girl, without any masculinity.

"Why is the voice so low?" Old Tan asked with a straight face.

Dong Zhichao said weakly: "This is my loudest."

Old Tan glanced at Ben and clicked on the little fat girl's name past him.

Xiao Pangya has a lively personality, like a tomboy, and usually has a loud voice.

"Wang Xiaoqi."

"Here!" The voice was loud, no less than that of a boy.

Dong Zhichao's name was called again.

"Dong Zhichao."

"arrive--"

Still weak, not as loud as Wang Xiaoqi's voice.

There is no harm without comparison. A boy's voice is not louder than a girl's, and most people laugh.Of course, there was no sarcasm or ridicule in this laughter, it was purely for fun.

Dong Zhichao was thin-skinned, blushed like a little girl, lowered his head, and scolded Old Tan in his heart, this dead bald head was obviously making a fool of me.What are you doing shouting so loudly, you have to chant if you can hear it, whether you are tired or not.At the same time, he resented those who laughed, and felt that he was not as loud as a woman when he was laughing, like a woman.

The resentment is resentment, but he still obeys Lao Tan. It was Lao Tan who made him change from being a cook to a chef.

After the laughter stopped, Old Tan asked Dong Zhichao: "Brother, do you feel that everyone is laughing at you?"

Dong Zhichao raised his head and whispered, "A little bit."

"It's embarrassing for your master to make people laugh. You don't dare to say anything. Besides, we don't have bears in our kitchen. You seem to be the first." Old Tan said unhurriedly.

Not only was Dong Zhichao blushing now, but he was also a little overwhelmed, his breathing became short of breath, and there was something manly in his eyes.

"My principle is that no matter how others look down on me, I will tell him to look down on me. If I can't do it well, it's a mistake. If I can't do it, I'm incompetent. I've always been prepared, and I never admit defeat, or I'm sorry for you guys.

Now I ask you, are you ready? "Old Tan's voice was serious.

"Ready." Dong Zhichao said a little excitedly.

"Dong Zhichao!"

"Here!" The voice was much louder.

In order to stimulate this pseudo-mother, Lao Tan named Xiaopangya again.

"Wang Xiaoqi!"

"Here!" The voice was louder than Dong Zhichao.

This time there was no laughter.

Lao Tan continued to name Dong Zhichao and Wang Xiaoqi three times with a blank face.

For the first time, Dong Zhichao still cared about the people around him, his voice was loud and shy.

The second time the shyness was gone, and it was as loud as Fat Ya's voice.

For the third time, he couldn't feel anyone standing beside him, so he had the urge to shout out, otherwise he would suffocate himself.

"arrive--"

Almost a roar.

It was as if he yelled out a ball of rotten cotton stuck in his throat, it was very smooth, and he felt relaxed.

"Wow—"

"Wow—"

The partners around him applauded and looked at him approvingly, with sincere smiles on their faces.

At this moment, this handsome boy was excited, and his eye sockets were a little moist.

After the applause ended, Lao Tan said meaningfully: "Every one of us hopes to receive flowers and applause, to stand in the center of the crowd and be noticed by others, and to make our parents happy and our lover proud of our success.

Today, Lao Tan tells everyone that any success is achieved through persistence, hard work, and dedication.If you don't change, no one will change for you; if you don't work hard, no one will cheer for you.You will eventually become the person you want to be, give yourself a round of applause. "

"Wow—"

The applause was warm and sustained.

In the next three days of regular meetings, Lao Tan standardized everyone's standing posture and formation.Divide the team into three teams, each team has five chefs, three chopping boards, three lotus tables, two cold dishes, two pastries, and two dishwashing ladies.

Rough processing and chicken killing brother, tofu workshop, vegetable picking, big pot stewing, and seafood guys are all assigned to various teams.

Each team elects a captain, names their team, and designs a slogan.

Managers are not allowed to be captains, they must be employees, and managers have to listen to their team captains.

The names of the three teams are Wolf Warriors, Death Squad, and Snow Leopards.It sounds domineering and energetic.

In the future, the three teams will conduct a PK. Whoever violates discipline, unqualified sanitation, or faulty dishes will be punished according to the rules and regulations, and points will be deducted from the team.Of course, there are rewards and punishments, rewarding employees who perform well at work, and at the same time giving extra points to the team.

Items that add points include: increasing income and reducing expenditure, rationalization proposals put forward are adopted and implemented, money is not lost, awards are won in spare time activities, dishes are innovative, good people and good deeds, etc.

The employees were immediately aroused by this new way of playing. They are all young people in their twenties and thirties, and only a few are in their forties. The older ones are also rejuvenated under the leadership of young people. Get involved with the team.

After the team was formed, the employees' emotions were mobilized and their work became more active.

Wang Gang was very impressed and asked Lao Tan how he thought of forming three teams.

Old Tan asked back: "Brother, what do you think is the most difficult thing to manage now?"

Wang Gang thought for a while and said, "People are the most difficult to manage."

"Yes, people are the most difficult to manage." Old Tan affirmed, "Managers say people are difficult to manage, but why should we care if there is no one? Now the post-[-]s generation is the main force in the hotel, and there are many post-[-]s generation. We Those born in the [-]s are head chefs and chief chefs, and those who are not good are cooks, and there are also those who are like killing chickens, doing some work within their ability to earn money to support their families.

Those of us born in the [-]s all came out because of family difficulties, many children, and no way out at home, and we couldn't even talk about a daughter-in-law.At that time, as long as we had a job to earn money, we were obedient and whatever we did.

It is difficult to find a job, and I am afraid that if I can't do it well, I will be fired. If I am laid off, I don't even have a place to live. If I don't have money in my pocket, it will be a problem.So we don't have to worry about our work, we just work hard with all our heart, so we are afraid that the boss will not be satisfied. "

Wang Gang thought of the scene when he came out, and nodded deeply.

Old Tan went on to say: "It's not good now. Those born in the [-]s and [-]s were born after family planning. They are treasures at birth. They have never suffered from our hardships, and they don't care about the family situation. Parents, grandpas Grandma and grandparents all take them as ancestors, and those who come and go feel that they are ancestors and take everything for granted.

No one cares at home, and they don't listen to them. Children who are caring at school know how to study hard to get into college.Waiting for those mischievous people to come to our kitchen.What is the psychology of these children?I don't know the suffering at home, so I play well by myself.I don't think about what my parents think at all, and no matter how difficult it is for my parents, as long as I am happy.

When we were apprentices in the past, what the master said was the imperial decree, so why don't we listen?The master is the master, and we are the grandsons.Now everything is reversed, the younger brother is the master, and we are the grandsons.Don't worry about it, it would be nice to coax them to work honestly, wouldn't it? "

Wang Gang nodded in approval.

"It's not their fault. They have been raised by their ancestors since they were young. They have never been controlled. At first, no one is convinced. Are there any good ones? Yes, most of them are still good, but good ones, even those who are obedient You don’t come to our kitchen, do you? It is absolutely correct to say that our kitchen is a bandit and a bum, if you want to control them, you have to be a bandit and a bum.”

Speaking of this, Lao Tan and Wang Gang both smiled heartily.

Lao Tan went on to say: "Now these children have strong personalities. They mainly play and work. They only want to work after playing well. They don't want to be controlled by others. They don't like to be told when they are wrong. The more they talk, the more they go wrong. If you do it, I will talk to you, thinking that it is a character.

Well, since you like to play, you don't want to be controlled, and you still have personality, then follow them and tell them to manage themselves.Don't think that these boys don't like to listen to us, but they definitely listen to what they approve.

If they all have the awareness of small groups, then we will expand their small groups and shrink our large teams. First, we will build a small team that they recognize, build confidence in the small team, and when they have fun, the big team will be easy to build. "

Wang Gang gave Lao Tan a thumbs up sincerely.

(End of this chapter)