Chapter 4

Should I find the site first, or the manager?

Tìm mặt bằng trước, hay tìm người đứng quán trước?

The chapter's question

What is my new restaurant manager allowed to decide?

Big idea

Whether the second restaurant stands or falls depends largely on one person, and that person must be chosen before signing the lease.

In this chapter

  1. Part 4.1

    Promote or Hire

    Where is someone from my team strong or weak against an outside hire?

  2. Part 4.2

    Three Months of Shadowing

    What must that person learn at the first restaurant before moving to the second?

  3. Part 4.3

    Where Their Authority Ends

    Which decisions can they make without asking me?

  4. Part 4.4

    Pay Tied to What

    Which number at the new restaurant is their income tied to?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Second Location is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Second Location

  1. 1.Will a second shop double sales, or double problems?
  2. 2.If recipes can be copied, what really fills my shop?
  3. 3.Can great food save the wrong location?
  4. 4.Should I find the site first, or the manager?
  5. 5.The new shop thrives, but is the old one slipping?