RESTAURANT STRATEGY · Chip Klose

We Suck at Training, But This is How to Do It Better (ENCORE)

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Chip Klose reveals the restaurant industry's 76% staff churn costs up to $45,000 per employee.
Chip Klose addresses the restaurant industry's high employee churn and poor training practices, proposing a three-tiered system to improve onboarding, skill development, and long-term retention. He shares practical steps and personal examples to help owners reduce turnover and boost profitability.

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Practical restaurant onboarding advice focused on training, churn, and steady handoffs.

Restaurant Strategy makes a plain case for fixing churn at the start: training has to begin on day one and keep going after that. Chip Close argues that many restaurants still leave new hires to figure things out too early, and replacement costs make that a mistake that is hard…

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Stop losing new hires on day one.

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