With time and capacity at a premium these days, the prospect of training staff or coaching designated trainers on your team amidst competing priorities can feel overwhelming. As daunting as it might feel, it’s our belief that it can be done! There are several meaningful changes you can make to your training that don’t require […]
Many organizations see training as something that happens at the beginning of employment. However, really great organizations recognize training is important at every stage of an employee’s tenure with their company. Perhaps the thought of continuously training your employees leaves you feeling overwhelmed and thinking, how do I find the time to train? This is […]
We’re big fans of incorporating game-play with learning, and long-time friend of Zingerman’s, Dr. Jennifer Yim, has created a one-of-a-kind, interactive game designed to spark conversation around using diversity to build a more inclusive workplace, aptly named The American Dream Game. We’re thrilled to now be offering the game, both as a public workshop as well as […]
Join us for a web conversation with Pat McGraw, Zingerman’s HR Manager and Maggie Bayless, ZingTrain Managing Partner. Pat and Maggie will talk about tips and techniques for interviewing to hire the “right” people – people who fit your organizational culture and serve your organization’s bottom lines. Download the webinar files Slides – Intentional Interviewing […]
We all recognize that training is important. it is also challenging. Frequently, the people in our organizations who qualify as subject matter experts do not have the time, capacity or even the skills to develop training materials or coach designated trainers. At Zingerman’s, we’ve developed what we call the 4 Training Plan Questions – they […]
You know us. You’ve seen us in action at our seminars. You know we’re nationally recognized for our food, customer service and unique business practices. We suspect all of that has led you to wonder : How on earth do they train their staff? Join us for this behind-the-scenes look at how we, at Zingerman’s, […]
The Zingerman’s Community of Businesses recently made the decision to induct 3 staff members into the Partners Group. Join us for a behind the scenes look at this decision from the very epicenter of it – Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman’s and Mara Ferguson, member of the Governance Committee that came up with the actual […]
If you use words to sell your wares, this is the webinar for you! Whether you put them on your website or print catalog, or on a product sign in a deli case, the words you use to describe your products and services are often your first (and sometimes only) opportunity to sell to your […]
I want to start a Community of Businesses! How does Zingerman’s do it? Ari says he gets this question, or some version of it, once or twice a week. The Zingerman’s Community has 9 businesses? Why 9 businesses? What’s the partnership set up? What percentages are owned by whom? What about profit distribution? Who makes […]
At Zingerman’s we believe that the employee life cycle has three stages : Stage 1 : Finding and Hiring the Right People Stage 2 : Helping Staff Succeed Stage 3 : Assisting Departing Staff Way back when, we did a webinar that covered a key part of Stage 1. We called it Intentional Interviewing. It […]
Let’s admit it. It is rare to find someone who loves performance reviews – no matter whether they are on the giving or receiving end. And consistently giving effective andtimely performance reviews has probably been in the top 5 of universal management frustrations for as long as there have been managers! We thought this article […]
As you may know, we’ve been focusing on the employee life cycle in our last few webinars. Stage 2 of the Employee Life Cycle is all about Helping Staff Succeed. And Training is a key part of that. Our March webinar was all about training : The Key Components of Really Effective Training, and we’ve […]
