Restaurant Leadership Podcast: The Show for Multi-Unit Operators Ready to Scale
Welcome to the Restaurant Leadership Podcast...the show for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to scale.
Your host, Christin Marvin, founder of Columbine Hospitality and creator of the Independent Restaurant Framework (IRF), has spent over two decades in the industry...from line cook at 15 to managing partner by 30. She knows what it takes to build a restaurant group that runs without you in it.
Each week, Christin brings you real conversations and straight talk on the three things that actually move the needle in a multi-unit restaurant group: People, Process, and Profit.
This podcast is for you if you're ready to stop putting out fires and start building a business that scales with intention.
This podcast will help you answer:
- How do I build a leadership team I can actually trust?
- How do I create systems that run without me?
- How do I scale to multiple locations without burning out?
- How do I increase profitability as I grow?
- How do I go from operator to CEO?
Grab your copy of Multi-Unit Mastery at irfbook.com and follow Columbine Hospitality on LinkedIn.
Voice Over, Mixing and Mastering Credits:
L. Connor Voice - LConnorvoice@gmail.com
Artwork by Solstice Photography, Tucson, AZ.
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Restaurant Leadership Podcast: The Show for Multi-Unit Operators Ready to Scale
Latest Episodes
112: Turn Reactive Operators into Intentional CEOs
Most multi-unit restaurant operators don’t have a growth problem, they have a focus problem. When your leadership team doesn’t know what matters most for the next 90 days, everything turns into a fire, your ops meetings drift into venting, and ...
111: Danny Meyer
I walked into a talk with Danny Meyer expecting a few good notes on hospitality, and walked out with four leadership reminders I’m still thinking about as a restaurant coach. Hearing him reflect on the 20-year legacy of Setting the Table, along...
110: The $75,000 Mistake You’re Making
Ever wonder why “Everything’s fine” keeps blowing up into last-minute fires? We dig into the uncomfortable truth: avoiding one-on-ones quietly drains profit, trust, and talent—and we put a real number on it with a $75,000 turnover case. As rest...
109: Breaking The Bottleneck
Ever felt that uneasy pull that says there’s more growth on the table, but you don’t have the energy or structure to reach it? We’ve been there. This week we share a pivotal shift: Solutions by Christin is now Columbine Hospitality, and we’re p...
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