What's a business without a great staff?

Being in the restaurant industry for almost four years has allowed me to work with a lot of different people. One of things that is important is finding a staff  that you can trust and believes in the same values that you do.  It is important to find a staff that is hard working and willing to do the work that is required of them.

Part of finding the right staff is knowing what kind of staff you actually want. For me I haven't really thought about the kind of people I would want to hire for my business except for the fact that I want my staff to love coming to work for me and be proud to say that they are working for my business. 

My business is going to be a place where people can come and feel like there walking into there own home and feel like family and that is how I want my staff to feel too. But on important note I want my staff to be willing to work without  complaint, being on time and putting forth the effort.  Now I will say that some of the people I have worked with have said that I'm a bit bossy and while that may be true working for me I will not be demanding or dictating my employees I will work with them and show them and teach them anything they want to know or learn. 

Now all this is important but the staff I would want is a right hand person also known as a General Manager  that will be me when I'm not there, I'm also looking for a experienced chef that will be responsible for making the dishes on my menu as if my grandma or I were making them. Next will be servers and bartenders and a Assistant/ dining room manager. I want my staff to be able to run and understand their responsibilities when I'm not there and honor the business as if it were there own.


I want to help my employees grow and be passionate about the work that they doing and I think that is something that is important because I'm very passionate about  establishing this business and I want to be able to pass that on to my staff. In an article by Jessica Thiefels states"Provide your team with professional development opportunities and flexible working schedules, and acknowledge and take advantage of the things they’re best at. This allows them to provide the most value to your company, which makes them happy and the company successful" (The Importance of Hiring a Passionate Tribe for Your Start up). This is what I want my focus to be for my company and for my staff.

I know my readers may be a bit confused on this blog because I was a bit all over the place with this one but that's because  I know what I want in my future but a bit on sure about my future staff at this time but since it's a little bit far off I can't write much about the staff until the process actually happens. So if anyone can shed any light on the process of starting out with looking for the right staff I would appreciate the advice. 

Thanks!