012 : Lauren Airola of Onyx Coffee Lab : A Journey Into Managment & Back : Leadership, Barista Work, Managing, Career, Customer Service, Employee Engagement | Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders Podcast

025 : Dave Stachowiak / Mastering the Art of Training : Coaching, leadership, education, and how to communicate your coffee and barista knowledge so it sticks: Training. At some point in your coffee career you will be called on to train or teach in some form. As well as we might know the craft of coffee, it is often the case that we struggle to find the best way to teach that craft. If you are at all... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

67 min listen

005 : Baristas Speak! Barista Interviews from Coffee Champs in Knoxville, TN: This weekend I got to go to Coffee Champs in Knoxville, qualifying event for the United States Coffee Championships. While at an event party hosted by Wild Love Bakehouse I sat down with 5 baristas to get their unique take on coffee service, career... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

73 min listen

009 : How to Approach Data & Metrics w/ Simon Ouderkirk : Simon shows us how we should be thinking of numbers and their relation to our shop, or baristas, and the business' mission in general: Data, Metrics, Measurements...they play a critical role in the success of your shop. But how we approach the information available to us will determine how well we use it. Today Simon Ouderkirk a former coffee professional who now works with... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

58 min listen

002 : Master Your Workflow w/ Ryan Soeder: Learning how the improve your workflow for maximum efficiency, consistency , and speed by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

72 min listen

001: Intro & What to Expect: Greetings! In this episode I get to formally introduce myself and what you can expect here at Keys to the Shop. Plus I discuss the philosophies and values that drive the show. WELCOME!!! by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

12 min listen

019 : 10 Reasons to Love the Customer : Lists of what baristas “Hate” abound. What do we love? Here’s a list of things that we should love about our customers.: What do you think of when you think of "The Customer"? All too often it brings to mind annoyance, challenges, irritation, and even anger. I recently read an old article that was being newly shared around social media that was the catalyst for... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

33 min listen

013 : Leadership & Managment Master Class w/ Eva Attia : Leadership / Managment / Hiring / Career / Coffee / Barista Competitions: So you want to be a better leader or manager? Have we got a show for you! On this episode Eva Attia, the Director of Retail Operations for Portland Roasting Coffee, is our guest. Eva is just an amazing professional... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

65 min listen

004 : Leadership in the Cafe: 10 Steps to Being a People First Leader: 10 Steps to being an People First Leader in the Coffee Shop by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

46 min listen

008 : Finding Joy in Coffee w/ Nathanael May : Practical advice for baristas, managers, and generally all humans: How to cultivate joyfulness in your work in the shop by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

41 min listen

033 : Founder Friday! w/ Katie Startzman / Owner of Native Bagel Co. Berea, KY: On this edition of Founder Friday we go to a small town in rural Kentucky to hear about Katie Startzman's venture into bagels, coffee, and the adventures of business ownership! You will leave this conversation energized and... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

51 min listen

006 : Founder Friday! Taylor & Shem Doupe of Soleil Cafe talk coffee, entrepreneurship, management, and core values: This is the first in a monthly interview series highlighting founders of great cafes on the last Friday of each month. This month we are featuring new owners Taylor and Shem Doupe who own Soleil Cafe (So-lay cafe) in Syracuse, NY! They started their... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

63 min listen

003 : World Barista Champion, Pete Licata: The Role of Mentorship in Specialty Coffee: We get to talk with World Barista Champion, Pete Licata, about how we can use mentorship to grow our coffee careers as well as help others in their careers. by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

47 min listen

007 : The 4 Keys to an Effective Checklist : Increase morale, generate buy-in, and get things done!: Checklists get things done!!! If you work in coffee you use a checklist. Some lists are effective and others...not so much. In this episode we explore the 4 keys to making an effective checklist and talk about what role it plays in the cafe... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

34 min listen

010 : How are Competitions Relevant ? w/ Jess Steffy : Barista Competitions / Coffee Shops / Employee Engagement / Professional growth: Are barista competitions relevant what I do on the bar every day? How does my business benefit from sending staff to compete? These questions are asked by almost everyone at one time or another when they consider a coffee competitions. Today Jess... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

58 min listen

016 : w/ Michael Butterworth : Raising the Bar on Your Customer Experience: The customer experience can make or break your cafe. There are so many seemily small things that can derail the customers enjoyment of your shop. How can we raise the bar and focus our energy on the places that really count? What are some of the main... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

49 min listen

011 : Founder Friday! w/ Maxwell Mooney, Narrative Coffee / Barista community, hospitality, entrepreneurship, building relationships, and coffee quality: It's the second edition of Founder Friday and today we get to hear the story and learn from the experiences of Maxwell Mooney who owns Narrative Coffee in Everette, WA. We discuss how he got started in coffee, his driving vision for Narrative, how... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

51 min listen

014 : A Barista's Guide to Advancing: How to take full advantage of where you are and set yourself up for success in coffee: We all want to make progress and be fulfilled in our work. For many of us though frustration in our jobs causes us to not take full advantage of our current role to help us get to where we want to be. Today we are talking about some basic (but... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

31 min listen

044 : Navigating Mistakes and Failure : Best practices for overcoming the problems that we bring with us to the cafe: Even though mistakes and failure in coffee are a normal part of the learning process they can be hard to deal with, embarrassing, and often can derail our progress. Today we talk about some best practices I have discovered from personal experience for... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

45 min listen

015 : w/ Anne Nylander : What to do if you Don't Advance: How to take the next step in your barista / coffee career: Sometimes, in spite of doing all the right things and taking all the right steps, advancement just does not happen. Today we talk with Anne Nylander about how to navigate the tricky terrain of leaving your job in pursuit of the next step in your... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

43 min listen

023 : U.S. Barista Champion, KYLE RAMAGE! We chat with Kyle about his recent victory in Seattle and explore the details of his presentation, his thoughts on specialty coffee, and the lessons he’s learned on the road to winning the U.S. title!: Fresh off his victory in Seattle, Kyle Ramage of Mahlkonig USA took some time to talk with us about the competition. We get into the details of his routine, his drinks, his presentations message, his dry ice frozen coffee and the challenges/lessons he... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

55 min listen

021 : How to Leverage Your Performance Review : 7 Tips for how a barista can make to most out of the review process: Reviews can be a great experience. They can also be frustrating and challenging. They key is in how you go into the review and how you respond to the feedback given. Today we will cover 7 tips that will help you leverage the review to your... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

36 min listen

022 : Founder Friday! w/ Colin Harmon of 3fe Coffee in Dublin, Ireland & author of the new book "What I Know About Running Coffee Shops": I am honored to welcome Colin Harmon for our 4th Founder Friday episode! Colin is a 4 time Irish Barista Champion, 4th place World Barista Championship finalist, and Owner/Founder of 3fe Coffee, one of the world’s most innovative and progressive... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

63 min listen

030 : Casey Underkofler : Matching Your Service to Your Quality : How to manage and control the critical details of coffee service so both the experience and the quality are excellent: In coffee service we pour over the details of the coffee's quality in great detail. Often though we can over look the details that make up a complete coffee experience. The way customers experience our coffee, in no small part depends on how we... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

58 min listen

012 : Lauren Airola of Onyx Coffee Lab : A Journey Into Managment & Back : Leadership, Barista Work, Managing, Career, Customer Service, Employee Engagement: Going from barista work to take on a management role can be a tough transition. It can also be a very rewarding one both personally and professionally. On this episode we talk with Lauren Airola about her experiences as a barista and a manager at Onyx... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

42 min listen

028 : Why it's OK to be the Boss w/ Bruce Tulgan : A guide for defining and fighting the under-management epidemic in your so you can be the manager your baristas, staff, and shop need.: Today we are talking with noted author, speaker, and researcher, Bruce Tulgan about his powerful book, "It's Ok to be the Boss". We talk about the myths that managers believe that lead to what Bruce calls "The Under-Management Epidemic" and the very... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

51 min listen

031 : Essential Advice for New Baristas : Tips to help you successfully navigate and thrive in your new coffee career: Being a new barista can be both very exciting and VERY stressful. There is an almost never ending list of policies, recipes, practices, and rules that make up this new work of cafe service you are now immersed in. On today's show you and I... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

45 min listen

017 : Founder Friday! w/ Jonathan Rubinstein of Joe Coffee : Entrepreneurship, Coffee, Business, Hiring, Barista Culture, Growth: Jonathan Rubinstein, President & Founder of Joe Coffee in NYC and Philadelphia joins us on the show today to talk about coffee business, Hospitality, the keys to their success in growing from 1 store in 2003 to 16 locations today, the recent... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

57 min listen

024 : Chermelle D. Edwards, The Coffeetographer : Documenting art and culture through the lens of Specialty Coffee. Barista culture, consumer experience, movements in coffee culture: Cheremelle D. Edwards, Founder of "The Coffeetographer" joins us today to talk about all she has learned and observed through her work documenting arts and culture through the lens of specialty coffee. We talk about the critical role of the small... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

45 min listen

038 : Founder Friday! Narrative Coffee Pt 2 w/ Maxwell Mooney : After the opening...Hospitality, community, cupping coffee, hiring, and cultivating the vision: He's Back!!! Maxwell last joined us on the show back in February 23rd on episode #11 before the opening of his first brick-and-mortar space for his company, Narrative Coffee. It's been 4 1/2 months and Narrative has had their soft opening, grand... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

48 min listen

036 : A Conversation w/ Hidenori Izaki / 2014 World Barista Champion : Japanese coffee culture / Barista training / The importance of failure / Keeping a clean cafe / Listening to and serving the consumer: This week we get to chat with 2014 World Barista Champion from Japan, Hide Izaki! We talk about his path to the WBC, the distinctive traits of the Japanese coffee culture, what has he learned and experienced in his travels , the... by Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

62 min listen

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