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February 17

Hossam aboueissa commented on Bruce Dodge's blog post 'Living proof'

modern media standards in restaurants business whenever independent or chain or hotels restaurants whatever at social media ,newsletters,calender of events,or other publications,recover all monthly food and beverage activity( chocolate buffet-piano…

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January 21

Bruce Dodge commented on Amanda Hite's blog post 'Gratitude. Confessions From My Personal List.'

The greatest part about you is knowing that every interaction we have will make me think at new and deeper level. I truly value the relationship we have developed, and leave every time we connect looking forward to the next. Your perspective and ins…

November 25, 2009

Bruce Dodge commented on Amanda Hite's blog post 'The Best Marketing Strategy Ever'

Can't wait to read it. Sodexo is on my "Vision Board" when it comes to their engagement. I love their fan page. Thanks.

November 3, 2009

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October 26, 2009

Bruce Dodge commented on Amanda Hite's blog post 'Video Blog: If You Don't Create Your Life Someone Else Will For You.'

I was going to comment later, but.... Once again you nailed it with a great message. Drives me crazy when we get in the analysis paralysis mode. That is usually when I go with "in the absence of clear direction I'm going to do it my way" approach an…

September 15, 2009

Bruce Dodge commented on Bill Campion's blog post 'Don't Get Caught Holding a Carrot and Stick!'

Great points, thanks for making us aware of the video. To many times the operators especially, point to a result that they have impacted through incentive. What they don't look at is the lack of sustainabilty and how that result fades when the incen…

September 15, 2009

Bruce Dodge commented on Career Experts Q&A's blog post 'Arie Ball & Sodexo Careers: Leading the Way in Social Recruiting'

Great pointers for us rookies.

August 10, 2009

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July 20, 2009

susan fawcett commented on Bruce Dodge's blog post 'Shout Out to.......US'

Cheers to Applesauce and innovation! You are setting the pace within your industry and the energy that this will generate to your company will be felt all the way from your field operators and corporate support team to your bottom line. Glad to be p…

July 13, 2009

Cameron Katz commented on Bruce Dodge's blog post 'Shout Out to.......US'

WOW, that was great. I don't know much about the restaurant industry itself, but i have noticed I have strong preference to restaurants that have modernized through innovation. Thank you it was very well written.

July 8, 2009

Bruce Dodge commented on Heather May's blog post 'Okay...they are recruited..now what Dr Phil???'

It does take work to find what it is that gets people inspired these days. As we continue to ask more and more from our managers and staff we have to also continue to challenge our leadership with new ways to make it "worth it" for these people. Eco…

July 8, 2009

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What is your Ultimate Career Lifestyle?

Being a driving force in changing the way our company looks at the value of the people we add to our team

Current Company

Apple Sauce, Inc.

Job Title

Human Resource Manager

School(s)

Purdue University

Website:

http://www.applesauceinc.com

How did you hear about TALENT revolution?

FOHBOH.com

Interest

Staying fit and having fun.

My strengths are:

Ability to connect with people, and a pretty good level of intelligence.

What generation are you apart of?

Mine

My favorite thing about my generation is?

I can make it do whatever I want.

Bruce Dodge's Blog

Living proof

Still have those that doubt the potential impact of Social Media that you work with? An executive that thinks it is just a fad? Here is a real example of the ability to spread a message.

Our franchise company recently began utilizing a text messaging service to offer promotions to our guests that "opted in" to our group. We own 79 restaurants in NW Ohio, Northern Indiana, Chicago and Miami. The offers are only good at our company's restaurants, and the only advertising we did was in store promo… Continue

Posted on January 21, 2010 at 12:40pm — 1 Comment

Shout Out to.......US

That's right it is time for a few minutes of blatant, glowing, self-acknowledgement. Apple Sauce, Inc/ AppleIllinois is diving into the discussion. In what, for an old school, down to earth, very successful, restaurant company, has been a very short amount of time our Executive Team has committed to us diving into the social media, Web 2.0 mix. First, I would like to say thanks to our leadership for truly seeing the value in this adventure and quickly getting past the reservations they may have… Continue

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 11:04am — 7 Comments

Stop Looking for Your Brand, Feel It

As our company starts to move into the social media arena, there have been many deep discussions about how we communicate "our brand", and I have not been really able to wrap my head around that. Today brought some clarity.

I spent the day doing a Human Resource Audit at one of our restaurants. I started out dreading these and viewing them as an excruciating day reviewing administrative procedures, but now have really begun to look forward to the opportunity to have some great interactions with… Continue

Posted on June 10, 2009 at 12:01am —

The Silver Bullet Found!

We have all heard it, "there is no silver bullet" when it comes to dealing with people. Over the last couple of weeks in coaching some of our newer GMs, I have found the bullet. Or more correctly, helped them to find the silver bullet. The challenge is not that there is not a silver bullet, but rather that the silver bullet is different for everyone we connect with. Too often our younger leaders look for the one size fits all approach and that just doesn't lead to success. The secret is pulling… Continue

Posted on May 29, 2009 at 4:22pm — 4 Comments