I\u2019ve been watching \u201cTop Chef Masters\u201d on Bravo TV.\u00a0 It takes some very well known chefs in the U.S. culinary scene and pits them against each other in a set of challenges.\u00a0 This week\u2019s challenge (I am writing this on August 18) takes the last 4 chefs and pairs them with 3 souse chefs each.\u00a0 As I watched this show, what became evident was that this was not only about the quality of the food they would prepare, but also about their ability to manage their team of chefs.\u00a0 The lineup of styles was quite clear and very entertaining:<\/p>\n
The mentor: <\/strong>was really into teaching his group of chefs, but also very willing to accept collaboration and give up some responsibilities to the team.\u00a0 Each of his team members saw the event as a learning experience.<\/p>\n The collaborator: <\/strong>wanted to see what each member could bring to the table.\u00a0 Ultimately the dishes presented were still very much within his culinary comfort zone, but this chef managed his team making sure they all had adequate input to the menu and sought out ideas.<\/p>\n The micro-manager: <\/strong>didn\u2019t try to get the point of view of his team.\u00a0 From the start he was authoritarian and didn\u2019t get the respect from his team members who are all respected (although more junior in the profession) chefs.\u00a0 They got the job done, but did not seem to enjoy it. As I watched the show, I became more interested in how the results of flavor in the dishes would come out based on the management styles of the chefs.\u00a0 Indeed, the results came out as listed above, with the mentor and collaborator taking the top 2 spots.<\/p>\n While this is in no way scientific, it is certainly interesting that even in this small of a test, the results turn out pretty much the way we expect them to.\u00a0 We live in a business world where we are surrounded by professionals.\u00a0 Management who don\u2019t have vision, or don\u2019t allow individual contributors to shine will ultimately fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been watching \u201cTop Chef Masters\u201d on Bravo TV.\u00a0 It takes some very well known chefs in the U.S. culinary scene and pits them against each other in a set of challenges.\u00a0 This week\u2019s challenge (I am writing this on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talent-management","category-workforce-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1083,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe un-visionary: <\/strong>was disorganized.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t seem to have her team in control, nor did she have a vision for the menu as situations changed.\u00a0 The team also felt the disorganization and lack of direction.<\/p>\n