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Author Melton, Dave, 1959-

Title Hire the American dream : how to build your minimum wage workforce into a high-performance, customer-focused team : lessons from Domino's Pizza, where deliverymen become millionaires / Dave Melton and Tim McIntyre
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 197 pages)
Contents Domino's Pizza, New York City : coaching frontline workers to succeed in the world's toughest pizza market -- Don't hire warm bodies, hire warm people! -- Recent immigrants have much to offer -- Teach philosophy and opportunity first -- Next, teach customer service -- Create a common language of incentives -- Teach the benefits of honesty, hard work, loyalty, teamwork, and trust -- Connect on a personal level : show respect, appreciation, and support -- Make the rules for promotion public, and put the bottom 10 percent of your employees "on notice" -- How to give feedback and conduct performance appraisals -- Sample philosophy/vision statements, training tools, forms, and more
Summary Praise for Hire the American Dream. "I learned early on that Dave Melton had cracked the code(about hiring and retaining great people) in his Manhattan franchise. His employees, who are all immigrants to the United States, areextremely loyal and are committed to customer service."--The Foreword by David A. Brandon, Chairman and CEO, Domino's Pizza, Inc. "This is a must-read book for anyone managing or interested in starting a business, especially in the role of a franchisee. It's loaded with keen insights and best practices for interviewing, hiring, and motivating employees
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Employee motivation -- United States
Working poor -- United States
Minimum wage -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Employee motivation
Minimum wage
Working poor
United States
Form Electronic book
Author McIntyre, Tim
ISBN 9780470466377
0470466375
9780470466384
0470466383
9780470438282
0470438282