Finance & Operations
Dollars Behind the Docket
Read your numbers. Protect your margin. Run a profitable venue.
Overview
Build commercial confidence and financial discipline across your leadership team.
Financial awareness is a leadership skill, not just a management one. This workshop helps hospitality leaders connect their daily decisions to the commercial health of the business, building the confidence to lead with a commercial lens without needing to be an accountant.
What you will learn
- Understand margin, cost drivers and how daily decisions affect the bottom line
- Reduce waste and identify sources of silent stock leakage
- Engineer menus strategically, identifying what to push, protect, rework or remove
- Roster to revenue, not routine, align staffing with trading patterns
- Lead with commercial accountability and build a cost-aware team culture
- Build basic revenue forecasts and link targets to team behaviour
Who this is for
Is this the right workshop for you?
Venue managers, duty managers, head chefs, sous chefs and kitchen managers who want to understand the numbers behind the business. Particularly valuable for leaders who are strong on service and people but want to build confidence on the commercial side.
Duration
2 days
Investment
$1,500 ex GST per person
Location
Melbourne CBD or on-site at your venue
Group size
8–12 participants
Not sure this is the right Start?
View all workshops or speak to us to find the right fit for your team.