The skills we stopped teaching

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The skills we stopped teaching

There’s a conversation happening in kitchens across Australia right now. It’s about labour shortages and how hard it is to find good people. But here’s the question nobody seems to be asking: what if we’re short on the skills that actually matter?

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Leadership in the kitchen isn’t a personality trait – it’s a skill

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Leadership in the kitchen isn’t a personality trait – it’s a skill

For decades kitchens have relied on an unspoken assumption that strong technical ability naturally leads to strong leadership. If you could cook under pressure, run a section and deliver during service, leadership would somehow follow. We now know that assumption is wrong.

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