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Building anything requires at least two things.. Whether you are building a business, a house, a career, or a new menu item - it all starts with two things: an idea and a plan! Great ideas without a plan rarely take off and a plan without a big-picture goal is... well, just a glorified checklist. What’s more interesting about this, is that these two personalities rarely coexist in the same person. This means that the real building blocks of any project is a great team . You need a leader (one of these is enough), a dreamer (or a team of dreamers) and a doer (usually lots of doers!) to meet the goals in front of you. Don’t underestimate the power of taking time to develop a great team - and the role that you play in it: You may be the leader - to quote Uncle Ben, “with great power comes great responsibility,” so develop your leadership foundation with strength and adaptability. There’s great advice in the articles by Pisanick Partners , Katie Cossette , and Stephanie Giannini on this! You may be the dreamer - ie: the innovator in the group. To you: WE NEED YOU (even if we often reject some of your craziest ideas!). Learn more about innovating with a purpose in the article by Scott Reitano , get new ideas from one of our podcasts , or dream up a new dining space with Conor Doyle . If you are the doers , keep up the good work. You are the backbone of all of our teams and we sincerely can’t do this without you. You may find some inspiration on executing the leader’s plans and dreamer’s ideas in articles by Chef Patrick Garmong , Annelise McAuliffe Soares , and Michele Clark . Your team is the heart of your work. Take care of each other and you will go further in your goals than you could ever go alone. It’s a basic principle, but it’s easy to get lost in the day-to- day and forget about the big picture.
The building blocks of CHANGE
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St. Vrain Valley School District (CO) Katie L Cossette, MDA, RDN, SNS Building... BOWLS Annelise McAuliffe Soares, Ready Foods Podcast Spotlight Check-in with your favorite featured podcasts
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Scratch cooking: YOU CAN DO IT!
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Institute of Child Nutrition Chef Patrick Garmong
Learning from others: @NAFEM with Jason Wange, Panasonic, Polar King, and Nation’s Restaurant News Meal components: the original building blocks Michele Clark, RDN, SNS, National Food Group
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Take time today to reflect on your team and send one of them a note thanking them for the role they play - it could be the most important work you do today. Happy [TEAM] Building! ~ Melissa
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