Learn to Lead, Build a Team, and Catapult Your Business Success
You’re going to fail, and you’ve got to know how to deal with failure. – Robert Irvine
If you have cable tv, satellite, or even providers like Sling or Hulu, you’ve probably watched one or more episodes of Restaurant Impossible – a Food Network television program that combines portions of Gordon’s Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen with Jon Taffer’s Bar Rescue, and elements of so many cooking shows and business shows like Shark’s Tank. Robert Irvine works with a restaurant and tries to diagnose what isn’t working while identifying what makes the restaurant unique and worthy of attention. Irvine challenges the owners and employees. He calls out the problems as he sees them. He also helps the owners and chefs to realize their dreams and faults and desires and even takes time to provide what amounts to marriage counseling for a few that need that consideration.
While Irvine is recognized for his cooking shows and his obvious commitment to physical fitness, he has also been very successful in business. His accomplishments include 11 businesses producing fitness foods (Fit Crunch bars), prepared meals, and spirits such as gin and vodka. He has real-world experience hiring, developing, and empowering teams that are generating more than $1 billion in revenue.
In Overcoming Impossible, Irvine shares his thoughts and lessons for business entrepreneurship and life management. Readers will explore topics across nine concepts divided into two sections: Overcoming Impossible in Your Business and Overcoming Impossible in Your Mindset. One example that is so relevant and needed in leadership today is the concept of investing in people. Irvine goes beyond the typical advice to hire well and pay well. Of course, he writes about that, but he goes further when he challenges entrepreneurs to forge real connections with their people – to care about their people. In an era when hiring and retaining good people is so challenging, Irvine offers practical advice that anyone can implement…right now.
If you make it fun for people, they will learn more and retain the information. – Robert Irvine