Chick-Fil-A is the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States, however CFA is limiting it self from reaching the full capacity of other chicken based fast food restaurants. Although they have a solid base here in the U.S. a company so successful could greatly benefit from a more diverse outlook. Since 1986 the company has experienced gradual growth and is currently concentrating its US expansion to Western and Northeastern states. As of now, the company has no intentions of international expansion. CFA is also a Christian based company, and is very public about its beliefs; In fact it is the basis for which they attribute their success, and excellence.…
CHICK-FIL-A THE PROBLEM: How do you convince consumers to try a “healthier” tastey chicken sandwich instead of buying “fast food?” SOLUTION: Cause a spectacle Background Chick-fil-A’s signature product is the chicken sandwich, served primarily during the lunchtime daypart. This means the restaurant chain competes on one of the fiercest battlegrounds – the fast food restaurant market.…
This starts with management and leadership style in which staff will adhere to. When management shows confidence, integrity and honesty, employees will see the positive attributes displayed among their management team creating a positive work environment. Showing appreciation to employees enable them to produce quality work while meeting deadlines. As many may know, Chick-fil-A is closed every Sunday and to some employees that may not be a big deal, but to others it is tremendous. The reflection demonstrates an enormous ethical behavior by recognizing that day as a day of worship and that is important to many.…
People are getting shunned when they speak their minds. The people are not realising that their free speech is getting censored. The United States is beginning to see the right of freedom of speech being taken away in businesses and universities as everyday life. Every day, businesses get shunned like the one called Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A is a private business owned by one person, Dan Cathy. They have a mission statement that says they support the Biblical definition of marriage; and that is between one man and one woman.…
Leadership is a complex phenomenon. One thing is clear: leaders are not born into leadership, and you cannot make a leader. Leaders rise to existence by circumstances. Those who show up to the occasion are leaders (Sweet, 2004). Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A poses all the qualities you look for in a visionary and ethical leader.…
Working at a business that specializes in customer service like Chick-Fil-A, has prepared me for polite and courteous interactions with others, even when they are not paying me the same respect. The reason I have remained employed at the same establishment for so long is because I love talking to people and hearing their stories.…
Leadership is the ability to lead an individual, group or company in the right direction. It is important for every leader to possess high qualities to lead the correct way to accomplish goals set out by the CEO. Many times human resource tools are needed to help accomplish those goals. Training and orientation is the first step in learning what the goals of a business are and what steps are necessary to accomplish those goals. Through those steps, a lesson is almost always learned and can be applied in future tasks to overcome obstacles that may be present.…
Most of the time, I identify myself as an average teenage girl. A girl that is not the best at driving and likes to eat a lot of Chick-Fil-A. But then I remind myself that I am not average; I am anything but average. I have already overcome major obstacles in my life that other students my age probably have never even thought about. Being a child of a recovering alcoholic and a victim of foreclosure, I have a different outlook on the world.…
“Leadership is a complex phenomenon. One thing is clear: leaders are not born into leadership, and you cannot make a leader. Leaders rise to existence by circumstances. Those who show up to the occasion are leaders” (Sweet, 2004). Born during the Great Depression, Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A is both a Visionary and Ethical Leader.…
“Hello, may I take your order?”, spoke the lady through the drive through speaker. “Yes, I would like a small Cheeseburger please.” “Would you like a side of cholesterol and a large cup of a sugar induced coma to go with that?” Essentially when ordering food from a branch of the fast food industry, this is what we are ordering. “The rise in the fast food industry has been linked to rising cases of obesity.…
The Servant by James C. Hunter provides a foundation and an understanding of true leadership. Through the lives of John Daily and five other struggling leaders on a retreat, Hunter uses Brother Simeon to explain the principles of servant leadership, which causes John and the others to reflect deeply on their character, trust, and commitment. Creating and deepening the principles described by Brother Simeon will enhance one’s leadership perspective and will prove to be beneficial for a school principal. “Leadership is the skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good” (Hunter, 2012, p 28). To influence people, you must build authority, which is done when you identify and meet the…
My desire to become a Chick-fil-A Operator is multifaceted, with both personal and business/leadership related desires playing a part. My personal goals include the ability to provide a comfortable living for my wife and our future children, as well as to be a servant-leader in my household. My business goals include: collaborating with other operators and community members to build a high performance brand, executing my entrepreneurial mindset to constantly improve processes and resolve issues, and leaving a legacy that would honor God with all that He has entrusted to me. The ability to provide for one’s family is something for which most everyone strives for on a daily basis.…
“Culture is the soul of an organization.” - Dee Ann Turner "It's my pleasure," is the response heard by all their customers across the nation. This organization has achieved tremendous successes by any industry standard. Ironically, the chicken is not the reason why millions of people dine at this restaurant chain multiple times a month.…
In this paper I discuss how servant leadership, ethics, and entrepreneurism relate to health care career opportunities. Next, I describe my vision for my career once I have completed my Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Health Systems Management degree. Then, I address the impact that completing this degree will have on meeting the greater social good in my industry and within the community. Lastly, I explain how the pillars relate to the Christian mission of Grand Canyon University. Healthcare management that utilizes servant leadership, ethics and entrepreneurism presents a unique opportunity to provide the medical community with tangible and intangible benefits.…
There is an open communication in McDonald’s organization where employees have freedom to speak and give feedback to managers (Goldman, Santos & Tully, 2008). This helps to create a truthful relationship between authentic leaders and employees and encourage (Alok, 2014). Ray Kroc_ CEO of McDonald’s in 2009, was an evidence of authentic leader who has self-sacrifice (Nichols & Erakovich, 2013). He, even the CEO, picked up the wastepaper in the parking lot to make a good example: “cleanliness was a continual job for everyone” (Deutschman, 2009). Azanza et al.…