The Walk-In
A 6-month group coaching program
to become the leader you've always needed in this industry.
Leading a successful team or food business starts with learning how to lead yourself.
If you're a food business leader and you're ready to break out of the burnout cycle or reach for your next growth spurt—we've got you.
The Walk-In is an exclusive space for Hospitality Leaders, from Hospitality Leaders
Are you ready to be the leader you wish you had?
We made this training program for culinary and hospitality leaders like you who are sick of hearing themselves say, "I'm so overwhelmed."
Leaders who want to feel truly confident in their ability to lead their teams, finances, and company vision.
Our profession has somm programs to grow your wine knowledge,
entire schools dedicated to culinary skill-building, and bar intensives galore.
But, you spend most of your time leading people, right?
Where the heck is the training for that?!
RIGHT HERE 👇
Join The Walk-InHi! We're Alison & Kimberly.
Alison grew up in an old-school bed & breakfast in the heart of San Francisco, and has worked in or alongside restaurants ever since.
She attended Cornell's Hospitality Business School, and her resume includes every rung of the hospitality leadership ladder from barista to GM to Director of Operations for restaurants ranging from the Michelin stars of Chef Daniel Boulud's empire to local restaurant groups, mom 'n pops and JBA winners aplenty.
Our clients love coaching with Alison because she's lived the unique pain points and challenges of this industry, and has learned how to coach herself and her clients through them.
Alison makes her home in Minneapolis.
Kimberly grew up in Buffalo and took a less direct but more common path to our profession, waiting tables as she pursued work in the creative arts.
She later moved to the BOH as Co-owner and Executive Chef at her NYC-based catering company, The Dinner Belle, before rising the ranks in the retail world to become F&B Employee #1 and VP of Hospitality charged with developing the restaurants and culinary activations at both RH and Crate & Barrel.
Our clients love coaching with Kimberly because she intimately understands the pressures of being a small business owner and leading a corporate team, while learning how to lead a life she's proud of.
Kimberly calls the Sonoma Valley home.
We can't wait to meet you in The Walk-In 💥
Learn More About UsWith a combined 35 years in the industry, we know that food service is a dizzying profession...and we've designed this hospitality leadership program to help you.
In a restaurant, the walk-in is a safe space to break down, build yourself back up, and emerge ready to lead. Imagine how helpful it would be to have a professional coach in there with you!
That's what's on tap when you join us in The Walk-In.
We get started on February 11, 2025.
How It Works
6 Months of Live Leadership Training Sessions
Learn new skills with these 36 half hour training sessions we call Pre-Shift. These are live over Zoom and dedicated to a specific leadership tool, resource, or concept such as:
- How to have hard conversations
- Naming and maintaining clear boundaries
- Recognizing when you're in an anxiety cycle and moving out of it
- Crafting a decision making framework for your team
- Building high performance habits
Trainings will be recorded and added to your online coaching library to watch on your own time if you miss the live version. Included are optional homework activities so you'll know EXACTLY what to focus on each week to strengthen your leadership muscles.
6 Months of Live Group Coaching
Step into greater confidence with 19 group coaching sessions hosted live over Zoom. These Office Hours are for mentorship, supportive accountability, and directive coaching. This is a space to bring any and all questions about your leadership life (inside and outside of work) and tools you're learning in the program. Walk away with ACTIONABLE guidance to support you in taking your next right step. Coaching questions sound like:
- What can I do to build back trust on my team after a bad review?
- How do I get over my Imposter Syndrome and make confident decisions?
- Is it normal to feel guilty spending more time leading my business instead of operating it?
Can't make it to the live session? No problem. Submit your questions in advance and watch our responses on the recording in your online coaching library.
Community Connection & Support
This group program offers a safe, nonjudgmental space to ask all of your leadership questions. It gives you the opportunity to learn from other Walk-In members while BUILDING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS. Community members may include:
- Business Owners, C-Suite Executives + Industry Service Providers
- Directors of Operations, People, Culinary, Wine + Beverage
- General Managers, Assistant Managers, Chefs + Somms
We don't know exactly how many people will invest in this first round of The Walk-In, but we are capping headcount at 30. We'll also host a What's App group so you can cheerlead, support, network, and make friends with everyone in the cohort.
Lifetime Access to Our Leadership Training Materials
This hospitality leadership program is designed to train you to become your own best coach after 6 months. We want you to gain the self-trust to know you've got your own back as a leader, and part of that is knowing that you have all the resources you need on hand. You'll get LIFETIME ACCESS to our:
- 100+ page Leadership Development Guide
- A digital Development Journal
- All 36 Pre-Shift training recordings
- All 19 recordings of our Office Hours coaching sessions
- Personalized bonus content we'll develop as we get to know this community and your needs
Combined, these materials represent over $9k in value! So why aren't we charging more? Because we are driven to make this work accessible to every leader in this industry who's hungry to move beyond the command & control style of leadership that gives our profession such a bad rap.
First Access to VIP Program Add-Ons
Want the PPX experience? Members of The Walk-In get FIRST ACCESS to the extremely limited spots we're offering to retreat with us on Spring Break in New Orleans next year and the option to sign-up for 6 monthly 1-on-1 coaching sessions. VIP offers kickoff as follows:
- Reserve your once monthly 1-on-1 coaching sessions to start in February 2025
- Reserve your place in our very first group retreat to The Big Easy in April 2025
If you want a really special opportunity to retreat with us and/or invest in private 1-on-1 coaching to supercharge your growth, The Walk-In is the door to walk through. Scroll down for more details.
Specialized Support from 3 Expert Guest Coaches
We know how many hats you have to wear as a food business leader! Our guest coaches are joining the conversation to support you to GROW YOUR MASTERY with each of these food business specific skillsets:
- HR
- Finance
- Marketing
Sure, you're a GM, a Chef, a Director of Ops...but you're also the accountant, the fake-it-til-you-make-it HR Director, a content marketer, and a plumber. When you join The Walk-In, you get 1 week of Pre-Shift Training Sessions & Office Hours from each of our 3 guest coaches, covering food business financials, human resources, and content marketing. Get to know them below👇
Meet Our Guest Coaches
FINANCES
Sara Bronson of Amani Financial
Sara Bronson empowers purpose-driven entrepreneurs to master their finances with clarity and confidence. With over 30 years of expertise, she transforms financial overwhelm into sustainable success for owners in hospitality and service-based businesses, helping clients grow a profitable businesses while keeping more cash.
CONTENT MARKETING
The Restaurant Project
The Restaurant Project is an award-winning collective of photographers, videographers, brand builders and content strategists who make marketing easier for restaurants. Combining editorial storytelling and artistic vision with practical marketing solutions, the team specializes in helping brands make meaningful connections with their people.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Kate Cayanni of Good Smart Funny
Kate empowers leaders to develop meaningful, people-centered systems for growth. Her insightful approach helps leaders build intentional team dynamics while navigating the complexities of human resources. Blending humor with expertise, Kate is passionate about guiding leaders to succeed with confidence, clarity, and joy.
What kind of Hospitality Leaders are right for this program?
Whether you're coming from a mom 'n pop shop, a highly decorated restaurant, a catering company, winery, bar, bottle shop, bakery, hotel, or growing restaurant group...
if you are...
- An Owner or Industry Service Provider
- A Front or Back of House Manager
- An Executive-Level Leader
- A Department Director or
- A Culinary, Hospitality, Bar, or Business Leader
...and you know:
- you're ready to reach for your next level of growth
- you've been empowered to lead with an ownership mentality
- you're committed to finding a sustainable way of working in this profession
THE WALK-IN IS FOR YOU.
What kind of people are NOT right for this program?
If you are...
- An owner who is looking for a quick way to "fix" an underperforming manager
- Looking to outsource technical management training that is not being done by your organization
- Understaffed and looking to squeeze more out of the leaders you have
- Not connected to a food business
The Walk-In is not well positioned to meet your development needs at this time.
When you join this hospitality leadership program, expect to...
- Spend less time operating your business and more time leading it
- Receive tools to navigate through a transition inside or outside of work
- Get out of the blame game with your team
- Shift into healthy accountability that builds trust
- Say goodbye to people-pleasing tendencies
- Be confident in your role
- Do your job well while maintaining a healthy and sustainable lifestyle
- Enjoy meaningful connection with other industry leaders
- Empower your team to lead
- Have more bandwidth to dream bigger
- Take an actual vacation that leaves you feeling restored and not behind
Hear from our clients how our Leadership Training Program has helped leaders just like you
Our 6-month group coaching program teaches you how to lead yourself so that you can grow a trusting team, create more success in your business, and live a life that you love.
A Taste of What You'll Learn in The Walk-In
Develop High Performance Leadership Habits: As famed author James Clear says, "We don't rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our systems." You'll create your own system of habits to support you in being the leader you most want to be.
Clean-Up Conflict and Lead Hard Conversations: Delivering effective feedback and holding your team accountable is some of the hardest work you do. We give you clear scripts and plug-and-play templates that are proven to build trust.
Set Clear & Kind Boundaries: If you're struggling with time management, finding work-life harmony, or feeling like your team is consistently falling short of your expectations, you need boundaries. You'll learn where you're missing them and how to set them no matter what kind of hard feelings show up.
Manage Your Time: Learn how to create space for your life outside of work, prioritize bandwidth for creative visioning, and take the time off that you need to recharge without getting caught up in the feelings of guilt and overwhelm that keep you stuck.
Lead Effective Meetings: One of the biggest investments an organization makes is in meetings. Learn what to do before, during, and after meetings to maximize their effectiveness.
Master Your Leadership Mindset: So many of you try to change your impact as a leader by changing your actions, and it doesn't reliably work. Radical transformation and sustainable growth actually come from understanding your thoughts and practicing a leadership mindset.
Craving More Support?
We have two optional program add-ons.
6 Monthly 1-on-1
Coaching Sessions
Just like the VIP guests in your restaurants who get high touch treatment, our monthly 1-on-1 coaching is for leaders who want a private space to develop your vision and receive personalized support from Alison or Kimberly. You'll have the option to learn more about this work and add six 90-minute monthly coaching sessions for $3,750 onto your enrollment during the checkout process. Spaces are limited.
Spring Break Retreat
in NOLA
Join us for a 4-day retreat in New Orleans from April 13-16, 2025. Walk-In members get first dibs to sign-up for this rare and exceptionally intimate opportunity to step out of your business and gather with like-minded leaders to restore, learn, feast, and dream together. This offer will be open to all clients of Salt & Roe, but Walk-In members will get priority booking. Pricing and sign-up details to come!
How Much Does It Cost?
The Walk-In costs $3,500 per team member.
You might choose to enroll:
✔️ Yourself
✔️ One or more of the leaders on your team
✔️ Yourself + one or more of the leaders on your team
Enrollment opens on Black Friday, November 29, 2024
and in honor of our amazing community of food business leaders,
we'll be offering a BIG SALE from 11/29 - 12/6.
The cost of this program is $3,500 per team member, but during our weeklong Black Friday Sale week, we're offering the following opportunities to save:
Tiered discounts are based on the number of enrollees:
- Enroll 1 team member to save 15% (a $525 discount)
- Enroll 2-3 team members to save 20% (a $700 discount per person)
- Enroll 4+ team members to save 30% (a $1,050 discount per person)
This is your only chance to save on program costs,
and all payments must be made it full. We will not be discounting this program again before we kickoff in February.
JOIN THE WAITLIST TO RECEIVE REMINDERS
WHEN OUR BLACK FRIDAY SALE OPENS FOR ENROLLMENT!
Program Schedule
The Walk-In kicks off on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
Each month there are 3 weeks of active coaching and 1 week off to catch up. We'll host live sessions on Zoom Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.
We will take 2 weeks off in April to carve out time for our Spring Break Retreat to New Orleans!
Outside of the time you spend attending sessions or watching replays from your coaching library, we recommend blocking at least one hour per week to engage with homework, invest in building new leadership habits, and practice the tools you're learning.
Yes, you can absolutely graduate from this program in 6-months as your own best coach while holding down the fort in your food business and at home with your people.
In fact, this work will help you create more work-life harmony inside and outside of the business.
This is a 6-month program.
Our final program session is on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
You crush it at the hustle of this business.
Your creativity has gotten you so far.
But the skills that have been delivering a payoff are now creating a tradeoff.
If you want your business & your life to grow, you need new tools to lead with.
Got more questions?
Keep on reading for answers to the ones we hear the most.
What's the detailed program schedule?
What if I can't make it to the live session times?
What should I do if I'm investing in this for one of my team members?
What can I expect from investing in 6 Months of 1-on-1 Coaching Sessions?
Do you offer a monthly payment plan?
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