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Tasty Catering

ForbesBooks Radio

Businesses that Care Podcast (formerly Mere Mortals Unite)

Ditch Digger CEO with Gary Rabine

Tom Walter

Jonathan Keyser

Daniel Goleman

Jeff Bezos

Tracy Brown

Allison Pickens

Bob Burg

Tom Ziglar

Patrick Henry

Lolly Daskal

Phillip Stutts

Michelle Gielan

John Jonas

Neen James

Karen Brown

OwlTail

In this episode I interview my guest, Tom Walter, Chief Culture Officer of Tasty Catering based out of Chicago.  They produce over 10,000 events yearly. WOW! Tasty has been recognized as the Best Small Workplace in the US according to Forbes Magazine, Inc. Magazine, and the #1 Best Place to Work in Illinois.  Tom is going to share with us the journey of Tasty’s millennial cultural revolt that happened over 13 years ago and the changes Tom and his leadership had to make. We might even get some information on the hedgehog concept and the Flywheel.  Thanks, Tom for taking the time to share your expertise.     Here is Tasty Catering’s Core Values: #1 always moral, ethical &amp; legal #2 treat all with respect #3 quality in everything we do #4 high service standards #5 competitiveness: strong determination to be the best #6 an enduring culture of individual discipline #7 freedom &amp; responsibility within the culture of individual discipline   For more information about Tasty Catering and Tom Walter: Company Website Tom Walter on Facebook Tom Walter on LInkedIn  Tasty Catering on Twitter 2 free months on Bonusly    iTunes - Subscribe, Rate and Review Find us on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and anywhere you listen to podcasts

In this episode I interview my guest, Tom Walter, Chief Culture Officer of Tasty Catering based out of Chicago.  They produce over 10,000 events yearly. WOW! Tasty has been recognized as the Best Small Workplace in the US according to Forbes Magazine, Inc. Magazine, and the #1 Best Place to Work in Illinois.  Tom is going to share with us the journey of Tasty’s millennial cultural revolt that happened over 13 years ago and the changes Tom and his leadership had to make. We might even get some information on the hedgehog concept and the Flywheel.  Thanks, Tom for taking the time to share your expertise.   Here is Tasty Catering’s Core Values: #1 always moral, ethical &amp; legal #2 treat all with respect #3 quality in everything we do #4 high service standards #5 competitiveness: strong determination to be the best #6 an enduring culture of individual discipline #7 freedom &amp; responsibility within the culture of individual discipline For more information about Tasty Catering and Tom Walter: <a href="https://www.tastycatering.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Company Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TomJWAlter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Walter on Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaswalter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Walter on LInkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TastyCatering?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tasty Catering on Twitter</a> <a href="https://bonus.ly/users/sign_up?code=care" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2 free months on Bonusly</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mere-mortals-unite-podcast/id1110921606" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iTunes - Subscribe, Rate and Review</a> Find us on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and anywhere you listen to podcasts

227 Tasty Catering - From Rock Bottom to 10,000 Events a Year with Tom Walter

"Solid Core Values Make It Easy To Hold People Accountable"  - Tom Walter, Founder of Tasty Catering  Tom Walter (https://thomasjwalter.com/) is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, as well as a principal in numerous companies with over forty years of experience as an owner and operator in the service industry. He has started 32 companies, acquired 3, sold several others, and even terminated a few. He started his first business—a fast food restaurant called Tasty Pup—in 1971, with the help of his girlfriend’s monetary investment. Over the years, Tasty Pup evolved from its origins as a fast food restaurant, into today's Tasty Catering, which remains Tom’s primary and largest investment. Tasty Catering employees are shareholders in eight of the nine companies. Five of those companies are the result of employee-constructed business plans that were submitted to Tom and his brothers. Tom, Larry, and Kevin assisted in the start-up of those companies, and then remained on as equity investors. Tom’s many tasks keep him busy—sometimes that including seven-day workweeks—but he has never, in the last 40 years, felt over-worked. He believes that if you’re passionate about something you love, it will never be constituted as “work.”  01:40- A good gauge of a company is employee engagement 03:40- The average company gets 4-6% of their employees thoughts per day 06:10- Solid values make it easy to hold people accountable 06:55- Tom's seven core values 09:30- All about Tom's book and why he wrote it 13:45- Distributed leadership 16:35- Tom's most important awards 19:25- When the national average for turnover is 50%, Tasty Catering's is 4% 22:00- Finishing big: What's next for Tom? 27:35- Could you have created this business in any other country? 38:40- Q's takeaways  Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg

"Solid Core Values Make It Easy To Hold People Accountable" - Tom Walter, Founder of <a href="https://www.tastycatering.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tasty Catering</a> Tom Walter (<a href="https://thomasjwalter.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thomasjwalter.com/</a>) is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, as well as a principal in numerous companies with over forty years of experience as an owner and operator in the service industry. He has started 32 companies, acquired 3, sold several others, and even terminated a few. He started his first business—a fast food restaurant called Tasty Pup—in 1971, with the help of his girlfriend’s monetary investment. Over the years, Tasty Pup evolved from its origins as a fast food restaurant, into today's Tasty Catering, which remains Tom’s primary and largest investment. Tasty Catering employees are shareholders in eight of the nine companies. Five of those companies are the result of employee-constructed business plans that were submitted to Tom and his brothers. Tom, Larry, and Kevin assisted in the start-up of those companies, and then remained on as equity investors. Tom’s many tasks keep him busy—sometimes that including seven-day workweeks—but he has never, in the last 40 years, felt over-worked. He believes that if you’re passionate about something you love, it will never be constituted as “work.” 01:40- A good gauge of a company is employee engagement 03:40- The average company gets 4-6% of their employees thoughts per day 06:10- Solid values make it easy to hold people accountable 06:55- Tom's seven core values 09:30- All about Tom's book and why he wrote it 13:45- Distributed leadership 16:35- Tom's most important awards 19:25- When the national average for turnover is 50%, Tasty Catering's is 4% 22:00- Finishing big: What's next for Tom? 27:35- Could you have created this business in any other country? 38:40- Q's takeaways Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=-FlLj64dI1Q&amp;redir_token=9Rcq1eK0SLsEibun7y8cc-sQOcJ8MTU1MDUxMDM0NkAxNTUwNDIzOTQ2&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F17jDHw3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.ditchdiggerceo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/</a> Follow DDCEO on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO</a> Like DDCEO on Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO</a> Follow DDCEO on Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO</a> Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg</a>

#25 Part 2 - Achieving a 4% Employee Turnover Rate in a 50% Turnover Industry w/ Tom Walter, Founder of Tasty Catering

"Hire people not only for skill, but for who they are. What kind of culture do they have?" - Tom Walter founder of Tasty Catering Tom Walter (https://itsmycompanytoo.com/) is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, as well as a principal in numerous companies with over forty years of experience as an owner and operator in the service industry. He has learned a lot of life lessons from the start up of 32 companies, acquisition of three, sale of several, and—in a few cases—the termination of businesses, all in a broad spectrum of markets.   He started his first business—a fast food restaurant called Tasty Pup—in 1971, with the help of his girlfriend’s monetary investment. Over the years, Tasty Pup evolved from its origins as a fast food restaurant, through many other food-related businesses, and into the Tasty Catering of today, which remains Tom’s primary and largest investment. Two of his businesses were large failures, which he considers to be great learning examples.   He is currently a principal in nine of the successful organizations. To an outside source, his involvement in so many businesses simultaneously may appear a bit overwhelming, but many of his concurrent ownership's came about because of Tom’s strong belief in the investment of young people’s ideas. Tasty Catering employees are shareholders in eight of the nine companies. Five of those companies are the result of employee-constructed business plans that were submitted to Tom and his brothers. Tom, Larry, and Kevin assisted in the start-up of those companies, and then remained on as equity investors. Tom’s many tasks keep him busy—sometimes that including seven-day workweeks—but he has never, in the last 40 years, felt over-worked. He believes that if you’re passionate about something you love, it will never be constituted as “work.” 05:10- Tom Walter's story 07:45- Tom's seventh business failure 14:30- How to balance family and work 15:30- Money vs Family 17:25- Entrepreneurs have a disease 20:15- There's nothing worth losing a child 21:20- Early days at tasty catering 23:50- Gary's favorite book 26:20- Tom's favorite book 30:00- Changes happen when Tom started Tasty Catering 34:40- If the VP doesn't know the values, you are in trouble 36:00- Core values contribute to your bottom line 38:00- Hire and fire by values 45:00- Four keys to culture Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg

"Hire people not only for skill, but for who they are. What kind of culture do they have?" - Tom Walter founder of <a href="https://www.tastycatering.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tasty Catering</a> Tom Walter (<a href="https://itsmycompanytoo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itsmycompanytoo.com/</a>) is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, as well as a principal in numerous companies with over forty years of experience as an owner and operator in the service industry. He has learned a lot of life lessons from the start up of 32 companies, acquisition of three, sale of several, and—in a few cases—the termination of businesses, all in a broad spectrum of markets.   He started his first business—a fast food restaurant called Tasty Pup—in 1971, with the help of his girlfriend’s monetary investment. Over the years, Tasty Pup evolved from its origins as a fast food restaurant, through many other food-related businesses, and into the Tasty Catering of today, which remains Tom’s primary and largest investment. Two of his businesses were large failures, which he considers to be great learning examples.   He is currently a principal in nine of the successful organizations. To an outside source, his involvement in so many businesses simultaneously may appear a bit overwhelming, but many of his concurrent ownership's came about because of Tom’s strong belief in the investment of young people’s ideas. Tasty Catering employees are shareholders in eight of the nine companies. Five of those companies are the result of employee-constructed business plans that were submitted to Tom and his brothers. Tom, Larry, and Kevin assisted in the start-up of those companies, and then remained on as equity investors. Tom’s many tasks keep him busy—sometimes that including seven-day workweeks—but he has never, in the last 40 years, felt over-worked. He believes that if you’re passionate about something you love, it will never be constituted as “work.” 05:10- Tom Walter's story 07:45- Tom's seventh business failure 14:30- How to balance family and work 15:30- Money vs Family 17:25- Entrepreneurs have a disease 20:15- There's nothing worth losing a child 21:20- Early days at tasty catering 23:50- Gary's favorite book 26:20- Tom's favorite book 30:00- Changes happen when Tom started Tasty Catering 34:40- If the VP doesn't know the values, you are in trouble 36:00- Core values contribute to your bottom line 38:00- Hire and fire by values 45:00- Four keys to culture Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=-FlLj64dI1Q&amp;redir_token=9Rcq1eK0SLsEibun7y8cc-sQOcJ8MTU1MDUxMDM0NkAxNTUwNDIzOTQ2&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F17jDHw3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.ditchdiggerceo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/</a> Follow DDCEO on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO</a> Like DDCEO on Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO</a> Follow DDCEO on Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO</a> Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg</a>

#25 Part 1 - Champion Culture Retains Top Performers - the Tasty Catering Way w/ Tom Walter, Founder of Tasty Catering