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Restaurant Owner-Dependency Assessment

Review whether a trained manager can handle each responsibility within agreed limits. The result is a delegation list, not a rating of your leadership.

How to use this worksheet

  1. Mark In place when a manager can handle the responsibility without routine owner intervention.
  2. Mark Needs work if it regularly comes back to ownership; Not sure if the responsibility has not been tested.
  3. Assign decision limits, an escalation path, and a manager before handing off responsibility.

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Daily decisions

01 / A manager owns scheduling and coverage.

Ownership only handles exceptions outside agreed limits.

Add owner, due date, or notes
02 / A manager owns routine purchasing.

Set quantities, approved suppliers, and spending limits.

Add owner, due date, or notes
03 / The team handles routine guest recovery.

Document the remedies staff can authorize.

Add owner, due date, or notes

Operating performance

04 / A manager can explain food- and labor-cost changes.

Reports should lead to explanations and actions.

Add owner, due date, or notes
05 / Managers can onboard and train new hires.

The owner should not be the only trainer.

Add owner, due date, or notes
06 / Managers verify recipes and service standards.

Test consistency when ownership is absent.

Add owner, due date, or notes

Leadership

07 / Issues have a clear escalation path.

Separate routine decisions from material exceptions.

Add owner, due date, or notes
08 / The team runs a regular action review.

Actions have owners, deadlines, and follow-up.

Add owner, due date, or notes
09 / The operation has been tested without the owner onsite.

Review what required intervention and why.

Add owner, due date, or notes
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