Restaurant Leadership Conference News

The leader of the successful hunt for Osama bin Laden will share what he’s learned during a career that began in a restaurant and ended in a Cabinet seat.

Challenge has been a constant in the lives of Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords. In a keynote address at RLC 2015, the astronaut and former Congresswoman will share how they find the resolve to lead extraordinary lives, even after tragedy struck in the form of a mad shooter’s bullet.

Restaurant CEOs told RLC 2014 attendees that a valuable management tool is blundering, sometimes spectacularly.

Next year’s show will shift to a new location, a necessity because of the RLC’s growth. Here’s how the new site shapes up.

Winning means looking at what drives Hispanic consumers’ buying decisions. According to research by Univision, at QSRs, here's what Hispanic diners are looking for.

Until The Home Depot opened its 500th store, co-founder and then-CEO Bernie Marcus personally trained every manager. “I don’t mean I spent a few hours with them and gave them a speech,” says Marcus, now age 84. “I spent days with them.”

You typically have to visit the Southwest to get the best, most authentic tacos in the U.S. which is why I look forward to attending RLC in Scottsdale, Ariz., every year. This time around, I got tacos every day.