From the Gridiron to the Kitchen: Motivating Your Team.

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Whether you're battling the bottom line or the defensive line -- team management truths remain the same.

Tom Guinney, co-owner of a number of restaurants in the Salt Lake Valley including the Market Street Grill, Market Street Broiler and Bad, and Gary Crowton, Brigham Young University's head football coach, share their wisdom about managing teams.

Tom Guinney

"There are a lot of people out there masquerading as managers. If you do not get results, you are not managing -- you cannot consider yourself a manager.

"There has to be a commitment to the product, the employees, and the customers. You'll note I put the customers last. That's because if you don't do the first two, there won't be any customers."

Gary Crowton

If you've got a team running in all different...