What if your managers actually understood the numbers and made decisions like it was their name on the lease? In this session, Brandon Sharp from Fort George Brewery shares how he’s helped his team build financial fluency and take ownership of labor, cost of goods sold (COGS), and profitability without burning them out or boring them with spreadsheets. Walk away with real tools, real mistakes, and real wins from the field plus ideas you can implement with your team immediately.

Learning Objectives:

• Translating the Profit and Loss Statement (P&L): Learn how to explain prime costs, gross margin, and labor metrics in ways that managers actually understand and care about
• Empower Action: Discuss how to give team members the tools and trust to make financially informed decisions and understand how it moves the needle for them, their department, and the overall business
• Build the Bridge: Get examples of how to connect performance metrics (sales, labor, staff callouts) to real-time coaching and leadership development
• Avoid Burnout: Learn where to draw the line, what to delegate, what to teach, what to keep at the manager/owner level, and why managers need achievable goals