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Running a brewery is a big job the requires strong leadership and effective management of your brewery team. The resources in this seciton will guide you through managaing and leading your employees for a more successful business.
CBC 2024 Leadership Seminars
These seminars focus on enhancing leadership and operational excellence in the craft beer industry. Learn strategies for fostering strong teams, empowering managers, and adapting to increased competition, all tools you can use to equip yourself for success in today's competitive market.Read More
This seminar emphasizes the distinction between excelling at a job and effective leadership in breweries. Beyond technical brewing knowledge, it addresses the essential people skills necessary for leading a team successfully. Learn to equip yourself with the right tools to foster team strength and ensure smooth brewery operations.Read More
This seminar emphasizes the heightened competition in the craft beer industry, stressing the need for breweries to operate as efficient businesses. Led by Scott Metzger (Craft 'Ohana), learn essential business management skills crucial for thriving in today's market, highlighting the shift from treating breweries as hobbies to professional enterprises.Read More
This seminar provides insights on leadership transitions during business scaling. The panelists discuss building cohesive teams and empowering managers for growth and industry impact.Read More
This seminar addresses the financial literacy gap among brewery employees, highlighting the importance of understanding brewery finances. Brewery owners share strategies for integrating financial literacy into brewery cultures, empowering employees to influence business outcomes positively and drive profitability through informed actions.Read More
This panel features innovation experts from diverse breweries discussing their unique perspectives on innovation, its processes, benefits for brewers, and impact on brewery profitability. With over 70 years of combined brewing experience, panelists represent breweries of various sizes, offering insights into innovation strategies across different scales of operation.Read More
Colin Schilling and Mark Kornei share the growth journey of Schilling Cider, highlighting key drivers in six categories. From a startup to the nation's largest fresh-pressed hard cider producer, they offer insights into successes and failures, providing valuable ideas and tools for craft producers aiming to scale up in a dynamic market.Read More
For those Brewers Association (BA) members who do not spend their day mired in macroeconomics, this quick post provides context on what the cut in the Federal Funds Rate on 9/18/24 could mean for the craft beer industry, both directly and indirectly. Read More
With large international companies no longer on a shopping spree, more small breweries are seeking partners their own size as they strive to prosper in challenging times.
Manage workforce changes while emphasizing respectful, legally compliant strategies and supportive communication to maintain morale.Read More
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