83 – Restaurant Leadership lessons with Carrie Luxem

Restaurant Leadership



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Carrie is owner of Restaurant HR and company that specifically deals with Restaurant HR issues.  She also runs CarrieLuxem.com which helps Restaurants with the broader HR issues, like leadership and culture.

We discuss the definition of Leadership and how it is so important in Restaurants.

What are some of the steps that people can take to be a better Restaurant Leader?

We also look at the relationship between culture and leadership.

Can anyone be a leader?

We talk about some books that you can read:

Rework – by Jason Fried

Start with why – by Simon Sinek

What are the first steps to take when you are trying to turn a restaurant around as a leader?

You need to hold people accountable to what they need to do.

At what size Restaurant is it important to create a vision?

Carrie has created resources to assist Restaurant owners to create and execute on your Restaurant’s Vision, Mission and Purpose.

We talk about Linkedin and how Carrie uses it to grow her profile.

Have a look at Carrie’s excellent book – Restaurant Operators HR Playbook

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