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title: "Your Insecurities Are Holding You (and Your Employees) Back"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2373ad5a-8d81-481e-a011-85266f52c1ba
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/your-insecurities-are-holding-you-and-your-employees-back-2706655
category: "General"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2018-05-29T19:14:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:04.578Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/5ee2a1d3e951272bbcb21418f28748503001.jpg
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# Your Insecurities Are Holding You (and Your Employees) Back

**TL;DR:** Carrie, a keynote speaker and author, discusses the importance of honest and direct feedback to employees, suggesting that managers' own insecurities may be a barrier. Carrie is the author of the book Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook and has been featured in various publications.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-05-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/your-insecurities-are-holding-you-and-your-employees-back-2706655).*

## Story

The reason you’re not giving your employees honest and direct feedback is not because of how THEY will feel, it is really because of how YOU will feel.

*Carrie is a frequent keynote speaker on HR and leadership topics and regularly conducts employee training and leadership development workshops as well. She is the author of the recently published book,* Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook: Your Hands-On Playbook for Finding, Hiring, and Developing Leaders *and Implementing Organized People Systems and has been featured in* Entrepreneur*,* Restaurant News*,* Pizza Today *and* Independent Restaurateur*.*

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- leadership development (topic)
- hr topics (topic)
- employee feedback (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/your-insecurities-are-holding-you-and-your-employees-back-2706655). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2373ad5a-8d81-481e-a011-85266f52c1ba).