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title: "How To Gain Respect at Work"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/34e2c493-32d0-4249-b0c5-cc29696b929c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/how-to-gain-respect-at-work-2715267
category: "General"
published: 2021-03-16T22:17:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:42:21.430Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c80ebe941b475d65a1f6b66e9b1457046866.jpg
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# How To Gain Respect at Work

**TL;DR:** Gaining respect at work requires showing respect to employees, telling the truth, and having high standards. Carrie Luxem, CEO of Restaurant HR Group, shares reasons why employees may not respect their leaders.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-03-16. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/how-to-gain-respect-at-work-2715267).*

## Story

So, you want to know how to gain respect at work? Are you confused as to why your employees don’t respect you?

Here are the real reasons. (I know because I asked.)

- If you don't show your team respect, they're not going to show you respect back.

- You must tell your team the truth, they won't respect liars!

- It's tough to command respect if you have low standards.

- Avoid playing the blame game.

1851 Franchise Contributor Carrie Luxem is the CEO of Restaurant HR Group

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- leadership (topic)
- employee relations (topic)
- work respect (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/how-to-gain-respect-at-work-2715267). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/34e2c493-32d0-4249-b0c5-cc29696b929c).