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title: "If You Don't Care, They Won't Care"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6bd88328-70e1-4b8c-968f-c264afd253b3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/if-you-dont-care-they-wont-care-2709602
category: "General"
published: 2019-04-02T19:14:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:20.058Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/fdaa4021d3fadb592297964236cb8f698827.jpg
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# If You Don't Care, They Won't Care

**TL;DR:** The article emphasizes the importance of having high standards and leading by example in the restaurant industry. Carrie, a frequent keynote speaker, highlights that employees will mirror the behavior and motivation of their leaders.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-04-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/if-you-dont-care-they-wont-care-2709602).*

## Story

If you have low standards, your employees will have low standards.

If you don’t care, your employees won’t care.

If you don’t work hard, your employees won’t work hard.

If you’re unmotivated and unenthusiastic, your employees will be unmotivated and unenthusiastic.

*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)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- leadership development (topic)
- hr topics (topic)
- employee motivation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/if-you-dont-care-they-wont-care-2709602). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6bd88328-70e1-4b8c-968f-c264afd253b3).