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title: "10 Big Mistakes Many Restaurant Owners & Managers Make"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/9f5d8ae1-d003-47a6-9850-d031e87c6ab1
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/10-big-mistakes-many-restaurant-owners-managers-make-2715760
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2021-05-18T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:48:14.900Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b9b9e9b462c52b5cd4f5042f705ff6d3762.jpg
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# 10 Big Mistakes Many Restaurant Owners & Managers Make

**TL;DR:** Restaurant owners and managers make common mistakes that can lead to low motivation, low morale, and a disengaged workforce. Investing in people and processes can lead to a happier, more productive, and successful team.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-05-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/10-big-mistakes-many-restaurant-owners-managers-make-2715760).*

## Story

Today I'd like to share the 10 biggest mistakes restaurant owners make. These are mistakes that, if left unaddressed, ultimately lead to low motivation, low morale and a disengaged workforce. And as I'm sure you know, that spells trouble for your restaurant!

Whether you're an owner or a restaurant manager, I know running restaurants (or any business) can be daunting and overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be like this!

If you focus on doing the right thing (not the easy thing), and you invest in your people and your processes, you'll have a happier, more productive and more successful team.

Biggest mistakes restaurant owners make:

- Reactive not proactive when it comes to recruitment

- No plan in place for orientation and onboarding

- Employees aren't paid for training

- Employees are pulled out of training too soon

- No HR systems to run their restaurants

- Wrongly categorize employees as independent contractors

- They don't coach and develop their team

- They discipline too frequently

- They don't take ownership

- They keep repeating the same mistakes, expecting things to change

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant management (topic)
- hr systems (topic)
- workforce motivation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/10-big-mistakes-many-restaurant-owners-managers-make-2715760). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/9f5d8ae1-d003-47a6-9850-d031e87c6ab1).