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title: "Stop Hiding Behind Your Computer and Have Face to Face Conversations"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/bc15fc27-9c2a-4be2-bcb4-c8d4a3acfa8d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/stop-hiding-behind-your-computer-and-have-face-to-face-conversations-2708032
category: "General"
published: 2018-10-02T21:16:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:37:05.124Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/f8bb6d1d24a391caf62129b6f25437a64854.jpg
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# Stop Hiding Behind Your Computer and Have Face to Face Conversations

**TL;DR:** Carrie encourages face-to-face conversations for honest feedback. Carrie is a keynote speaker and author of Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/stop-hiding-behind-your-computer-and-have-face-to-face-conversations-2708032).*

## Story

Please have the confidence (and decency) to put down your phone, turn off your computer, and have an in-person-conversation with me.

The only way I can improve is if you care enough to be honest and direct in your feedback.

*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)
- employee training (topic)
- hr topics (topic)
- face to face conversations (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/stop-hiding-behind-your-computer-and-have-face-to-face-conversations-2708032). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/bc15fc27-9c2a-4be2-bcb4-c8d4a3acfa8d).