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title: "Why You Need to Act Like a Leader In Order to Become One"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c4bc01df-eae1-4602-ad0f-9c58662edcac
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/why-you-need-to-act-like-a-leader-in-order-to-become-one-2706536
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2018-05-15T19:14:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:47.852Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/84d88e0475e2c832248432404ac202e36703.jpg
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# Why You Need to Act Like a Leader In Order to Become One

**TL;DR:** Carrie Luxem, CEO of Restaurant HR Group, has nearly 20 years of restaurant industry experience and offers HR support and guidance for restaurant owners and operators. She is a frequent keynote speaker and author of the book Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-05-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/why-you-need-to-act-like-a-leader-in-order-to-become-one-2706536).*

## Story

*Carrie Luxem is a human resources professional with nearly 20 years of restaurant industry experience and the CEO of Restaurant HR Group, a Chicago-based company offering HR support, services, and guidance for restaurant owners and operators throughout the nation.*

*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)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- leadership development (topic)
- hr support (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/why-you-need-to-act-like-a-leader-in-order-to-become-one-2706536). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c4bc01df-eae1-4602-ad0f-9c58662edcac).