Chef's Wake-Up Call: Trusting your team is the secret sauce! #TrustTheTeam #Success #BusinessGrowth

2 May 2024 · 0 min

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A short motivational piece by Donald Burns recounting his early restaurant experience and arguing that owners must learn to trust their teams to scale a restaurant or brand. Burns challenges owners who claim they trust staff yet continue doing tasks they pay others to handle, urging them to stop this counterproductive behavior.

When I had my first restaurant, my story was, I have to do it all myself because no one does it better than me. Sound familiar? I was so stupid and so blind to the truth. You can't build a restaurant or brand to a high level if you don't learn how to trust people. Now, you might be saying, but, Coach, I do trust my team. Then why are you constantly doing the work that you pay them to do? This madness has to stop, and you're the only one who can stop it.