Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that anyone you want to work with most likely has choices about where

they want to work.

No matter the size of people's paychecks, it is best to manage team members as if they

were volunteers.

They have to want to be there.

If they do want to be there, everything will work a lot better.

Today's tip like a few others over the past few weeks comes from the book Setting the Table,

the Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business.

By Danny Meyer of Shake Shack and Union Square Cafe Fame.

In the book, Meyer shares insights he's learned from the restaurant business that are relevant

for people in just about any field.

Danny Meyer advises treating your employees like volunteers.

When you are managing volunteers, you know they are there because they chose to be.

So you are mindful of that.

You know they can leave at any point.

So you generally try to thank them and make sure they feel they did something useful.

And if they are doing something menial, you tie it to the organization's larger goals.

Danny Meyer points out that staff, like volunteers, are working with you because they want to

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