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A book by Kimberly Flear

The Empty Apron

The restaurant management playbook for owners, operators, and managers who want to stop treating turnover as the cost of doing business.

For the leader standing in the office, doing the math on who can cover the next call-out.
The Empty Apron book cover

The playbook

Retention is an operating problem before it is a people problem.

01

Lived Experience

Written from the floor, behind the bar, and inside management decisions.

02

Retention Conditions

Language for finding the operational conditions that make good people leave.

03

Shared Conversation

A shared reference for owners and managers who need a better way to run the room.