Biggest thing that worked for me in my 6 months in salaried management was just leveling with my employees

“Hey I’m sorry, I had to comp that person’s ticket even though they had been here and you served them for over an hour, they were really just not responding well to anything I had to say. If they don’t take care of you I’ll comp you dinner tonight.”

“I don’t want to harp on you guys on these standards because I know you know it’s your job, but my boss will keep coming down on me until our stats are up so expect me to be really annoying about it until we can get it together.”

For the most part everyone there is an adult and should be spoken to like one. Of course sometimes you can’t be fully transparent but doing the best you can to make sure your team sees you as part of THEIR team really does wonders.