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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Starbucks is trying to repair its rift with staff by inviting them on two-hour coffee dates

A Starbucks barista, pictured in 2016. (Credit: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg—Getty Images)

The CEO of Starbucks is hoping to get staffers back on side by going back to what the business knows best: coffee.

Laxman Narasimhan didn't inherit the healthiest relationship with employees when he took over from Howard Schultz last month.

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