Six Leadership Shifts Food Leaders Must Prepare for in 2026 2026 belonging burnout culture shift developing people food industry food safety culture intentional leadership Dec 17, 2025

A reflection from Tia Glave, Catalyst Co-Founder

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The food industry is at a crossroads.

With shrinking labor pools, rising costs, and constant pressure to do more with less, 2026 isn’t going to reward survival-mode leadership.

It will demand something better.

Food leaders who create trust on purpose. Who think beyond their own to-do lists. Who build cultures where people and performance grow together.

That kind of leadership doesn’t just happen.Β  It happens through leadership systems that...

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