Leading Through Pressure Without Losing Your People burnout conflict firefighting food leadership pressure resistance Sep 09, 2025

The moments youโ€™re most under pressure are the moments your team and those around you remember most.

Not the calm days. Not the wins.
But the heat. The urgency. The curveballs.
Thatโ€™s when leadership patterns get revealedโ€”or rewritten.

And in food and manufacturing environments, pressure isnโ€™t the exception. Itโ€™s the rhythm.

When firefighting becomes your leadership style

One of our clientsโ€”an operations leader in a national food brandโ€”described their team dynamic like this:

โ€œWeโ€™re so used to...

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