Influence Isn’t Given. It’s Earned.
Feb 01, 2026
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We remember sitting in a meeting with a food safety leader we’ve worked with for years. She was frustrated—again.
She had just presented a new initiative around risk assessment, and it had been met with silence by the supply chain team. “We’ve been talking about this for weeks internally,” she said. “We thought everyone would be on board.”
That’s when it clicked for her—and honestly, it’s a moment we see all the time: just because you’ve done the work within your function doesn’t mean others a...
