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...
You’ve said it. We’ve all said it:
"We just need people to take more ownership."
But what if your leadership habits are unintentionally training people not to?
The Control Trap
In high-pressure environments like food manufacturing and production, it’s easy for leaders to default to control. We manage tasks, make decisions quickly, and expect people to follow through.
And it works—until it doesn’t.
Because control creates compliance, not commitment. And cultures built on compliance don’t gr...
