Throughout my career, I have been blessed with getting to know strong, charismatic, and inspiring leaders. Some are quiet, and some are loud. Some are forward-thinking, and some are spur-of-the-moment. All of them are impactful in their own ways. As a business, Cultivate SA works with food companies to improve their food safety through their organizational culture. The most successful changes we help facilitate are the ones where the CEOs are directly involved. One of the questions I am most frequently asked from food safety professionals is, "How do I help my CEO and senior leaders understand that change is needed in our culture?" I often counter this with the question, "Have you asked yourself why changing culture is important to food safety?"

These two questions can have many answers, and I believe it is instructive to hear from CEOs who lead successful businesses about how they tackle food safety. Through these stories, I hope the reader will find answers to these questions by better understanding the challenges and food safety decisions that CEOs must make for their businesses.