“Working in kitchens where abusive leadership was the norm definitely taught me a lot, both about what not to do and also the kind of leader that I did want to be,” Chris Kirby, founder and CEO of Ithaca Hummus, tells Entrepreneur. “Early on, I saw how fear and intimidation created toxic environments where creativity and collaboration really couldn’t exist.”
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ithaca Hummus. Founder and CEO Chris Kirby.
Kirby graduated from culinary school at North Carolina’s Johnson & Wales University and spent the next seven years working in restaurants across the country: in Washington, D.C., Las Vegas and Austin. However, by age 26, he determined the “tough lifestyle”
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