True Alignment

EIGHT

Decoding Culture

How do things really get done?

Before becoming a leadership and organizational psychologist, I enjoyed a career as a chef and restaurateur. Before that, I was a casualty lines underwriter. I was hired right out of high school as a trainee by a large insurance firm and eventually landed at a small high-risk underwriting group. After a successful seven-year run, I decided it was not for me. I had always had an interest in the culinary arts and, while still at the underwriting firm, I began working part time as a line cook, which reignited my love of cooking. I resigned and moved to Hyde Park, New York, to attend the Culinary ...