Traeger's CEO on Cleaning Up a Toxic Culture

Andrus talks about his effort to clean up a toxic orgnizational culture. Traeger, the Oregon-based outdoor cooking company where he had recently become CEO, would be closing its warehouse and trucking operations and outsourcing them to UPS. The move made strategic sense, and they had offered generou...

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Published in:Harvard business review 2019-03
Main Author: Andrus, Jeremy
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Chief executive officers
Corporate culture
Corporate planning
Decision making
Organizational change
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Summary:Andrus talks about his effort to clean up a toxic orgnizational culture. Traeger, the Oregon-based outdoor cooking company where he had recently become CEO, would be closing its warehouse and trucking operations and outsourcing them to UPS. The move made strategic sense, and they had offered generous severance and outplacement assistance to the several dozen employees affected. Nonetheless, the news had not gone over well.
ISSN:0017-8012