Anthony Armada has been chief executive of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services for five months now. He relocated from Chicago, originally hails from Michigan and spent more than a decade in California. His first observation on Seattle culture: We don’t wear ties. When Armada noticed that his male employees went from never wearing ties to donning them daily, he had to ask if it was just because he wore one. The answer: Yes.
Since then he’s cut back to put his team at ease. “I don’t want…
Anthony Armada has been chief executive of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services for five months now. He relocated from Chicago, originally hails from Michigan and spent more than a decade in California. His first observation on Seattle culture: We don’t wear ties. When Armada noticed that his male employees went from never wearing ties to donning them daily, he had to ask if it was just because he wore one. The answer: Yes.
Since then he’s cut back to put his team at ease. “I don’t want…