McDonald’s new CEO Chris Kempczinski wants his company to have a more professional environment, after his predecessor Steve Easterbrook was fired from the position due to a consensual relationship with an anonymous company staffer. Under Easterbrook’s leadership, McDonald’s corporate culture had seen executives often going to bars with staffers after offices had closed, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

One anonymous staffer told the Journal that there is a “cultural shift” at McDonald’s since Kempczinski became CEO. “Some people perceived there was this macho, guys club. That has now progressed to a more open leadership under Chris,” the employee said.

Emails obtained by CNBC show that Kempczinski wants to listen closely to employees about the direction of the company. “When I started in this role, my commitment to you was to listen and learn across the system,” he wrote. “In the past nine weeks, I have been doing just that.”

Kempczinski took over the position in November and had sent employees a survey asking for feedback about the company’s culture. More than 1,000 employees have so far responded to the survey, with Kempczinski saying in an email that he was “impressed by the candid feedback.”

Kempczinski, 51, previously served as president of McDonald’s USA, where he was responsible for the operations of around 14,000 restaurants. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Kempczinski is taking the helm of the company as it is being sued for “systemic sexual harassment” of female workers at one of its franchise restaurants in Michigan.

McDonald’s has said that it is “demonstrating its deep commitment” to the issue by implementing an anti-harassment training program at corporate-owned restaurants.

McDonald’s workers staged protests in May due to how the company deals with sexual harassment allegations.

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