During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw nearly unprecedented churn in the U.S. labor market: widespread job loss amidst business closures in the early months of the pandemic gave way to tight labor markets in 2021, driven in part by what many call the Great Resignation. During that time, the nation’s “quit rate” reached a […]
By Dee M. Robinson, Board Director; CEO of Robinson Hill, Inc., a concessions management firm; Principal at Disruption Global Strategies, a firm specializing in innovative strategies, training and metrics to win at Diversity & Inclusion. C200 member since 2018. Many organizations have claimed that diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts have been a top priority for […]
LIKE ALL GOLFERS, I’D LOVE TO get the opportunity to play some of the sport’s best-known courses. But the one I am most looking forward to stepping out onto one day hasn’t been the scene of some famous rounds. I want to tee off at Clearview Golf Club (www.clearviewgolfclub.com) in Canton, Ohio, to pay tribute […]
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The great industrialist Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t— you’re right.” And isn’t that so true? Our thoughts can be our friend or our foe, our best cheerleader or our worst critic. They shape our actions: as Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as [a man] thinks in his […]
A golf course is a special place. It’s a safe space. A golf course is that rarity in our world: a no-judgment zone, a place where you can be yourself, and perhaps even discover yourself, by focusing on the game. It is a meditative place, a place that centers you. The latest estimate is that […]
The venture capital profession is less than a century old, but it controls a substantial chunk of startup funding. What’s more, investment into venture-backed companies is already on pace to experience another record-breaking year in 2018, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, the authoritative quarterly report on venture capital activity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem jointly […]
As you all know, this month, we celebrated International Women’s Day. Last year, I took part in that movement by speaking as part of a select panel of female executives at an event, and as I looked around the participants at the panel, and listened to their riveting presentations, I was so thrilled to be […]
COVID-19 has decimated the airport concessions industry. In January of this year, travel statistics pointed to record-breaking high volumes; by the end of March, traffic had slowed to an almost stand-still. TSA screenings represented only 3% of the prior years’ numbers, and aviation restaurants and retail outlets saw business drop in corresponding numbers. Airport concessionaires […]
What are our Values and What do we Value? As we witnessed the horrifying scenes across the country and the world in the wake of the abject tragedy that befell George Floyd in Minneapolis, many wonder and worry about the looting and rioting that ensued in addition to the relatively peaceful protests. Why did so […]
