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This Is What Defying the Odds Looks Like

This Is What Defying the Odds Looks Like

Find out how 21-year-old Taco Bell Restaurant General Manager, Tia Travis, has risen in the company despite the odds that have been stacked against her.

Have No Fear

Perhaps you’ve noticed recently that the investment landscape has been long on turbulence and short on stability. It’s in times like these that investors often seek out shelter in sound, conservative investments such as TIPS, or Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. The principal on these U.S. government bonds increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

Collaborative Leadership

It wasn’t long after Plummer accepted the position of CFO in 2008 that he and the management team had to steer the company through one of the worst recessions in U.S. history.

Destination: Luxury

All visitors receive a personal letter signed by Hopkin thanking them for their stay. When he is in town, he hosts a weekly cocktail party on the resort. Every other week the party is hosted at his home. “This is a formal invitation. I get 97% acceptance. It gives the hotel a face. I am my severest critic,” he continues. “There is no compromise for our standards.”

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