Red Lobster’s 37-year-old CEO waited tables before joining the C-suite—he says it was a crash course in managing ‘difficult people and situations’
Years before Damola Adamolekun was tapped to serve as Red Lobster’s CEO—and save the brand from an endless shrimp-induced bankruptcy—he was tasked with mastering a smaller version of pretty much the same job: keeping tables happy and well-fed. The 37-year-old first began his career like the thousands of his employees: as a server.
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Years before Damola Adamolekun was tapped to serve as Red Lobster’s CEO—and save the brand from an endless shrimp-induced bankruptcy—he was tasked with mastering a smaller version of pretty much the same job: keeping tables happy and well-fed. The 37-year-old first began his career like the thousands of his employees: as a server. While in high school, Adamolekun worked at Clyde’s, a local chain at the time located in suburban Maryland. He said it was there that he learned how to read people quickly, smooth over tense interactions, and make a customer feel even better than when they first walked through the door.
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- Years before Damola Adamolekun was tapped to serve as Red Lobster’s CEO—and save the brand from an endless shrimp-induced bankruptcy—he was tasked with mastering a smaller version of pretty much the same job: keeping tables happy and well-fed. The 37-year-old first began his career like the thousands of his employees: as a server.
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