August 2015 Living Large: Brands Discuss People Practices

BY BETH EWEN Tom Lewison, CEO of Wild Wing Cafe, believes in a formula for recruiting management: They want to develop 80 percent from within their ranks, and 20 percent from outside. “The reason is so we do not have an incestuous look at the business,” he says. “Sometimes you get in the weeds, and it helps when you bring in diverse ide...