{"id":94118,"date":"2017-06-22T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T14:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=94118"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:19:45","slug":"lutoff-perlo-make-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2017\/06\/22\/lutoff-perlo-make-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutoff-Perlo on How to Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/southflorida\/news\/2017\/06\/21\/lutoff-perlo-on-how-to-make-a-difference.html\">South Florida Business Journal<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>By\u00a0Jeff Zbar<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6222017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-94119 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6222017-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"6222017\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>When Lisa Lutoff-Perlo presided over the reveal of Celebrity Cruises\u2019 new Edge-class cruise ships this March, it was more than a showcase of what will be the first of a quintet of billion-dollar vessels scheduled to debut beginning in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\">The event was the culmination of Lutoff-Perlo\u2019s vision for the Celebrity brand, its guests, the cruise industry \u2013 and her team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\">\u201cWe knew our future was riding on the launch of this class of ships,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\">It&#8217;s one in a long list of achievements for a woman who&#8217;s changing the face of the male-dominated cruise industry. In 2014, Lutoff-Perlo made history by being the first woman named president and CEO of a major cruise line. It didn&#8217;t take long for her influence to be felt, as she soon named the first female and first American to captain a mega-cruise liner.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"module1Mbox\" class=\"inset inset--major hidden--print hidden--lg hidden--xl\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\">This April, she inked a two-year partnership with the Malala Fund and its founder and <em><span class=\"text-node\">Celebrity Edge<\/span><\/em> godmother, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\">\u201cI try to create an environment where people know that I genuinely care about them and our success, not just my success,\u201d Lutoff-Perlo said. \u201cDiscretionary effort is something every leader should strive for because people will go further than they ever thought they could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><strong><span class=\"text-node\">What may surprise people about you?<\/span><\/strong> I\u2019m really committed and loyal. I\u2019ve been with the company 32 years and with my husband 34 years. I don\u2019t give up. It\u2019s a personality trait that defines me in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><strong><span class=\"text-node\">What do you appreciate most about the South Florida business climate?<\/span><\/strong> It\u2019s a great community of people who are committed to the businesses they run and the community they serve. I spend a lot of time in Broward, because that\u2019s where I live, and Miami-Dade, because that\u2019s where I work. We\u2019re supportive of each other because we\u2019re a growing business community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><strong><span class=\"text-node\">If it could be fixed with a snap of your fingers, what would you solve in the local business climate?<\/span><\/strong> We still have a ways to go in the way the rest of the country thinks about us. We recruit from everywhere. Even I remember way back when I was considering coming here in 1989 and thinking, \u201cOh, do I really want to go to South Florida?\u201d The business community has an opportunity to promote ourselves. That\u2019s what I would fix if I could.<\/p>\n<div class=\"truncated-content fade display-none\">\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><strong><span class=\"text-node\">What would you go back to tell your 21-year-old self?<\/span><\/strong> What I tell my team all the time: \u201cThe only limits we have are the ones we put on ourselves.\u201d Go out and explore the world. You have so much to offer and, unless you\u2019re in it, you really cannot know that. I was raised in Gloucester and, when I go back to reunions, I still see people who never went over the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><strong><span class=\"text-node\">What is your greatest community accomplishment?<\/span><\/strong> That every single person on my team gives back in a meaningful way. For me, it\u2019s my involvement in the United Way and with Best Buddies. I\u2019m most proud that we recently hired a best buddy, and he\u2019s one of the best employees here. I\u2019ve worked with my executive committee to make sure he\u2019s not the last buddy we hire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__segment added-to-list1\"><strong><span class=\"text-node\">What\u2019s left to accomplish in your career?<\/span><\/strong> You really have to think about that when you come into these jobs. We have a big company, lots of brands. You learn that you really aren\u2019t done, even when you think you\u2019re done. I still have a lot left in me. 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