Warren Lombardy

Aggressive self-promotion by the Darden Restaurants in-plant earns its supervisor a promotion to Director. When Warren Lombardy learned that Darden Restaurants had promoted him to director of creative group/printing services, he immediately went to work—planning a party for his staff. This is a typical move for Lombardy, 39, an in-plant self-promotion wizard who shuns the spotlight when it falls on himself. "This promotion is a sign of the team," he says. "A good manager is as good as his or her people. I think I've lined myself up with a good team." That team, he says, has done some great work for Orlando-based Darden

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