Gen. Lori J. Robinson, who retired from U.S. Air Force in 2018 after 36 years in uniform, understands the challenges facing women leaders in male-dominated cultures like the military…or linen, uniform and facility services companies.

In a recent interview with Robinson, who’ll address TRSA’s Annual Conference on Oct. 22, she told us that women must do their part by delivering excellence in terms of job performance. But men also must affirm the ideal of equal opportunity. “You have to have the ‘buy-in’ from the male side of society,” said Gen. Robinson, whose husband David is also a retired Air Force ...