Franchise Update Magazine Issue IV, 2015 | Page 16

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What time do you like to be at your
desk? Anyone who knows me will probably tell you that I can be a bit annoying since it’s tough for me to “turn off.”
Whether it’s very late at night or early
in the morning, I’m typically emailing
and talking with my team. As long as I
have my iPhone (and a phone charger),
I’m always at my virtual desk.
Exercise in the morning? My days are
so much better when I’m able to get a
workout done in the morning.
Wine with lunch? Wine is for celebrating a win, like when someone embraces
our franchise opportunity or we launch
a new program. Typically for lunch I’m
at the office working through things, so
no wine then.
Do you socialize with your team after work/outside the office? I believe
culture is king. You can have the best
business plan in the world, but without
a good culture your business won’t succeed. I love socializing with my team
and we take one Friday a month for a
team event. Each manager gets to pick
one, so it’s different each time.
Last two books read: I like to read
multiple books at the same time, but
generally I just read a couple of chapters in each to find the best nuggets of
information. A couple that have really
helped are The 21 Laws of Leadership
and Traction, but there are tons of great
reads out there. Something that fits my
personality a little more are TED Talks,
which are short, online, educational videos that have a ton of great information.
What technology do you take on the
road? All I really need is my iPhone
and Mac and I can manage the whole
business. We’ve built everything to be
hosted in the cloud so I can work from
anywhere.
How do you relax/balance life and
work? I like to unwind and watch a
TV series or just kick back with close

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friends. Colorado is a pretty active state,
so there’s always something to do.

our franchisees funded typically in less
than 30 days.

Favorite vacation destination: I’m not
too picky, but if you put me somewhere
warm with a beach, I’m very happy!

How do you measure success? There
are so many different ways to measure
success, but I lik H