Asking questions that scale, with AG1’s Kat Cole

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

From traveling the world opening restaurants as a teenager to pioneering new strategies at legacy brands, Kat Cole knows the importance of asking the right questions to forge a path to scale. Host Jeff Berman dives into Cole's fascinating career, exploring how she led teams at iconic brands like Hooters and Cinnabon, applying the lessons to steering the billion-dollar health supplement company Athletic Greens, where she’s just been named CEO. Plus, how her renowned Hot Shot Rule can change your life and career.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now.
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0:35.0	See you on the other side.
0:37.0	The employees put the uniform on to make sure they fit properly and they all lock themselves in the restroom. They would not come out of the bathroom.
0:51.0	Cat Cole is supposed to be opening a hooters in Argentina.
0:56.0	At just 20 years old, she was recently promoted from her job as a waitress.
1:00.0	Hooters, an American restaurant chain, is known for chicken wings served by, well, let's just call it what it is.
1:07.0	Women in short shorts and tight shirts.
1:10.0	I didn't understand the cultural gap and with the employees trying on uniforms the issue
1:17.9	was they were concerned about how their family would feel.
1:27.0	Cat had a strict deadline to get the staff trained and the restaurant opened. This was her job.
1:29.0	Fly around the world, spin up a new location, rinse, repeat.
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