Kat Cole

President, COO, and Board member, Athletic Greens
Kat Cole is the President, COO and Board member at Athletic Greens. Previously, she served as president and COO of North America for Focus Brands and as the president of Cinnabon, a Focus Brands subsidiary. Perhaps most known for her meteoric rise from Hooters waitress to Hooters VP of Training and Development by the age of 26, Cole has used her aptitude for human-centered leadership and cultural empathy to help companies foster open and inclusive cultures at every step of the way throughout her career.
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Flight Template Series

Constant Improvement in Culture and Operations

Description
As your company finds its groove as an organization, things can begin to plateau. On an individual level, the same can happen to you and your team members, so reevaluating your cognitive frameworks for work, success, and growth is key to maintaining the momentum that has pushed you and your company through the ranks so far. In this series, President, COO and Board member of Athletic Greens Kat Cole walks you through three iterable flights that will help stimulate your culture and operations with fresh energy and new ideas for improvement.
Flight Templates
1st
Culture Retrospective

Fostering, achieving, and maintaining your ideal company culture is perhaps one of the most difficult parts of leadership—but it’s also one of the most vital. An open and inclusive culture can not only boost employee morale, but it can also increase efficiency, productivity, and profit. This culture retrospective will help you and your team uncover the core of the culture you have, and identify what steps you need to take to make it the culture you want.

Kat Cole

Leadership

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2nd
The “Hotshot” Test

Kat’s rise from waitress to COO can be attributed in part to what she calls The Hotshot Rule. Imagine someone you admire is in your job tomorrow: What would they do differently? What is the first thing they would see that they can improve? Why can’t that be you? How can you implement that in your role today? It’s easy to get complacent, but a fresh perspective can reset and remotivate us to tackle opportunities with day-one energy. Use this flight to ensure your practices and workflows are continuously improved and optimized for disruption.

Kat Cole

Innovation

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3rd
Identify Strategic Blindspots

Because they’re closest to the on-the-ground action, employees often recognize the need for change long before a leader does. And as a leader, one of the most important aspects of your job is to distill the feedback from your team members into actionable solutions. With this flight, your team will help you identify blindspots and suggest solutions for your product, marketing, or larger business strategies.

Kat Cole

Product

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Collaborate without groupthink