Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson interviews Adel Jawhary, one of our alumni and the founder of Rydel Roofing, a successful franchise organization.   During the episode, Adel shares his remarkable journey of growth and success, starting from their humble beginnings in 2019 to their current projected revenue of $24 million in 2023.   He discusses the challenges they faced in...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson chats with Lucas Bonneau, who is in his third year with the program. In his first year, Lucas was a production manager, and last year he set the all-time rookie record for Quebec. Lucas is also a mini-coach in the program. His goal is to double his business this coming season.   Chris and Lucas discuss the transformation he's achieved as par...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson engages in an enlightening conversation with one of the really early leaders in our business, John Armstrong. John started as a painter and became operator of the year in his second year and third year at Student Works. He later had an incredible career at Canon and is currently the director of healthcare at Dell Canada, running a 200 millio...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thompson engages in an enlightening conversation with Michael Trites, a young and ambitious entrepreneur who has achieved remarkable success as an operator in the Student Works Management Program, with last year's business revenue reaching $276,000 and a current target of doubling it to $550,000.   Prepare to be inspired as Chris and Michael de...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson chats with Adam Coleman, a remarkable leader whose journey serves as an inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs. Although he wasn't originally an operator in the program, he quickly emerged as a valuable asset and played a pivotal role in the development of the Student Works Window Cleaning business.   During his tenure as a district manager i...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson chats with Jonathan Clarke, a young leader who managed with Student Works for three years, and even met the woman of his dreams, who is herself a top performer. He has grown his trucking business from $400,000 to $5 million in the last six years.   In today’s show, Jonathan shares his experience with the program and some of the things he's l...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson chats with Ian Shears, a young leader who started working for our business as a window cleaner at the age of 16 and has since worked his way up to becoming a production manager and a top rookie operator.    In today’s show, Ian shares his experiences working with different personalities in the business, emphasizing the importance of accounta...

When it comes to the world of business, our minds tend to gravitate towards sales, marketing, and maximizing revenue - all essential components of any successful enterprise. It's also crucial to consider how to best serve our customers or clients. Yet, there is an often-overlooked area that can make all the difference in the success of a business: organization, consistent input, and a strong busin...

In today's show, we are going to rebroadcast our interview with Dan Sharp, one of our alumni who is today the President and CEO of Infoware Canada Inc, a successful technology company that is helping law firms recover time to enhance productivity & increase profitability. Dan was a guest on our show in October 2019 when he talked about how joining Student Works changed his life forever and helped...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson talks to Hailey McCoubrey, one of our top veterans. She is a third-year student at Western University and a second-year operator in our program.    She operates in Honey Harbour and surrounding areas and runs her business from her cottage on an island. It is a unique territory where finding customers and stuff to recruit can be a challenge....

In today's show, we are going to rebroadcast our interview with Dave Hanley, a successful entrepreneur and seasoned sales practitioner. He had a big part in building two bootstrapped software companies and became a profitable industry leader. Currently, he is the Chief Revenue Officer at AdvertiseCast, a podcast advertising platform connecting brands with highly-engaged podcast audiences. Dave was...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson talks to Noah Propp, one of our top operators managing in the Montreal area, who did over $100,000 for the business last year and is aiming for $300,000 this year.   During today's show, Noah is going to discuss the success he had last year, how he overcame some challenges, the biggest lessons he learned and the importance of assuming respon...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson is going to start a series of conversations with some of our successful rookies, people who are off to a great start and who are going to talk about their impressions and the lessons they learned after their first months into our program.   In today’s show, Chris is going to talk to Alexander Rutenberg, a third-year student at Queens and a t...

In today's show, we are going to re-broadcast our interview with Paul Flick, one of our successful alumni, who has 20 years of leadership and management experience in the franchising industry.  Paul is the CEO and Founder of Premium Service Brands (a company that offers multiple services in the home services space) and 360 Degree Painting (a painting franchise company whereas Premium). Paul was a...

Today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow is going to be a special one as we are going to share our latest President's Club call, where we selected 10 of our best operators to share best practices and tips on how to run a successful business within our program.   You are going to learn what are some of the amazing things that we're doing at the Student Works Management Program to create the incredibl...

In today’s show, Chris interviews William Chyz , Managing Director at Traynor Ridge Capital Inc. William, a former student painter, currently helps HNI’s with their alternative investments.    We start this show with William sharing his backstory.    As a high school student, William did not have much idea about what he was going to do with his life. So, after working some odd jobs, when he joined...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson chats with Chris Mills, an amazing young leader who was an operator and a business coach in our program between 2009 and 2013.   After graduating from our program, he got involved in the hospitality business and worked as a senior market manager at Airbnb for about five years.   Today, Chris is the vice president of sales at Rented — A Trave...

In today’s show, Chris interviews Simon Miller , Senior Principal Managing Partner at Workday Canada . Simon shares the most important attributes which enabled him to overcome personal challenges and rise through the corporate ranks. This show starts with Simon sharing his background information. Growing up in abject poverty and being subjected to emotional and mental abuse by his step-father fuel...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris Thomson has another fascinating and inspiring interview with Patrick Lalonde, VP at Student Works.   In today’s show, Patrick is going to talk about the nature of being successful in the world, some important mindset concepts that we use regularly at Student Works and the way those different concepts work together to really pull people towards succe...

In this episode, Chris interviews Jonathan Suther, co-founder, SimpleTax. Jonathan shares how grit, ingenuity and focus can help you quit your corporate job, follow your dreams, and start your business.   This show starts off with Jonathan sharing his background information and his life before Student Works. Did Jonathan always have a huge appetite for hard work? Jonathan shares some inspiring (an...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris has another conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, business coaches at Student Works Management Program. This time they discuss getting off to an unbelievably fast start for 2023, what they have seen from the incredible results that they've co-created with all the operators they worked with, and will share some lessons they’ve learned and so...

In this episode, Chris interviews Amer Abu Shakra , Business Owner, Student Works Painting. Amer shares his SIX rules of success that helped him hit the all-time high sales record of $500,000 at Student Works. This show starts with Amer sharing some background information with listeners. Born in Jordan, Amer is truly thankful for the excellent opportunity that Student Works has given him. Amer was...

In this day and age, is it even possible to launch greenfield projects that allow you to exploit the first-mover advantage? On today’s show, we interview the incredibly successful serial entrepreneur Josh Campbell who shares with us his wisdom on exploration, product differentiation, and taking the path less trodden. We start this show with Josh revealing some of the biggest lessons that he learne...

Ever wondered what the world of investment banking looks like? And about the pressures and challenges that bankers go through on a daily basis? On today’s show, we have with us Garth Friesen who shares with us distilled wisdom on resilience, investing vs. trading, and risk management. 19-year-old Garth got into Student Works just because “his friends were doing it”. And while he already had the bo...

What is the ONE thing that could help you realize your most audacious goals? If you want your life to get better and better, you can’t do it without integrity. But, what does integrity really mean? In the simplest terms, integrity means that you are honoring your word. However, in today’s show, Chris and Patrick share a more thoughtful and detailed definition of “integrity”: Doing what to do, doin...