Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris talks to Alexandre Tashdjian, one of our amazing leaders who is now going into his fourth year in the program. Tash is running a really large and very successful operation in Montreal, he is also coaching some other operators and he is going to be one of our coaches who's going to jump the fence and move over to our window cleaning side of our busin...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris talks to Erin Josephy, co-founder and managing partner at Hermit Goods, a company that creates and sells special self-care products made of simple and clean ingredients that are meant to help people rest and recharge. Erin was a senior operator at Student Works between 2012 and 2015 where she won rookie of the year, sophomore of the year and all-tim...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris talks to Jackson Butler, a remarkable young leader with a proven track record of integrity, earning relationships, and solving problems in business and coaching. He's been in our program for three years and has made tremendous progress. Every year he has been a top performer, but this year he is about to run a business worth over $300,000. You will...

In today's special episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues the series of interviews with some of our former operators' parents to reveal more about The Student Works Management Program and how things look from the inside.    The first guest is Barry Cornish,  the father of Brandon Cornish, one of our top operators who is now a Business Coach.   You will find out who Brandon was before join...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris talks to Robert Pal, a former CEO of a global jewelry brand who is now an ADHD and Executive Coach helping individuals identify and capitalize on their strengths to reach their full potential. The areas of his professional training include mindfulness, positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and solution-focused coaching. All of these are...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris has John Cameron back on the show for a fascinating conversation about branding and how to create a successful personal brand. A senior leader at the Student Works Management Program, John is now transitioning from a full-time Business Coach position to head of our Marketing Department. He is very passionate about the idea of building a brand and he...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Kailynn Clark, one of our amazing alumni who had an incredible journey of relentless improvement after leaving our program. She was a Student Works operator between 2007 and 2010. After that, she worked in the recruitment office at UNB (University of New Brunswick), followed by ten years with multiple promotions at Salesforce leading her...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Griffin Boyd, one of our successful operators who managed to break the Student Works all-time rookie record last year and plans to double his business size in 2022.   A great example of how to run a student business, Griffin has previously worked with us as a painter for one year and then as Production Manager with Adam Dennison’s busines...

In today's special episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues the series of interviews with some of our operators' parents to offer a new perspective and give a glimpse inside The Student Works Management Program.  The first guest is Debbie Franzman, mother of Jessica Franzman, one of our top-performing operators You will find out what was Jessica doing the summer before Student Works. Debbie...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Joe Sauret, one of our alumni, an MBA Graduate with 11+ years of progressive business development experience.    Joe started a successful career after working with Student Works for four years. His background includes a mix of entrepreneurial and corporate activity with a track record of success in the area of enterprise sales, project ma...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues his conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, Business Coaches at The Student Works.   This time they will go into detail about what happens in April and May at Student Works Management Program in order to give the young leaders a deep understanding of the whole process.   You will find out why we have our quarterly meetings and what...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Greg Cumiskey, one of our alumni who is today a highly successful and passionate entrepreneur with an extensive experience in buying and selling businesses, integrating acquisitions, executing successful roll-ups, and executive management of both private and publicly traded firms.    You will find out who Greg Cumiskey was before he got i...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Mitchell Lowry, an amazing young leader who worked with Student Works back in 2014-2015.    He graduated from McMaster University in 2018 and today he works as a Business Development Manager at RBC Global Asset Management.   You will find out a little bit about Mitchell's background before he joined the Student Works Management Program an...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow , Chris interviews Zachary Jennings, an amazing young leader and one of our top operators who first joined Student Works as a key staff member on Mack Mercier’s team and then started his own successful house painting business inside the program.    You will find out how Zach was before the program and what made him join Student Works.   Zach will share mor...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Patrick Yoo, Owner and CEO at Young Brothers, a successful multigenerational business selling fresh, hand-selected fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat products, and a variety of other grocery products in Outremont, Montreal.   He worked with Student Works back in 2008-2009 and he had a number of sales experiences at some important companies b...

In today's special episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews two of our former operators' parents to give a glimpse inside The Student Works Management Program.    The first guest is Bob Milling, Owner and Founder of Wakefield Mill Hôtel & Spa and the father of Gabriel and Luke, both of them past top-performing operators at Student Works.   Bob will talk about what Luke and Gabe Milling wer...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues his conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, business coaches at the Student Works. They will continue to go into detail about the program in order to give the young leaders a deep understanding of it from the inside.   You will find out what is an estimate training and how it works.   You will discover why having bith cooperation an...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris chats with Saša Milosevic, one of our veteran operators.   Saša first joined our program as a painter in his brother’s team when he was still in high school. He is currently is his third of year running his own painting franchise through the Student Works Management Program.    In his opinion, this is a great experience because he has been able to w...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris chats with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, business coaches at the Student Works Management Program. They will go deep into the details of the program, so the young leaders can have a complete and detailed understanding.   You will find out what veteran launches are and what is the process around them, as well as more details about the rookie launches...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris chats with David Salerno, one of our early alumni from 1992.    Today, David is the Founder & President of Solpak, a business that provides food packaging and delivery solutions to over 500 meal delivery companies, caterers, meals-on-wheels, senior living facilities, restaurants, food retailers, and non-profit organizations.  &nbs...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow , Chris chats with Mike Bignold, one of our Student Works West alumni, who is running a really fast growing tech company called Cost Certified. He has a really amazing story of how he started a contracting services business after he left Student Works, and developed software as a way to run that business.    You will find out who Mike was before joining th...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow , Chris chats with seven young leaders about a book that has literally transformed the coaching community and made an enormous difference selling millions and millions of copies: “The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever” by Michael Bungay Stanier    They will discuss the main points of the book as well as the most important...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow , Chris chats with Karl Gartly, a successful entrepreneur, challenger salesperson and executive advisor who started his journey in the business world with the Student Works Management Program back in 1999   While still in the program, Karl started Deco Windshield Repair and he grew that company to 225 locations with a Student Works style.   In 2013 he foun...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow , Chris chats with Douglas Garcia, another leadership guru who started his journey to success with the Student Works Management Programs years ago.   Douglas was a top performer in our program, and over the last 20 years, he has jumped through many businesses and different unique opportunities. Today he runs Rivetly Inc. a company that aims to turn HR...

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow , Chris chats with Joël Fortin-Dominguez, a recent graduate of our program. Joël was one of our operators of the year back in 2015 - 2016 and he has an amazing story of accomplishment, followed by a huge setback before achieving great success in the real estate market.   Joël will share his personal story, who he was before he joined Student Works, the imp...