Ep.557 ~ The Former CEO of Chipotle, Growing it to a $23 Billion Company ~ Monty Moran

~ Interviewing Billionaires, Billion Dollar Founders
& the World's Most Interesting People ~

Today on the podcast, we have the former CEO of everyone’s favorite Mexican grill, Chipotle.  Monty Moran was the co-CEO of Chipotle, growing their valuation from a few million to $23 billion over his decade with the company. They went from 8 restaurants to 2,000 globally, from a few hundred employees to over 75,000. His whole philosophy of leadership is centered around love. Truly hearing, seeing, and understanding the people around him, and working to make each of the 75,000 Chipotle employees better and happier every day.

 Love is Free, Guac is Extra is Monty's most recent book sharing his story of building Chipotle into the global chain that it is today. During his time with Chipotle Monty met one-on-one with somewhere around the number of 20,000 Chipotle employees making this a foundation to understand what his employees were going through, and used this strategy to build a culture that took Chipotle from a regional burrito chain to a global superstar.

Today, Monty shares behind the scenes of Chipotle, the decision making processes they used, how he managed priorities, and the incredible culture that allowed for this rapid growth!

   00:32  Who is Monty Moran?
   03:54  From Law to Chipotle
   07:23  Building an Awesome Culture
   18:10  Building Empowered Teams
   36:15  Leadership Needs to Care
   42:05  The Importance of Being Vulnerable
   52:20  Strategies for Rapid Retail Growth
   56:11  Monty on Being a Top Performer
1:08:30  Where to Find Monty

Contact Info:

http://loveisfree.com/