Episode 002: Christine Willis
From Flipping Pizzas to Living the American Dream
with Christine Willis
We are VERY excited to share our first guest with you at The Everyday Leader podcast! Our guest, Christine Willis, is a ROCKSTAR when it comes to leadership.
This fierce lady went from flipping pizzas to climbing her way up to a VP position over at Qdoba, where she is responsible for franchise operations and growth with oversight of over 300 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada.
Highlights of this episode include:
- How Christine went from flipping pizzas to climbing her way up to a VP position over at Qdoba
- How Christine manages to stay strong, sane, and productive whilst overseeing over 300 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada
- Christine’s biggest “mistakes” and why they make her a better leader today
- Christine’s unique take on work-life balance
- How Christine fosters close, healthy and positive relationships with her team to ensure she is setting them up for success
- How Christine connects with herself and others as a leader
- How Christine inspires and motivates others?
- Christine’s best practices for checking in on performance progress
… and more!
About Christine
Christine Willis has been with Qdoba Mexican Eats for three years and is responsible for franchise operations and growth with oversight of over 300 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada.
Christine played a key role relocating the brand from Denver to San Diego in 2016 that included building out a new team. Before joining Qdoba, Christine spent 13 years at Jack in the Box where she was instrumental in leading the transformation of many programs and processes in support of the Jack in the Box franchise system. Her experience at Jack in the Box includes Franchise Operations, Regional Marketing and Media Management.
Prior to joining Jack in the Box, Christine served as the Marketing & Project Supervisor and Regional Marketing Director for Sodexo, University Division, the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. In her tenure with Sodexo, Christine was responsible for driving profits and delivering marketing support for 70 higher-education food service accounts within a 5-state region generating $250M in annual sales.
Christine holds a bachelor’s degree from University of West Florida and earned her MBA from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
