The Chipotle COO's job involves taste-testing guacamole. He has a simple hack for finding your dream job.
Chipotle COO Jason Kidd shares his career advice, emphasizing the importance of saying 'yes' to difficult or undesirable tasks to gain experience. He credits his early willingness to work overnight shifts for his rapid career progression.
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This provides professional development insights from a high-level executive, highlighting the value of operational experience in corporate leadership.
Jason Kidd said he taste tests Chipotle all day when he travels to different markets. Marissa Leshnov for BI Chipotle's Jason Kidd told Business Insider that being chief operating officer is his dream job. He advises younger talent looking for the right career to "say yes" and take on work no one wants to do. He said volunteering to take overnight shifts early in his career got him promoted before others. Jason Kidd spends his days taste-testing Chipotle — and it's his dream job. Kidd, who used to be COO at Taco Bell , told Business Insider that traveling to different locations weekly to visit with Chipotle staff is exactly the role he envisioned for himself. His path to COO wasn't always glamorous, though.
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