WHO WEARS THE PANTS?
Our training session for franchisees was full and about 75 percent female. When the video portion ended, the screen would not retract. Enter “Bart,” our lone male employee at the time and officially our COO–though at a then-tiny company, our whole staff were kind of executive assistants, Jacks (and Jills) of all trades. A portly man, yet agile, Bart offered to jump up on a kitchen stool to fix the screen, to the applause of the franchisees. He bowed, then began his descent. “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrip.” Bart grabbed his backside, blushed a deep scarlet, and backed out of the training center. He ran to his office, where he had another pair of pants. In the middle of the switch he heard a knock. Before he could even yell out “wait!” the door opened, and one of our directors caught him “in between pants.” Luckily his computer screen saved them both from having to find new jobs. Julie Burleson and Suzy Nettles, co-founders, Young Chefs Academy, Waco, Texas SHREDDING YOUR CREDIBILITY When
