The program sent Harding on 12 assignments to lead restaurants in eight states within just 30 months. Odom saw something special in Harding immediately, and under Odom’s guidance, Harding excelled and grew professionally, eventually joining the Chick-fil-A Leadership Program which grows business leaders within the company. He has that unique ability to make everyone around him better.” “He has a work ethic like no one else his age. “My leadership team and I knew Michel was special right away,” said Tim Odom, Harding’s former restaurant Operator. “This is something you can never really anticipate happening.”īut the role is something Harding’s former boss could anticipate. “As a teenager, I was working the register (at a Chick-fil-A) …and now I’m running one,” Harding said. At just 24 years old, he was about to become a small business owner, as the youngest Chick-fil-A franchise Operator in the country. Like most young adults in their early 20s, Harding was making the transition into the real world – juggling things like paying bills and figuring out what he was going to eat for dinner.Īs Harding drove into work that Friday morning, he faced a situation unique for someone his age. Michel Harding remembers waking up on March 1 feeling nervous and excited.īoth emotions were justified as he was about to start a new career. “He has that unique ability to make everyone around him better.”
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