He also burst onto the scene under Louis van Gaal operating down the middle, but has since faced fierce competition from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku. The 20-year-old forward sees himself as a central striker in the future, having worked his way through the Old Trafford academy system in that position. 'It also puts a fire under my butt, to get me to pick up the phone, get on a plane and go do things that maybe I wouldn't have done if I hadn't completed that exercise,' Cole added.Marcus Rashford will become “the full package” for Manchester United after being forced to learn on the wing, says Andy Cole. ' Cole says she makes time to do the self-challenging exercise about four times a year. ' Look at the situation as if it's my first day and have the courage to step up and say, 'you know what, I have gotten a little complacent. Be 'your own hotshot,' she said, arguing that it's important to view each problem as if it were her first day on the job and question her own actions. 'I may sit in my chair and say it's so much better than it was.' The trick, she adds, is not to rest on your laurels. She explained, after being in a role for several years, things have improved in that time. 'If someone took over my job…they'd have the fire in the belly to look at the things that I saw as progress and call it unacceptable.' 'It's the concept that if a 'hotshot' took over your job today, they would not be burdened by the complacency that comes from progress,' the executive said. The flip side, she said, was she stepped forward, acknowledged the mistake and created systems that solved the problem and allowed for more innovation.Ĭole also describes an exercise she relies on, called 'The Hotshot Rule', that puts a leader in the shoes of an upstart. Yet as the head of a company, 'there's no one else when you look over your shoulder, to answer the questions or make the decision,' she added. 'Who am I to question these people who have been here before me, been in the industry longer,' Cole stated about her thoughts at the time.

She blamed the misstep on her humility, and trying to avoid ruffling feathers. 'As new president, I didn't ask the right questions, I didn't poke my nose in some things that were going on,' she said.

Cole recounted a story from four years ago, when she first became head of Cinnabon, and an existing project underway with the brand ran into trouble.

Look over the shoulder cole