The Drift

S1EP56: Scaling a Multi-Unit Business with Laura Cieplik


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Catch the latest episode of The Drift on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 🎙to hear from Laura Cieplik, Chief Operating Officer at Studio Three, as she speaks to:

👉🏼 How she thinks about designing scalable playbooks across a growing organization

👉🏼 The importance of maintaining the company’s foundation of mission, vision, and values as the business scales

👉🏼 Her take on the boutique fitness and studio landscape and what drives it

👉🏼 And so much more…

To learn more, check out:

▫️Website: www.studiothree.com

▫️Instagram: @lacieplik

▫️Facebook: Laura Cieplik (www.facebook.com/laura.anne.589)

▫️LinkedIn: Laura Cieplik (www.linkedin.com/in/laura-cieplik)

About Laura Cieplik:

Laura Cieplik is a strategic fitness executive and operations leader with success in developing and leading innovative business processes that drive increased membership, engagement, and sales.

Laura began her career in fitness working as a graduate assistant at Eastern Illinois University where she helped lead the Adult Fitness Program and Human Performance Labs for both students and members. After completing her Masters degree in Exercise Physiology, she transitioned to a role at LifeStart, a corporate wellness and fitness company that specializes in design, management, and continued engagement of corporate fitness facilities. It was here that Laura was able to combine her passions for fitness and operations and quickly excelled in the rapidly expanding company- assisting in its growth from roughly 25 locations to 90 during her tenure. Eventually working her way up to serve as the Vice President of Operations, Laura was directly in charge of a 35+ club portfolio while also managing a director team that oversaw another 50+ locations. In addition, she supervised creation and implementation of employee and system processes and led the launch of new locations of both ownership and multi-tenant buildings throughout the United States.

After 9 years at LifeStart, Laura moved her expertise to Studio Three, a luxury boutique fitness studio with interval, cycle and yoga studios under one roof. Building on the already strong company culture and talent, Laura has worked closely with the team to enhance the customer experience and operations in the Chicago portfolio which includes locations in River North, Lincoln Park and the newly opened Fulton Market. She is now preparing the company for national expansion with their Austin, Texas location slated to open in Summer 2022.

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