Jazzercise class 1969 taught founder & CEO Judi Sheppard Missett their first dance fitness, she had no idea that it would grow into an international fitness dynasty.
Now Missett and their daughter - President Shanna Missett Nelson, Jazzercise will do 42 years later, mother celebrate's day, what they love - inspiring others, the importance of health and fitness through movement and dance value; and empowerment of women to acquire business as Jazzercise franchisees. Franchisees of 32,000 classes weekly in all 50 States and 32 countries, the world's leading dance fitness program also with 7,800 instructor, building on nine times in a row at the best ever years in the system wide sales growth and ranking as the # 1 fitness franchise on the 2011 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500 list thrive.
After Missett, the new choreography to develop, a week jazzercise teaching classes, and run the international fitness company as CEO, the milestone two is their greatest achievements: a program that has helped millions of people and a successful business relationship with her daughter.
"My own mother was a great inspiration and helped me where I am today." She was passionate about dance introduction and sacrificed to teach as much for me, ", said Missett." "As Jazzercise has grown, I, that their welfare could adopt the same passion and creative energy channel in helping people have." No one understands better than my daughter, Shanna this heritage. "It shares my vision, and after them as business partner and successor of inestimable value for me."
Passed the heritage
The legacy of passion and integrity was key to the long-term success of the company, according to Missett. From the first class to this day, it its basic principle remained faithful: fitness should be fun and it should help people empower to lead healthier lives.
For Nelson, who grew up with Jazzercise, common was the vision from the beginning, although she admits that they do not comprehend the enormity of what her mother had until she was a junior college. Although she the Junior Jazzercise when she was seven years old performance group, and spent her teen years witness the mother first training album rise to gold of certification status had joined, it took moving away College for Shanna, just how popular Jazzercise to realize was outside of Southern California.
"During my studies I started classes in Tucson, Arizona, to Jazzercise", Nelson said. "At this time, I was a certified instructor without also knowing my mother, but I would of never thought, with the company to go further." It wasn't until my mother suggested I come home in the Corporate Center Jazzercise teachings that I really knew was that I wanted to do. "
Nelson worked their way up to the Junior Jazzercise program, international operations, and finally to join her mother lead the company in its Prime.
"Every day I saw my mother about her job excited and I could not fail to share their passion," says Nelson. "Jazzercise more than her life's work was." It is something that really believes it in and has used to motivate people every day. "If it were to identify role models and a career path for my life, both very clear me."
Lessons for success
Judi and Shanna, with the help of 35 district executives around the world and 228 corporate employees, companies from the Jazzercise run the multi division based in Carlsbad, California. They have in the past year, the company led to a best-ever 96 million in system wide sales growth; International classes now offered in Egypt to expand; developed the Jazzertogs line of fitness apparel; published a new fitness DVD produced by the company's in-house production of award-winning good - JM DigitalWorks. and joined their trainers and customers in the procurement of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a variety of charities. Both say that they expect this momentum continue, because they strengthen the location on each of the other draw.
"We bring different perspectives to the table," says Missett. "We are talking about new ideas for the brand and the choreography, and this collaboration generated something even bigger." "We complement each other and remain mutually to innovative without going up to the extreme challenge."
For Nelson, her mother has taught her CEO, that it often the simple things that contribute to a growing business to get. "My mother showed me that if you know what you do love every day you will do what you love."
About Jazzercise
Judi Sheppard Missett, the exercise enabled her love for the jazz dance in a worldwide dance phenomenon, founded the Jazzercise dance fitness program in 1969. Judi expanded business opportunities between women and men in the fitness industry by growing from the program in an international franchise companies, today a network of 7,800 instructors more than 32,000 classes teach weekly in 32 countries houses.
The workout program, the a fusion of jazz dance, resistance training, Pilates, yoga and cardio-box offers movements, has millions of people around the world positively influenced. Benefits include increased heart cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, and and a total "Feel good" factor. Additional Jazzercise programs include Junior Jazzercise, Jazzercise Lite and personal touch. Go learn more about Jazzercise to jazzercise.com or call (800) FIT is it
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