Thoughts from the floor and the boardroom

30 years in operations, 20 years in leadership and a decade in executive positions has taught me a number of things.

 

  • Leadership is often lonely
  • Nobody teaches you the job, you’re supposed to already know it
  • You’re expected to make certain decisions with information that is far from certain
  • You feel unable to show the pressure you’re under
  • Your team often tell you what you want to hear
  • Your health quietly moves to the bottom of the list

 

You’d never run a machine the way you run yourself and a big part of what I offer is to help leaders perform without burning out.

 

Almost always, the same problems turn up everywhere, wearing different clothes. 

 

This is where I write about the ones worth spotting, leadership, operations, and the human bits nobody puts in the manual.

No fixed schedule. I write when I’ve got something worth your time

 

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