tell me about your vision?
What a beautiful, big, broad question.
And yeah, I think about vision all the time.
I think I've been very purpose driven for a long time,
for as long as I can remember.
And it's always about empowering the leaders
and the teams and organizations that I work with.
And I think it's kind of sent me on a learning,
unlearning, relearning kind of journey
over the last couple of decades.
And I can't imagine it ending.
So yeah, that's my key vision.
Okay, where did your vision come from?
Where did it originate?
Well, I started my career in the investment banking
and technology and executive search sectors in London,
working for listed companies.
And I think by the time I got into executive search,
that really switched it on.
And I got to understand how organizations work,
how careers work, how people work, how leadership works,
and how cultures work.
And met thousands of people during the course of that time.
And it really inspired me
because so many people have everything they need,
but somehow are missing the mark.
Something vital is missing, some connection to,
today I guess we think of it as purpose and meaning,
some sort of alignment to your first question,
which is what is your vision?
And I think that we're all so hectic,
we can get lost in the noise of life.
And every now and again, sort of put our heads up
and think, gosh, why am I doing what I'm doing?
And I witnessed that so many times.
It really ignited a fire within me
to help people to find that.
What I think of today is a golden thread.
So you're hoping to be that sort of,
what is it, like a lighthouse pointing a direction,
trying to give them more of a direction.
Well, perhaps, yeah.
I think kind of a catalyst for change.
And it's not so much a hope.
I've been doing this,
I've had my business for 19 years now,
and worked with amazing people around the world,
across the sectors and in lots of different cultures.
And I think that what business needs from us today
is different to last year or the year before.
And the ability to actually stay agile,
both in our thinking and emotionally agile,
is really probably one of the most important things
that we can develop for ourselves.
So it's how we think rather than what we think,
which kind of dictates the future
that we're building for ourselves,
our teams and our organizations.
Absolutely.
So what made you begin?
In a way, what was your why?
What's your why behind what you're doing?
Well, exactly as I've described.
So that's sort of witnessing people
who had all the right degrees,
they'd been to the right schools,
they'd worked for the right organizations.
Every now and again, sort of looking up and thinking,
why am I doing this?
What's going on?
And seeing within them this extraordinary capability,
and yet it wasn't always switched on.
Or if it was, perhaps wasn't aligned in a way
that they could achieve what they set out to achieve.
I think sometimes when we start working
on developing ourselves,
and there are very few leaders in business today
who haven't done all sorts of things
to start that development journey,
it's a lifelong journey.
But sometimes when we start,
we can lope off in one direction and then another,
and somehow miss the mark
in terms of keeping ourselves tethered
to what our purpose is.
And our initial purpose for developing ourselves
and our businesses may end up being quite different
once we start exploring what that actually looks like.
And the absolute joy in seeing people connected to that
and being aligned to that,
and the shifts and changes that they're able to make,
I think just kept me going.
It's the fuel, the rocket fuel,
that keeps me inspired and connected
and interested and learning constantly.
Thank you for being here today.
I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live.
I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions
as these episodes continue to move forward.
This is gonna get more and more fun.
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And thank you for giving us your time and attention.
Have an excellent time building out your vision
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