Hearing I was a British Army officer in Afghanistan, people often say: โwow, you were so brave!โ I appreciate the sentiment, but I beg to differ. I wasnโt brave. I was well-trained, motivated by a clear mission, and supported to achieve it. You can reduce stress in your organisation by becoming a better leaderโฆ
Continue reading โBeing Shot At Isnโt The Most Stressful Thing Iโve ExperiencedโHow To Become A Better Leader With Effective Delegation
Delegating effectively doesnโt come naturally to most people. Iโve coached many managers who struggle with workload because they spend precious time doing tasks their team is capable of. In my experience, great leaders and high performing teams have typically mastered the art of effective delegationโฆ
Continue reading โHow To Become A Better Leader With Effective DelegationโThe Most Important Leadership Lessons I Learnt At Deliveroo
I reflected this week on my personal leadership principles. Then I remembered my โ3 life-changing leadership lessonsโ from Deliveroo. I shared them with the company when I left in 2019, having joined as employee number 15ish 5 years priorโฆ
Continue reading โThe Most Important Leadership Lessons I Learnt At DeliverooโEasy Operations In A Startup โ Keep It Simple Stupid!
Itโs easy to overcomplicate operations in a startup and make them hard to manage. Itโs comparatively hard to simplify them and make them easy to manage. In 1960 US Navy engineers coined the design principle KISS โ โKeep It Simple Stupidโ. Hereโs how to give your startup operations a big KISSโฆ
Continue reading โEasy Operations In A Startup โ Keep It Simple Stupid!โHow To Grow Your Startup By Scaling Operations
This is a guest post by operations executive Keir Tutt about scaling operations (learn about him below).
Building a startup seems like a simple formula. You come up with a great idea, perhaps you seek seed funding, then you develop a Minimum Viable Product, acquire customers and sell, sell, sell! Nothing else matters, right..? But once you get some pioneer customers on board and it becomes clear your MVP has legs, how do you progress quickly from hustling to scaling operations for growth โ without everything falling apart?
Continue reading โHow To Grow Your Startup By Scaling OperationsโThe Best Career Advice For Military Veterans Entering Startup Operations
Transitioning from the Armed Forces to โcivvie streetโ pushes you out of your comfort zone โ I know from experience. These days thereโs an abundance of free advice and resources available to help service leavers navigate the plethora of civilian jobs on offer. But if, as I did, you want to explore a career off the beaten path โ like in the world of startups โ it can be more challenging to find useful guidance. How do military operations translate to civvie street?
I spoke to three former military officers from the British Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (learn about them below). Since hanging up their boots, theyโve each pursued unique and fulfilling careers in the startup space. I asked them what theyโve learned from making that bold career change โ good and bad, about startups and the military โ and what advice theyโd give someone looking to follow in their footsteps.
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