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A desire to help others to achieve a higher quality of life - business or personal.
What inspires you?
Life and seeing others succeed.
Strongest influences.
My Christian beliefs.
My wife and 2 daughters.
Other interests.
Family. Member of Rotary International. Walking. Water sports.
Favourite quotation.
Without goals to reach for or measure by, how can you evaluate the worth of anything you're doing?" Van Crouch (Dare to Succeed).
Best decision.
(Business). To jump from a known, established, safe working environment and move into the unknown, untried business-to-business arena as a sales management consultant in 1983.
Greatest regret.
I have none. You cannot live life looking backwards. The future lies in the here and now, the actions we take and the decisions we make.
Happiest business moment.
Proving to myself that I had made the right decision in moving into the world of consultancy - by setting an international sales record at my last company for sales in a key product area.
What would you change about British business if you were given the opportunity?
Create an environment where people are valued as individuals, are given every opportunity to express themselves, developed to their full potential and rewarded accordingly. British management still has a long way to go to understand what makes people tick.
Fantasy job.
Running a water sports centre for young people in a very hot climate.
Most admired businessperson.
Sir Richard Branson.
Least favourite personal characteristic.
Being too focussed.
Pet hate/s.
People being late, political correctness and stuffiness / formality. Life is too short!
Most over-used phrase.
"Hurry up!"
Other people's most over-used phrase.
"No problem"
What makes you laugh?
Have I got news for you. Fawlty Towers. I'm sorry I haven't a clue. My dogs
Favourite city.
Truro / New York.
Greatest extravagance/s.
My car
Current reading.
Why men don't listen and women can't read maps.
Favourite albums.
Beatles No 1. UB 40 Labour of love 3. Abba's greatest hits.
