This month at the Giant Academy we talk about how many owners, as they successfully grow their businesses, are making a real priority of finding and retaining the right people. The lack of “good people” is often cited as the major barrier to growth by our clients. In both the technical and professional sectors, it seems a common challenge. This means you need to be better than your competitors at finding, recruiting and retaining the best people.
We believe the solution to this challenge draws from across our 3P model of Purpose, People & Process.
- Purpose – increasingly people (particularly Millennials) are choosing who they work for because of why they do what they do, not just because of what they do
- Process – having great resources available, along with a simple and effective business model makes it easy for people to do their best work
- People – a simple structure, a transparent and fair approach to managing performance and engaging and respected leadership builds trust and commitment
About Richard Wood
Our interviewee for November’s session at the Giant Academy was Richard Wood, MD at Grain.
Richard Wood is a London-born, Kiwi-raised award-winning marketer and digital entrepreneur. He has spent the better part of the last 15 years working on both client and agency side with clients such as G4S, Ford, Travellers and The Financial Times.
Most recently Richard lead the growth and expansion of The Media Octopus, developing a small but talented team into a national and now global customer acquisition agency.
Now Managing Director for Grain, a Manchester based Growth Agency, Richard is working hard to create an environment and ethos that team members want to be part of and clients want to work with.
Listen to the interview with Richard to hear his three keys to attracting and retaining the best people:
- Transparency
- Putting your team first
- Knowing who you are as a company.
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