Sometimes the hardest lessons in business are the ones that test your self-awareness. In this solo episode of Busting Roadblocks, Janet Charteris shares a personal story about ambition, ego, and timing - when saying “yes” to a great opportunity looked right on paper but didn’t work in practice. After being headhunted for a senior leadership role, Janet found herself in an environment that wasn’t ready for the structure and commercial discipline she was hired to bring. What followed was ...
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Sometimes the hardest lessons in business are the ones that test your self-awareness. In this solo episode of Busting Roadblocks, Janet Charteris shares a personal story about ambition, ego, and timing - when saying “yes” to a great opportunity looked right on paper but didn’t work in practice. After being headhunted for a senior leadership role, Janet found herself in an environment that wasn’t ready for the structure and commercial discipline she was hired to bring. What followed was ...
Halving a £1m procurement issue by challenging the obvious solutions
Busting Road Blocks
10 minutes
6 months ago
Halving a £1m procurement issue by challenging the obvious solutions
In this episode Janet takes us through an example of how asking 'stupid' questions to challenge the solutions presented led to a £500,000 saving. You'll hear how getting a good understanding or the problem, the conditions that lead to it, the options available and the customers position and consumer concerns led to better questions and a solution that halved the £1m procurement issue. If you enjoy the episode, subscribe. And if you want to get hold of Janet try: LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/jan...
Busting Road Blocks
Sometimes the hardest lessons in business are the ones that test your self-awareness. In this solo episode of Busting Roadblocks, Janet Charteris shares a personal story about ambition, ego, and timing - when saying “yes” to a great opportunity looked right on paper but didn’t work in practice. After being headhunted for a senior leadership role, Janet found herself in an environment that wasn’t ready for the structure and commercial discipline she was hired to bring. What followed was ...
