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 ...
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up: How to Handle Costly Mistakes Without Blame
Busting Road Blocks
9 minutes
2 months ago
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up: How to Handle Costly Mistakes Without Blame
What would you do if one of your core product lines was actually losing money - and the problem had been signed off by senior leaders, missed by finance, and hidden in plain sight? That’s the situation I faced when I stepped into a new role. A factory shift had left labour costs underquoted by 400%, and on one SKU we were giving away 50 cents per unit. The obvious answer - just raise the price - wasn’t that simple. With a competitor effectively locking the category, advertising spend already ...
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 ...
