Jon Hendry Pickup

In this discussion we cover a lot of ground from what makes a good leader in a crisis through to finding your soulmate. The difficulty of leading a team when you don’t speak the same language as them (in Prague), how certain things inevitably get ‘lost in translation’ and how to deal with that when you’re running a business. We also explore ‘What do those lost nuances in behaviour mean when it comes to conducting business over zoom in lockdown?’ 

We consider the complexity of running a business as a joint venture in China (Tesco) and the huge cultural differences in the working environment between the USA and the UK despite the shared language. 

Jon challenges the construct that ‘boys know all the answers and have to be macho’ as a leader, applauding Jacinda Ardern’s approach to leadership. We discuss how difficult it is to lead in times of uncertainty and how much more difficult that is for someone who is wholly dependent on the data for making decisions (btw: Jon is not one of these). 

The learnings taken from watching the board at Tesco’s operating and the learnings taken from being a 20 something year old who, in Jon’s own words was ‘promoted into a role that was too big.’ Something that he reflects on and still takes learning from to this day. 

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