19 min

Nurturing potential (like a Bonsai Tree) with Richard Sinclair MBE - The Potential for What? Podcast Episode 4 The Potential for What? Podcast

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This week Jo Taylor Founder & MD at Let's Talk Talent welcomes Richard Sinclair MBE, Chief Operating Officer at Zzoomm to the show.
We talk about Richards eclectic and impressive career, how he hopes he hasn't reached his potential yet and how to avoid distractions.
In today's episode we talk about:
🎓 The importance of education.
👂 Why listening is vital.
✈️ Avoiding over-promotion. All too often when you're promoted, you're promoted further away from the skill that you love doing.
📈 How potential can be something to help you do more, or do the things you can already do better.
❓How it's important to understand that people you're working with, will have different ways of solving problems.
🪴 Why we might be better to think of people's potential, like a Bonsai tree.
🛁 Relentless pursuit of improvement, and how to remove vibrant distractions.

This week Jo Taylor Founder & MD at Let's Talk Talent welcomes Richard Sinclair MBE, Chief Operating Officer at Zzoomm to the show.
We talk about Richards eclectic and impressive career, how he hopes he hasn't reached his potential yet and how to avoid distractions.
In today's episode we talk about:
🎓 The importance of education.
👂 Why listening is vital.
✈️ Avoiding over-promotion. All too often when you're promoted, you're promoted further away from the skill that you love doing.
📈 How potential can be something to help you do more, or do the things you can already do better.
❓How it's important to understand that people you're working with, will have different ways of solving problems.
🪴 Why we might be better to think of people's potential, like a Bonsai tree.
🛁 Relentless pursuit of improvement, and how to remove vibrant distractions.

19 min