David Woollcott: on transitioning industries, handling redundancy and how it's finally okay for leaders to be both commercially successful and kind.
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When he felt his career was on a plateau David took himself to Australia to maintain momentum and after several years finally returned home to the UK when the timing was right. On his journey, he experienced corporate and personal success, significant challenge in his home life and a shock redundancy, all of which he shares openly during our conversation. I am pleased to be able to introduce you to David in this episode and look forward to hearing what resonates with you.  David is a globally experienced executive across the premium & luxury consumer goods and automotive industries in the UK, EU, Australia and New Zealand. He holds tertiary qualifications in both engineering (B.Eng, Bath) business management (ADP, London Business School) & (Adv Dip. Bus, Deakin University, Melbourne). He's a passionate advocate of organisational & team development, strategic & operational rigor, continual change and programs to optimise the consumer experience. He's fluent in German, a Member of the UK Institute of Directors (IOD), Board Member of AMDEA, and a British and Australian citizen.  And he's the founder of a concept not-for-profit called SaddleUp! supporting people recently made redundant.  If you enjoy listening to my guests career stories, please follow CAREER-VIEW MIRROR in your podcast app.   You can contact David via Linked In  Why not follow us on Instagram @careerviewmirror where you can see a directory of all our episodes and comment on those you have enjoyed.    This episode of Career-view Mirror is brought to you by Aquilae.   Aquilae's mission is to enable Fullfilling Performance in the auto finance and mobility industry, internationally. Adopting our Fulfilling Performance Paradigm helps you identify what steps you need to take to enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself, your team and your business. Contact [email protected] for a no obligation conversation about your situation.    Email: [email protected]  Episode recorded on 13 June 2022 
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