Former CEO Jeannette Linfoot, with experience of running £500 million businesses with over 2000 staff, joins us for a fantastic conversation on Beyond the Fail. She is an experienced business leader in the travel and hospitality sectors having worked for major brands including TUI. We explore the challenges she has faced both working at CEO level as well as within the entrepreneur space she is in today.
About Jeannette
Jeannette Linfoot has 27 years experience working for some huge multinational companies including TUI, SAGA PLC and Thomas Cook, and won awards including ‘Businesswomen of the Year’. She now has an impressive portfolio of businesses including property investing, Board Advising, Mentoring, and Consulting on mergers & acquisitions. She is also the host of the “Brave Bold Brilliant” podcast.
Key topics
During the engaging conversation Jeannette and Jez discuss many topics across her extensive career:
- Dealing with black money and shootings in Russia
- Handling a £600m buy out of a market leader
- The pitfalls of not enjoying the business journey
- Losing three large acquisition deals due to Covid
- Missing out on property investing goals
- Mentoring CEO and entrepreneurs
- Trying and experimenting
- Believe in yourself
Jeannette provides so much insights and wisdom from her years of corporate experience, which has helped shape her mindset that failure is important in order to learn key lessons.
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Brave Bold and Brilliant - https://omny.fm/shows/brave-bold-brilliant
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