The biggest HURDLE every challenger brand faces? The moment a founder hires a Senior executive.
Founder <> Operator tension is always bull-ragingly bombastic
Operators joining challenger brands is like a well-polished CowBoy mounting a Raged Spanish Bull
Operators must control founders rage, steer vision, channel energy, calm zeal
a Supple Art, Elusive Science so many get wrong
Honour to sit down for an Operator Masterclass with Graham xxx from Ole & Steen
HUGE!!! thanks to legends at UberEats and Sam Nicanui for setting up this conversation.
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ON THE MENU:
- Why Fish & Chip Shops Selling Chicken Nuggets it’s a route to failure. Do. One Thing Well.
- The Operators Role = “take the sting out of a founder” + share same language as founder
- Always Under Promise, Over Deliver when managing founders expectations
- Why Operators “Accept there will be clashes with the founders in first 6 months”
- Why Operators must always start with an “empty bank account of trust” when joining a challenger brand
- A problem only exists in the absence of the right conversation
- 40/70 Decision Making Principle: 40% Information isn’t enough, 70% Information is too much + find your sweet spot
- Stop. Start. Continue. How To Create Consistently Great 1-2-1’s With Your Team
- When Effectively Managing People Always Ask: What is the end goal?
- Always Remember. Responsibility is your ability to respond.
What is HUNGRY.?
HUNGRY is THE podcast for Challenger FMCG & Hospitality Founders wanting to pour gasoline on growth.
We chat with the industry BIG HITTERS. We ooze out the HIDDEN success secrets they’ve never told before and dive deep into their gut-wrenching failures, so you avoid them.
We help you grow bigger, faster, stronger.
Over the last 6 years, we’ve chatted to some insane guests on the poddy:
Rory Sutherland, Seth Godin, Jamie Laing, Spencer
Matthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty,
The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita Coco
Look, I’ll be blunt,
HUNGRY is NOT your normal podcast.
HUNGRY is NOT scripted and sterile Q&A interviews.
HUNGRY is for pretty much no one.
HUNRGY is a deliciously fun, wild and crazy, ADHD rollercoaster of free flowing conversations.
got what it takes?
Buckle up. Strap in.
get ready to… FEED YOUR HUNGER