Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

I was pointed to this post on the Esther Derby blog by some discussion on one of the many groups I’ve joined on LinkedIn.

With Shirlaws reminding me that one of the enduring roles of the CEO being to coach (and not play), I am keen to learn as much as I can about this increasingly important part of my role in the company.

In my 20 years of professional experience, I’ve gained a fair exposure to a wide range of aspects of the competitive electricity market – and have some clear ideas about the needs of our broad range of clients, and how we can delight them with the software we develop.

The role of “coach”, however, is not something in which I have gained extensive experience.  Hence I’m keen to (and need to) learn as much as I can.

Nothing else to say now – just want to keep a record of this post for future reference.

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Back on 29th July, I had the good fortune of attending an event provided by the IIB entitled “Building the Resilient Company”.  I posted some comments about this at the time here.

During this event, I heard a presentation by Evan Fortune (one of the founders of Vision 6) and was impressed with his story.

In his presentation, Evan mentioned a couple of consultants/coaches they had utilised to work through some of the muddle in which they had found themselves as a result of the growth they had experienced over several years.  One of these was Shirlaws.

I met with Evan on a couple of occasions following from this, and (based on what Evan told us of their successes with his firm) opted to give Shirlaws a try – calling them in as one of several external resources during the Autopsy 2 process.

Stay tuned to this blog for more details about how much value we gain from Shirlaws!