Martin and Suzanne speak to David Farquhar - CEO of Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS). They discuss the concept of 'servant leadership' through the lens of turnaround and growth. This includes: using 'culture' as the core platform for transformation, maintaining convictions and more.

David Farquhar: David joined IGS as CEO in November 2017. David’s strategic appointment has successfully delivered a Series A funding round and led to the recruitment of a world-class management team. He now leads the company forward to drive global expansion. David is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, with a track record of driving shareholder value, based upon building an empowering, collaborative culture as a platform for growth. Most recently, he was CEO of global SaaS vendor Workplace, leading the team through a hugely successful turnaround, transformation, growth and exit delivering a double-digit money multiple return in less than 3 years. In the past 27 years he has completed almost 30 transactions as a founder/CEO, angel investor and board director, including risk capital investments (PE, VC and angel), acquisitions and trade sales in Europe, North America and Asia.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Martin: ‘How businesses can serve everyone, not just shareholders’ - TED Talk by Dame Vivian Hunt - https://www.ted.com/talks/dame_vivian_hunt_how_businesses_can_serve_everyone_not_just_shareholders?language=en

Suzanne: ‘Organizational Misbehaviour’ - book by Stephen Ackroyd and Paul Thompson - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Organizational-Misbehaviour-Stephen-Ackroyd/dp/0803987366

David: ‘We Die Alone’ - book by David Howarth - https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Die-Alone-David-Howarth/dp/1847678459

Intelligent Growth Solutions: www.intelligentgrowthsolutions.com

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