Richard Branson is the author of Making Time for Strategy, How to Be Less Busy and More Successful. He has an insatiable love for spicy food and the electric guitar. Richard first appeared on this show three years ago when he was working as a consultant in New York City. The pair have been friends ever since then; they now live together in Los Angeles.
Richard Medcalf reveals how to free up time for the strategic activities that will advance your career.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why productivity won’t solve busy-ness.
2) The crucial question that makes you more strategic.
Richard Medcalf describes himself as "what you get if you were to put a McKinsey consultant, a slightly unorthodox pastor and an entrepreneur into a blender".
He is the founder of Xquadrant, which helps elite leaders reinvent their 'success formula' and multiply their impact. His personal clients include CEOs of billion-dollar corporations, successful serial entrepreneurs, and the founders of tech 'unicorns'.
Richard has advised the C-Suite for over 25 years. After a Masters at Oxford University, where he came top in his year, he joined a premier strategy consultancy and later became the youngest-ever Partner. He then spent 11 years at tech giant Cisco in an elite team reporting to the CEO.
Richard is bi-national English/French, lives near Paris, and is happily married and the proud father of two. He has an insatiable love for spicy food and the electric guitar.