034: Accelerating Amid Complexity with Kevan Hall

Globetrotting trainer Kevan Hall shares how to minimize waste and frustration in work environments complicated by multiple bosses, countries, and priorities.

You’ll learn:

1) The “star vs spaghetti” perspective to minimize unnecessary meeting attendance

2) Approaches to getting needed clarity at work 

3) Frameworks for quickly sizing up and adapting to cultures

About Kevan

Kevan is CEO of Global Integration and author of the books “Making the Matrix Work: How Matrix Managers Engage People and Cut Through Complexity” and “Speed Lead: Faster, Simpler Ways to Manage People, Projects and Teams in Complex Companies.” He is the author of the “Life in a Matrix” blog, videos and podcasts. 

As an experienced corporate line manager he spent 14 years leading teams in manufacturing operations, HR, and strategic & market planning in the Telecoms & FMCG sectors. He has lived in the UK and France and worked around the world. 

As an entrepreneur, he has founded, built and runs Global Integration, a group of companies based in Europe, USA and Asia and operating worldwide.

The companies have consulted with more than 300 of the world’s leading companies (including PepsiCo, GE, Walmart, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, W. L Gore, Abbott, Samsung and Vodafone) around the world and delivered over 100,000 participant days of training in the skills of working in matrix, virtual and global organizations.

Items Mentioned in the Show

• Kevin’s book, Making the Matrix Work
• Kevin’s book, Speed Lead
• Riding the Waves of Culture by Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampton-Turner
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
• Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute
• Kevan’s website, Global Integration
• Kevan’s Twitter feed

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