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Secret Leaders with Dan Murray-Serter & Chris Donnelly

How I Failed: “He is a cancer on what could be a great organisation” - Teach First Founder Brett Wigdortz on the worst feedback he’s ever received.

Feb 9, 2023
11:38

Brett Wigdortz is the Co-Founder of Teach First. He started the business in 2002 after seeing how the UK education system was failing miserably. The company has gone on to be a massive success but it was incredibly close to imploding because of how he operated in the early days. 

When Brett asked for feedback from his staff, a small moment turned into a big moment that would change the course of Teach First, the lives of its employees and its thousands of future teachers and students.

What happened?

Listen to find out.

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