
‘I didn’t realize how important it was to prepare for
the top’
When Jeremy concluded the board meeting an hour later than
scheduled he felt exhausted. There just seemed to be low energy in the
executive team, and much cynical laughter. Why, he wondered, did the
team tease David about his passion for fitness? David at least had run
the Marathon in April and raised £5,000 for the blind dog association.
As he drove home he realized what a strain he had been under since
moving into his new role four months previously: CEO of a major
food retailer. He had wanted to run a business for years, and had
come through the classic route of operations, marketing and ...