E154 - Kevin Ellis: Building a culture that motivates talent

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This is the last episode in our CEO Series, in which we will be deep diving into what it takes to be a CEO.

Kevin Ellis is Chair and Senior Partner of PwC UK. Starting his career as a graduate, he has now worked for PwC for 38 years. In this episode they discuss Kevin's experiences of leadership, touching on the importance of nurturing a culture that motivates talented people, accepting difficult feedback, and creating a legacy by lifting others up - ensuring the success of the business for generations to come.

They also discuss the importance of respect, acknowledging everyone in your team and engaging with people at the start of their careers. Kevin shares that the best part of his role is the meaning he finds in helping others.

Thank you to PwC for sponsoring this special CEO Series. PwC’s purpose is to build trust and solve important problems, and their global strategy - The New Equation - is bringing this to life for their clients, people and society. By combining technology with human ingenuity, passion and experience, PwC works with organisations to deliver more intelligent, sustained outcomes.

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0:00.0	How you doing? I'm J. Cumpfrey and this is High Performance. Our conversation for you every single week.
0:08.0	This podcast reminds you that it's within your ambition, your purpose, your story. It's all there.
0:13.0	We just help you unlock it by turning the lived experiences of the planet's highest performers into your life lessons.
0:19.0	And you know what? One of the things that I'm most proud of with the High Performance podcast is how we've evolved.
0:25.0	When myself and Professor Damian Hughes first started three years ago, we were talking primarily to sports people.
0:31.0	And then we started talking to sport and business people. And then we branched out into the entertainment industry.
0:38.0	And then we started talking to people like Mark Cavendish, who were elite athletes, but still have mental health problems.
0:44.0	And then we took a step towards Roxy Nafusi, who talks about manifestation and knowing okay, who was a psychotherapist.
0:51.0	And this podcast has been on the real journey. And I think the key is the breadth, the depth, and the diversity of the conversations that we're having.
0:59.0	So among all of those conversations, we really wanted to get to the heart of business as well.
1:05.0	And that's why I was so pleased when PWC agreed to partner with us to create the PWC CEO Series here on High Performance.
1:13.0	And over the last few weeks, we've spoken to Amanda Blond, the Aviva CEO about how you can be yourself in the biggest of businesses.
1:21.0	The CEO of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson talking about how you can be successful, but you need to have compassion at the heart of your business.
1:27.0	We were joined by Deborah Cadman, the chief executive Birmingham City Council, who gave us some great advice on how to work in partnership with others.
1:34.0	And last week, Emma Sinclair, an entrepreneur and the youngest person in the UK to take a company public at the age of 29, discussed rethinking and upbringing with us.
1:44.0	They've been the most amazing conversations. And today, we welcome this man.
1:50.0	I think it's important for people to see that no one's perfect. It's not about being the brightest person in the room. It's about listening to the brightest person in the room when you're making the decisions.
2:00.0	We all get in post-sendron. I got it. Walking in here today to talk to you guys. We all have in post-sendron. And I think being honest about it and being honest that mental health is a real issue in everyone's lives, every family's lives.
2:11.0	I think it helps people being open about it and they help some find ways to help themselves.
2:16.0	Fear is a big factor out there. And when you've got 25,000 people at the age of 31, and you're recruiting 4,000 of them every year and 4,000 of them leaving you.
2:25.0	To keep the culture at the right place, you have to constantly communicate what the strategy is and try and make it real so that everyone knows the role they play in delivering that strategy.
2:36.0	Success comes from networks, making friends, that human contact, and it starts on day one.
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