E201 - Steve Hare: Remaining calm through chaos with the UK's highest rated CEO

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

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This is the first episode of our Leadership Series, sponsored by PwC, in which we will be diving deep into what it really takes to be a CEO.

Steve Hare is a businessman and CEO of Sage Group PLC, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll tech for small and mid-sized businesses. With over three decades of experience in the industry, Steve shares with Jake and Damian his insights into the business world, including the benefit of being older in business, how to face the challenges of being CEO and the key advice he would give young entrepreneurs.

Prior to Sage, after achieving his career ambition of reaching CFO below the age of 40 (one of the youngest in the FTSE 100), Steve was asked to leave 18 months later. Although this was one of the lowest moments of his career, Steve shares with Jake and Damian the invaluable lessons he took away from this experience. They discuss how to hire good people, the ‘Waiter Test’ and how crucial a “team comes first” culture is.

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	I'm so excited to finally announce the High Performance Foundation, a charity
0:04.2	aligned to the values of high performance, which will enable young people across the world
0:08.2	to develop the skills and tools they need to thrive. Our first programme brings the values
0:12.5	of high performance into the classroom. So many teachers have asked us to get the valuable content
0:17.3	and lessons from this podcast into schools so the next generation can embrace failure, develop
0:22.4	resilience and understand empathy. So we've listened and coming in autumn 2023 will be unique
0:28.5	resources for teachers and pupils that help young people build the soft skills they need to thrive.
0:34.0	We want to build this foundation for you and with you. You can use the free resources we create,
0:39.1	you can fundraise to ensure we reach as many people as possible or even sponsor our programmes.
0:44.2	For now though we have one very exciting thing that you can get involved in. We've joined together
0:48.7	with Run Through to bring you the High Performance London Half, a half marathon, a 10K and a kids race
0:56.0	at the Olympic Park on the 3rd of March 2024. We'd love you to enter and sign up to fundraise
1:02.0	for the High Performance Foundation on by the way, Experience Runners, Beginners, Kids,
1:07.3	Grandparents. This race is for anyone and everyone and as so many of our guests have proved
1:13.6	action leads to motivation. So sign up now at the highperformancepodcast.com forward slash foundation.
1:22.9	Hi there welcome along to a very special episode of High Performance. Over the next few weeks we're
1:29.6	going to be working with PWC to bring you lessons in leadership. Between us we've tracked down some
1:36.3	of the most fascinating leaders in business to share their insights in how to lead. So we start the
1:41.4	series by welcoming Steve here, the CEO of Sage. It's a fascinating conversation but I think we can
1:47.3	only truly assess leadership when times are tough and actually Steve was voted by Glassdoor as
1:53.0	the number one CEO in the UK during the pandemic. So what can he share with you prepare for a fascinating
2:00.4	insight into leadership. Here he is, Steve here on High Performance in association with PWC.
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