Welcome to another episode of Hundred days and beyond with our amazing guest Harry Cowan who is the CEO – Driving innovation and growth at power and water, Director, Board member, NED, coach and mentor, M&A integration and transformation, and Rugby Union Referee.
Background
Harry started his career as an executive and acquired a few companies facing a lot of cultural differences and difficulties. He learnt few skill on the way. He moved to the role of a professional PMI consultant and program manager and after that he became a chief executive of a boutique program management consultancy. His background spans construction, media,, broadcasting, financial services and aquaculture.
Good attributes of a professional practitioner
In this podcast, Harry has discussed good attributes of a PMI practitioner and few of them are as follow:
- You need to be aware of the cultural differences and understand them.
- You need to be bold enough to backup your analysis.
- Do not promise the impossible, rather communicate with key reasons.
- You should know how to deal with people.
- Recognizing the intellectual capital that resides in the business being acquired is essential.
Interrogation
Harry Cowan interrogate the business teams including stakeholders, acquirer, sponsors and all. He thinks that it is quite important to know the summary of your business to understand the promises made of private equity, the objective and the drivers behind the acquisition. You should look a the realism of timeliness, looking at the business case and due diligence to figure out and do it. Harry developed a leadership program “leading at the edge”, inspired by Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the south pole. This program instils active engagement in management to support culture change and build high performing teams leading to successful navigation of very challenging circumstances. Being a Rugby referee has significantly influenced his leadership style, as this role required him to be involved, engaged and communicate without clearly instructing the players how to play the game. As a Referee coach, he mentored junior referees, two of whom have gone to referee at English Rugby Premier Level. These were few of the key factors told by Harry Cowan, tune into the podcast to know whole inspirational journey.
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