We initially made a decision to begin winding down our activity in 2013 corpellan to focus on & maximise our other business interests, but circumstances always seemed to force us to postpone the timing. Early last year we agreed we’d step back at the end of 2018.
We wish to retain a percentage of our core client portfolios + our own speculative holdings, hence the structured & gradual handover to ensure that continuity. Why take this route rather than appoint industry trained personnel you might ask?
Well we do have a small core team of long standing experienced colleagues onboard, but what started as a bet a few years ago between us & our pop has actually morphed into quite a successful set up. He maintained we would fall short attempting to integrate non-industry trained folk into the fold & Jocelyn, being the gamer she is, took the bet.
Long story short, last year a pleasantly impressed old school campaigner divvied up his side of the bet contributing $25k to our chosen charity (cancer research) as a gracious concession.
Carll, Kevan & catcher who we first encountered on here & another outlet actually were 3, admittedly of very few successful integrations who are still live & kicking, but nonetheless we proved a point & it was definitely a worthwhile exercise because sometimes savvy, switched on individuals from outside the industry bring different views, skill sets, angles & perspectives to the table from the usual array of musical chairs industry job hoppers.
Choosing personnel, from wherever they’re sourced, is not too dissimilar to backing a financial instrument. Providing you do the simple things consistently & correctly like identifying & filtering the quality, the higher probability opportunity pendulum generally tends to swing your way more often than not.
That tactic sound familiar at all?
We now have a small clutch of 5 non-industry trained colleagues onboard to compliment the team who will hopefully continue to carry forward the aims & objectives agreed at the quarterly performance updates/reviews.