Be Curious!
John Ord
Helping founders and leaders achieve better.
I help build and scale purpose-led, curious organisations where people do the best work of their lives while having the best time of their lives and making a meaningful difference in the world.
The Why
A hands-on blend of strategic and operational skills geared towards building better.
Strategy
Setting a clear vision and formulating investable business plans to guide company activity.
Execution
Delivery of high-value projects and establishing high-performance routines.
Leadership
Coaching and developing people to create successful teams delivering quality results.
There are three phases in a business’s growth. Infancy is the phase when you do all the work yourself. You dedicate many personal resources to it, but it takes its toll. This stage ends when the founder understands they can’t run the business this way forever.
Adolescence is the growth stage when you hire employees to take over some of the tasks that used to overwhelm you. It goes well at first. However, your employees are not as dedicated as you and work isn’t getting done as you’d like. As a result, you believe that you will produce the best work, sideline your employees, and go back to doing most of the work yourself, while also now having a disengaged workforce to contend with.
Maturity is the stage in which the business knows how it got to be where it is and what it must do to get to where it wants to go. That means a clearly defined vision, with accountability and systemised processes that drive the business to success.
Is your organisation limited by how much you can do yourself? Or by how many people you can supervise directly? What could it look like if those limitations were removed? How would your life be different?
The fastest way to grow is to get help. Your business is not your life. The purpose of your life is not to serve your business; the primary purpose of your business is to serve your life. I can help make the changes you need to work on, not in, your business TODAY.
The How
Creating high-performing teams means we need to set a clear vision; find the right people; set clear objectives and expectations; empower the team and remove barriers. These are the kinds of initiatives that I can deliver to build sustainable organisations without creating a reliance on me as an individual.
Advisory
Ad-hoc or fixed monthly agreements for executive coaching, non-executive governance and strategic input.
Project
Delivery of specific high-value projects that will deliver defined value to your organisation.
Interim
An executive role as part of the team to enable more hands-on delivery of transformation and change projects.
If you’re looking for flexible expertise to take your organisation to the next level, contact me today and we’ll work together on finding the best solution.
About Me
Find out more about me by visiting the About page and visiting my LinkedIn profile to see my recommendations.
A summary of my background and experience:
- Over 10 years working in SMEs, primarily in the transition between start-up and scale-up
- Executive experience in senior leadership roles with accountabilities including Operations, People, Finance and Strategy
- Have grown organisations from ~10 people to more than 100, solving operational and strategic challenges
- Hold a series of prestigious professional qualifications, including an MBA, CIPD and change management
- Led on the operational merger of two organisations, overdelivering against expectations.
- Experience of a broad range of industries, including Property, Travel, Education, regulated eCommerce and B2B service provision
My Values
Be Audacious
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world – in fact, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Be Golden
Seek balance in all things, between the vices of excess and deficiency. It’s always good to do the right thing, even when it’s hard.
Be Orbital
The orbital view gives you a whole new perspective. You realise that each and every one of us are interconnected and in this together.
Make a Difference
By aiming for the audacious goals, seeking to be a good person, and taking the broader perspective, we can build great organisations that make a meaningful difference.
By focusing on your Purpose, Plan, People, Priorities and Profit we can deliver tangible value quickly.
To help frame the kind of work we could do together, I’ve structured a clear model that demonstrates the opportunities, supported by the work that I’ve delivered in the past.
