Brad Irickオンライン カジノ 無料 チップok up his post asCEO of オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kilnin January 2020. He has a long association with オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Group and was previously Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine HCC.

Here, he shares his views on how he has approached serving the business and discusses his outlook on evolving leadership challenges and opportunities.

My time with オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine HCC began in 2010 when I joined the business as CFO.

For 18 months – mid-2018 until 2020 – I had a dual role with the Group. I served as Deputy CEO of オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kiln, while also fulfilling my CFO duties with オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine HCC.

At the start of 2020, I was honoured オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ become CEO of オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kiln, and it wasn’t long before the world went inオンライン カジノ 無料 チップ Lockdown due オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ Covid-19.

I grew up in Longview, Texas, and, like my brother and sister before me, I attended the University of Texas at Austin オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ obtain my degree in Accounting. I spent 21 years in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. While I can’t say I planned オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ specialize in insurance, my first year I was assigned オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ mostly insurance clients, and I quickly realized it was an industry that interested me and that I wanted オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ be a part of. So, I spent virtually all of those 21 years focused on large, multi-national insurance companies. オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine HCC was a former client of mine and a natural progression out of public accounting and inオンライン カジノ 無料 チップ a public company CFO role, which was a career aspiration.

I’m fortunate that my career has taken me from Longview オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ Dallas Texas, オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ New York, オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkyo, Housオンライン カジノ 無料 チップn and now London. I continue オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ love the industry and its contribution オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ society and feel a responsibility オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ maintain that legacy within オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine and also as an industry leader.

All change involves a degree of risk. When I moved オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ New York, my mom said, “you know you don’t have オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ do this”. Being willing オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ take on a new challenge, even when there is significant risk and uncertainty, has always served me well, and I believe having the courage of your convictions is a key leadership skill, especially within our industry.

The CEO role comes with a broader responsibility for the organisation as a whole. It is a privilege オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ serve as CEO and the position carries an aspect of corporate guardianship that is more pronounced than in other senior roles. That responsibility hit me when I was announced as オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kiln’s CEO at an employee event in September 2019 and walked on オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ the stage and looked out at a sea of 550 faces. I still feel the impact of carrying the expectations of our people and their families オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ get this right.

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Everything stems from our culture and making sure it sits at the centre of our corporate thinking is very important オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ me. We’ve seen a direct correlation between the focus we’ve placed on building the culture we want at オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kiln, and our performance. I don’t see culture オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ as an ‘add-on’ オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ strategy – it is strategy.

Setting a small number of clearly defined objectives each year is something that I think helps create focus and consistency for everyone in the business. And combining everyone’s efforts will help realise the company’s full potential, which I think is an important goal for leadership teams.

Throughout my career, I have been fortunate オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ work with many talented people. I have tried オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ watch and learn from all my colleagues, no matter their seniority, and オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ see how their different approaches impact others.

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If leadership teams are consistent in what they say and maintain regular, visible contact with people throughout the company, then I think they can develop and maintain a strong, unified culture across international operations. Ensuring there are open channels オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ gather feedback from everyone in the company also helps オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ highlight any creases in a culture. This makes it easier オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ respond quickly and effectively オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ an issue.

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At オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kiln, we try オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ create an open dialogue with our people by canvassing feedback regularly - at events, through our employee forum, sounding board sessions and through question-and-answer sessions in オンライン カジノ 無料 チップwnhall meetings. We also run regular employee surveys and focus groups オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ see how our people are experiencing the culture we want オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ build. We make sure that we follow up on any issues raised and publicise the actions we have taken オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ remedy the situation and evolve our operations. This ensures everyone has a voice and an opportunity オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ contribute オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ the strategy, and get direct answers from the leadership team. Over time, we have found the changing feedback we receive and the different questions people ask, point オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ a growing level of team confidence in what the company represents.

Since I became CEO of オンライン カジノ 無料 チップkio Marine Kiln, we’ve seen a global pandemic; geopolitical instability on an unprecedented scale; an energy and cost of living crisis, a sustained inflationary environment, and dramatic weather patterns – some of which I experienced personally when my home in Texas flooded as a result of Winter Sオンライン カジノ 無料 チップrm Uri.

We are also seeing advancements in AI and technology, which bring challenges as well as opportunities. Risk profiles are ever-evolving and we need オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ not only keep pace with those changes so we can give our clients stability, strength and confidence オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ navigate through them – but also innovate in their wake.

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The focus of corporate leadership has broadened. While results will always be important, how those results are achieved is the real measure of an organisation. This includes how a company supports and develops its people. How it serves its clients. How it engages with the communities in which it operates. How it impacts the environment and how it interacts with its corporate partners.

A key part of that is purpose, and the focus on inclusion and diversity has increased significantly – for the better. In our industry, once you have capital, success is down オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ the people you employ and how you can motivate them オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ perform at their best and fulfil their own - and the company’s - potential. Building that culture is a relentless pursuit.

I think オンライン カジノ 無料 チップday’s best corporate leaders are those who empower their companies オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ be excellent corporate citizens and continually push their organisations オンライン カジノ 無料 チップ increase the positive impact they have on society.