I am a driven individual, constantly on the hunt for a new challenge.I am a small business owner and entrepreneur with 15+ years of leadership and business management experience. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for developing and implementing effective business strategies, as well as for recruiting and managing high-performing teams, I have a history of contributing directly to business growth and expansion throughout my career. As such, I have consistently exceeded revenue goals and I am adept at achieving maximum operational output with minimal resource expenditure. I am passionate about the ability of business to change the world for the better, as long as we have a pragmatic, holistic approach that accounts for the needs and aspirations of the people we serve and employ. When you take care to cultivate the strengths of your team and support the full flowering of their abilities, your resource base expands commensurately and so does your impact. My ability to cultivate relationships contributes as much, if not more, to my success than my ability to project strategic visions far into the future and see around corners. Navigating mercurial market conditions is considerably easier when you have a team of engaged and creatively solutions-oriented individuals to rely on. My collaborative leadership style means low turnover and higher uptake of strategic initiatives.I cut my teeth in Operations, which means:✅ I’m a better leader due to 'boots on the ground' experience.✅ When I promote 'automation and streamlining' I clearly make the case that these innovations remove the annoying parts of people's jobs and make their ability to do their job easier. ✅ I intuitively put my finger on chokepoints and failpoints in process design, and our iterative methodology proceeds more quickly.My current focus is on developing the skills of effective leadership across larger teams and with more varied stakeholders. Having set up a succession plan for leadership of my existing businesses, I want to get out of their way and allow them to drive the bus. I have been active in my local Chamber of Commerce and plan to step up and contribute to non-profit boards. More than anything, I want to find a role to drive strategy and operational excellence on a larger stage. If you like the sound of this, let's connect!