In this episode, Jeannette talks to Mal Barritt, the CEO of Traveltek Ltd. They discuss the impact living in Northern Ireland during the troubles had on him. Including, what happened when his father was nearly murdered.
Mal shares details of how he managed to get through these trying times and used them to build the resilience that led to his business success. He also shares how he used every opportunity to build his skills, how he sources the right people for the job and how he leverages tech and data to achieve fast results.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Living through troubling times builds resilience. You realise you can come through anything.
Mal learned so much while working in customer-facing roles.
The problem-solving and selling skills you learn during your early career are invaluable in senior roles.
Succession planning is essential. Look after and develop your people.
Investors want you to have skin in the game. If you have not put your own money in, why should they?
There is a solution for every problem. Sometimes luck plays a role, but you won´t find it unless you actively look for it.
Everyone can improve their circumstances.
Surround yourself with positive people.
When you do encounter negativity use it to galvanise yourself. To prove them wrong.
Follow your dream and do it. You can always get another corporate job if things don´t work out.
If you are bored, move on. Try something else.
Working in a corporate environment enables you to build skills and experience that you can use to do your own thing later.
Surrounding yourself with people who are better than you, provides your business with the best chance of success.
Get yourself a mentor or a coach.
Scalable tech enables you to go global and do it quickly.
Using standard tech solutions that can be deployed in a modular fashion is flexible, resilient, and practical.
Change your processes to work within the system rather than trying to get the system to work with your processes.
BEST MOMENTS
‘If you can come through those sorts of challenges, then you can accomplish anything. ´
‘There´s always an opportunity to do better. Regardless of your circumstances.’
‘There´s always a solution for every problem. You´ve just got to dig deep to find it.’
‘Investors want you to have skin in the game.’
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Mal Barritt is the CEO of Traveltek Ltd, the travel tech company that provides innovative products and support that enables all kinds of travel firms to thrive and serve their customers better. Despite the CoVid crisis, the company grew its revenue by 15%.
His travel career started at a young age. At 26, Mal became the call centre sales manager for BMI and worked there until he was headhunted by Avis. Over the years, he has fulfilled many travel industry roles. Including becoming the managing director of business travel for Thomas Cook, being the managing director of Destinology, as well as the Chief Executive Officer of ITC Travel Group and project managing the merger of TUI and First Choice. Mal also co-founded Cruise118, which eventually turned over £75m in sales.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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