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On this episode of the active CEO

Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Andrew Barnes about Perpetual Guardian’s 4 Day

Week, changing the way people work, improving the wellbeing and productivity of

businesses, and the fourth industrial revolution. We also speak about global

financial crisis, customer service, empowered workforces and the more important

benefits of the 4 Day Week.

Andrew Barnes – 4 Day Week

Andrew Barnes is an

incredible leader who is an innovator, entrepreneur, philanthropist and

absolute human resource disrupter. He is the catalyst behind the 4 day week,

saved the historic 1904 built classic racing yacht Ariki, and proud host of the

3 day weekend.

Andrew completed a MA in Law

and archaeology at the University of Cambridge, attended the Harvard Business

School’s Program for Management Development and is an Associate of the

Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK).

His financial services

career commenced in the UK before holding senior executive roles at Macquarie

Bank, Citi, Tower, County NatWest and was Chairman at Australasian Wealth

Investments.

Our special guest then

became a director of Bestinvest, acquired and purchased Perpetual Trust,

founded Complectus and made the game-changing move of creating Perpetual

Guardian. He is currently the Chairman of Regional; Facilities Auckland,

Paysauce and Perpetual Trust.

Andrew talks about:

• Thinking carefully about what our industry is going
  
  to look like in years to come.
• A simultaneous arrest of eleven ships spread across
  
  the globe,
• Why an arts background allowed him to look at it
  
  from a different shape and pattern.
• The cultural adjustment to Australia after the 1987
  
  stock market crash.
• Two core lessons in finance that create repeated
  
  financial crisis.
• Why the military is still one of the best leadership
  
  schools.
• How his time at Citi was the point where his
  
  leadership evolved.
• People are only productive two and a half hours a
  
  day.
• Productivity and profitability improving after the
  
  eight week trial of the 4 Day Week.
• Lots of scepticism not only at the Board level but
  
  also at the leadership level of the company.
• The 100-80-100 rule.
• How the Perpetual Guardian staff were empowered to
  
  design the 4 Day Week
• Ensuring that customer service standards did not
  
  drop.
• New Zealand society’s response to the 4 Day Week.
• People want to work for an innovative business
  
  that’s trying different things.
• The stress and mental health epidemic sweeping the
  
  workforce across the world.
• We are setting up a couple of foundations whose
  
  purpose is to fund research.
• Creating a network of consultants around the world
  
  to deliver the 4 Day Week.
• Why the hell the work practices are the right way,
  
  had asked the question why?
• My peak point of creativity is usually after a point
  
  of high stress

Active

CEO Performance Tip

Leaders Develop Leaders – Leaders don’t just lead people,

they develop leaders. Learning how to recognize and most importantly develop

potential and emerging leaders is important for the growth and succession of a

company, organization group or team. Being able to identify behaviors,

attitudes and habits are more important than job-related skills when it comes

to leadership. Facilitating growth, supporting leadership behaviours and

providing challenges to enhance your people’s skills should be your number one

priority and people buy people not products.

Tweets

“I didn’t think the 4 day week was high risk, but if

you are sitting where somebody else is it necessary doesn’t come across the

same way.” Andrew Barnes talks about analysing the risk of the

4 Day Week, on the

active CEO Podcast.

“I didn’t inform the board. I merely announced the 4 day week on national

television.” Andrew Barnes launching the 4 Day Week at

Perpetual Guardian, on

the active CEO Podcast.

“What we got was a more enthusiastic workforce, workforce that was

refreshed, a workforce that was more empowered.” Employee outcomes of the 4 Day

Week with Andrew Barnes on the active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Andrew Barnes Wikipedia
Andrew Barnes TEDx Auckland
4 Day Week www.4dayweek.com
4 Day Week LinkedIn
4 Day Week Facebook
4 Day Week Twitter
Perpetual Guardian www.perpetualguardian.co.nz
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn