IN TODAY'S EPISODE MARK MCC TALKS TO GARETH WALTERS, AREA DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS - NORTHERN EUROPE & AFRICA, FOCUS BRANDS. WE DISCUSS HOW TO HAVE A GLOBAL CAREER FROM HOTELS TO FRANCHISE QSR. AS A 3RD GENERATION HOTELIER WE HEAR GARETH STORIES ON HOW IT TOOK HIM FROM A CATERING DEGREE TO WORKING IN SOME OF THE FINEST HOTELS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS THEN WHAT BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE UK FOR A CHANGE IN DIRECTION AS HE HEADS UP THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS FOR GLOBAL SMASH HIT BRANDS INCLUDING JAMBA, CINNABON AND AUNTIE ANNE'S.
TODAY'S GUEST IS GARETH WALTERS, AREA DIRECTOR INT OPERATIONS - NORTHERN EUROPE & AFRICA, FOCUS BRANDS
LINKS FROM THE CHAT:
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World https://amzn.eu/d/8R9bNyD
Devil in the kitchen https://amzn.eu/d/hNozyEx
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect https://amzn.eu/d/ejqO15J
The Anatomy of Humbug: How to Think Differently About Advertising https://amzn.eu/d/2cuum6d
Why Does The Pedlar Sing?: What Creativity Really Means in Advertising https://amzn.eu/d/6PD8Hzx
MARK RITSON MBA COURSE: https://mba.marketingweek.com
Alchemy: The Magic of Original Thinking in a World of Mind-Numbing Conformity https://amzn.eu/d/9komzqT