The Power Of Investing In Yourself with Alistair Cox, CEO of Hays PLC

Other Side Of The Business Card

Welcome to “Other Side Of The Business Card” with your host, corporate transformation entrepreneur and strategic consultant Haig Armaghanian. Having worked as the trusted advisor to some of the world's biggest businesses, Haig's mission with this show is to give you access to the mindset and thought processes from some of the world’s top leaders to discover what drives these innovative individuals.

This week on Other Side of The Business Card, Haig is joined by Alistair Cox, CEO of Hays Plc. Alistair is a trained aeronautical engineer with an MBA from Stanford and a background spanning consultancy and strategic planning, with extensive time spent working in Asia.

In this episode, Alistair shares his impressive career path which led him to be Head of a Global FTSE 250 firm. In the early days, Alistair took up an apprenticeship at a military aircraft unit and soon learnt he wanted to travel more, see the world and have more of an international career. Not only does he share his wonderful experience at Schlumberger, leading provider of technology and services to the energy industry, he also dives into what urged his shift in career change and why he decided to go to Stanford. Alistair prides his experiences on working for the best to get the best opportunities.

Fast forwarding to today, Alistair's approach to recruitment is unique, and globally-minded. We dive deep to find out how the pandemic has challenged the recruitment industry, how to build company culture whilst working remotely and why education is the most powerful investment in our future.

In this episode you will learn:

• How the pandemic challenged the recruitment industry
• Technology’s impact on the recruitment industry.
• How to build company culture whilst working remotely
• Why education is the most powerful investment in our future
• How do you become a world leader
• Ways to stay on top of your game

As you will hear on this show, Other Side Of The Business Card is a look behind the scenes of how high achievers create and run multi-million-pound companies, what strategies they use to scale businesses and what knowledge and insights allow them to create successes, across all areas of their lives, not just in the boardroom.

Having worked across 40+ countries Haig’s philosophy is to build passionate partnerships, so expect a deeper level of conversation than you might normally hear from titans of industry, as he uncovers what makes top performers great.

For more information about what has been shared on this episode head to https://linktr.ee/HaigArmaghanian