S3. E7. Why a “boomerang move” made sense for me with Reckitt´s Nick Sedgwick

In a time where professionals change roles every 4 years on average and companies merge, get acquired and expand every day, there is a good chance you might become a boomerang employee. "Boomerang employee" refers to a person who is rehired by a former employer.

Who better to discuss this topic with than an experienced general manager still in the critical first 90 days?

Nick is the new Regional Director Health for UK&I at Reckitt. 

He started out selling Smarties with Nestle, a great first job, and he has worked in commercial and strategic roles with Reckitt, Vodafone, Coty and is now back at Reckitt.  

Points we covered

·      We started with the crux question – Why go back? – which in Nick´s case were about culture fit and chance to succeed

·      Formative “sink or swim” moments 

·      Why General Management is the best job you can do, but that it can be a very uncomfortable “hot seat” when the macro environment is against you

·      How to mitigate the “grass is always greener” mindset by doing everything you can to understand the culture you are moving to

·      How he is approaching his transition/ onboarding/ “re-boarding” and the questions he finds useful in his 121 meetings to accelerate his learning

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