337. Leading with passion, respect for your people and keeping the soul alive in your business, with Cliff Gale, former Managing Director of Lite n’ Easy for over 20 years [Best of Series]

“There's been too much focus on profit outcomes in business rather than maybe building the process along the way through empowering people, through effective delegation.”

In this Best of Series episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Cliff Gale, former Managing Director of Lite n’ Easy for over 20 years, on leading with passion, respect for your people and keeping the soul alive in your business.

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I met Cliff through a former Inner Chief podcast guest, Sara Chamberlain, in 2019.

Cliff started his career running Bob-Jane T Mart Franchises. He then bought into Lite n’ Easy after he saw a two line ad in a paper in its very early days.

He proceeded to lead the business for over two decades and grew it into one of the most successful businesses of its type.

Lite n’ Easy is a 100% Australian owned healthy food business and has been around nearly 40 years.

In this episode we talk about: 

✅  Keeping his finger on the pulse by respecting and listening to his people and customers

✅  How he kept the emotion and energy in the business as it grew to dizzying heights

✅  Building the soul of the business by focusing on the things that count and profit will come, and

✅  The difference between givers and takers.

Deal hope,

Greg

 

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