Commodities Trader
Our client was a very successful commodities trader who was exceptionally bright, had achieved huge successes for his employer, often positioning them at the forefront in an emerging market, or in the development of a new instrument. At almost forty and with a family, this very creative, very well rewarded individual found himself fundamentally bored.
In helping him structure his thoughts about what he really wanted to do next, we effectively gave him “permission” to stop what he was doing and engage with new experiences.
We assigned a professional Brooklands executive coach and used an appropriate psychometric instrument (not without being left in no doubt that our client considered these a waste of time - a point of view which he has since revised) and established a base line from which to work. Our early work put a framework around his ideas and developed a rigorous pattern of analysis that allowed him to differentiate the “Doable” from the “Conceptually fascinating”, as well as channel his drive into areas that matched his own agreed set of criteria.
He was tireless in following our leads and networking, finding previous business associates only too pleased to listen to a proposition that would give them a piece of his formidable talent, but would not see him full time on the payroll. In the first year he earned more than twice his yearly package in a 6 month contract and was invited to “advise” at government level on a number of international issues pertinent to his area of expertise. This pattern has repeated itself and his only comment to his coach each time he starts a new assignment is “If you see I am still here in a year’s time, please come and get me”.
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