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The Spotlight Series - Don’t just survive, thrive!

Welcome to "The Spotlight Series – Don’t Just Survive, Thrive”. Season 1 was launched to help people through the pandemic by talking to a variety of experts about topics such as psychology, finance and health. Season 2 focused on more work related issues including HR, marketing and leadership. Now it is time for Season 3! Season 3 is centred on the IT industry, specifically tech startups. There are also Career Spotlights from senior IT people revealing the secrets to their impressive career trajectories.Your host is Nicola Steel, founder of JJP Talent Solutions, an Australian IT recruitment company. For over 20 years, she has helped tech startups and innovative SMEs to attract, recruit and retain technical talent.

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The Spotlight Series - Don’t just survive, thrive!

Building high performing teams and driving successful business transformations with Charlie Wood, CEO of Wiise

September 12, 2023 • Nicola Steel • Season 5 • Episode 7

Charlie Wood is the CEO of Wiise, the fastest-growing cloud ERP platform. He has over 25 years of tech experience. Charlie is a successful Sydney-based entrepreneur and business leader, who formerly headed up Dropbox ANZ, held leadership roles at Microsoft and Salesforce, and has built and mentored several startups.

In this episode, Nicola and Charlie discuss his main career highlights and challenges. They discuss what qualities he looks for in new team members when building high performing teams. They talk about what factors drive successful business transformations and the traps that cause businesses to fail.

Charlie describes his plans for Wiise over the next 12 months as well as what he looks for when assessing aspiring entrepreneurs.

They finish the podcast discussing Charlie's main business lessons he has learnt over the course of his career and what habits really drive his success.