No Condition is Permanent

Risk, Adventure and return: the Business of Life

Sir Bob Reid

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Fonthill Media Ltd
04 February 2021

Autobiography: business & industry; Economics & Business; Bargains

Sir Bob Reid is former Chairman of Shell UK, British Rail, ICE Futures Europe and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland, among much else. His is a story of determination and achievement shot through with political upheaval, economic reversal and industrial catastrophe.

His first posting was to Borneo. Stints in Africa, Thailand and Australia followed, after which he became chair of Shell UK, responsible for all oil exploration, production, refineries and coastal shipping. He then steered disparate large organisations through challenging times by drawing on universal principles about people, power and profit that he had absorbed in his youth and expatriate years. Success was often rooted in his understanding that you don’t need to like every member of your team, but you do need to elicit and nurture each individual contribution.

The wisdom gained in a lifetime of leadership---of realising the talent and energy of the people you work with---will inspire anyone who wants to make a difference in business and social enterprise, now or in the future.

By: Sir Bob Reid
Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 598g
ISBN: 9781781558034
ISBN 10: 1781558035
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 04 February 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Early Years; 2 Borneo; 3 Nigeria; 4 East Africa and Back Again; 5 Thailand; 6 The Second Oil Crisis: Time to Trade; 7 Australia; 8 Shell UK; 9 British Rail: On Track and Off; 10 London Electricity: Keeping the Lights On; 11 British Borneo: a New Beginning; 12 A Sale at Sears; 13 Bank of Scotland; 14 Canada: Sun Life and Canada Helicopter Corporation; 15 International Petroleum Exchange: Digital Evolution; 16 Business Opportunity: Diligenta and Jubilant; 17 Reflections; Joan Reid; Community Involvement.

Sir Bob, former chair of Shell UK among much else, lost his right hand aged 9, learnt to write with his left and won a golfing blue at University before turning to business. This inspirational portrait of successful leadership tells how he steered global organisations through the best and worst of times by gaining trust and valuing the individual.