061: Sake Hitman - Keep Reinventing Yourself

Leadership Is Changing

Sake Hitman is a globally experienced executive in the areas Business Transformation and Change Management, Organisational Restructuring and Business Process Outsourcing.

As Country Manager for Lee Hecht Harrison in New Zealand, Sake works with Managing Directors, senior HR managers and other key stakeholders to plan, negotiate and implement large scale restructures, downsizes and career management projects spanning the public and private sectors, covering all industries.

Previously, Sake worked for American Express Advisory Services, providing a mix of management consultancy and e-commerce solutions.

Extra-Curricular: As Honorary Consul to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as an extension to the Dutch Embassy in New Zealand.

Sake is a Graduate from the Maastricht School of Management in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

On this Episode:

• Sake gives his background and how he got into management.
• Sake shares lessons he learned from one of his favorite leaders and how it has affected Sake’s leadership style.
• Denis and Sake discuss the importance of reinvention and how no leader should be exempt from reinventing themselves.
• Sake explains how being fundamentally approachable as a leader is important especially during changing times.
• Hear why Sake believes leadership is changing faster now and what leaders need to do about it.

Key Takeaways:

• People connect emotionally with service or a product so keep your focus on customers.
• It’s okay to make mistakes- just not the same one every time.
• Focus on learning individually and providing learning for employees to prepare for the future.

Tweetable Quote:

“You need to reinvent yourself to stay current in the marketplace.”

Sake Hitman:

You can find more and connect with Sake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sake-hitman-33b99b/

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