\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>He spoke of growing up in the 1960s in Doncaster, Yorkshire. His parents were both\u00a0<\/span>from working class backgrounds and instilled in him clear values of hard work and self-reliance. His f<\/span>ather\u00a0<\/span>served\u00a0<\/span>in a Lancaster crew in Bomber Command\u00a0<\/span>during World war two while still in his late teens although he rarely<\/span>\u00a0talked about it.\u00a0<\/span>This experience in part gave him the determination to build a successful family business.\u00a0<\/span>Richard\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>deliberately\u00a0<\/span>not tried to\u00a0<\/span>emulate his father\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>tough, uncompromising management\u00a0<\/span>style!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRichard joined Control Risks in the early drawn by a clear fascination with how geo-politics and security impact international business. This has afforded him a fascinating insight into how senior executives approach risk: some are over cautious, others reckless while a find that right balance\u00a0<\/span>between\u00a0<\/span>sensible\u00a0<\/span>prudence and bold ambition.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>We spoke of Brexit and the mood in the world.\u00a0<\/span>In particular, the lack of inspiring political leadership and why politics is now such\u00a0<\/span>an unappealing career.\u00a0<\/span>But\u00a0<\/span>Richard\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>optimistic about the next generation of leaders in business military, civil and voluntary sector \u2013 people of exceptional<\/span>\u00a0quality\u00a0<\/span>.\u202f\u00a0<\/span>The environmental movement suggests that there is no<\/span>\u00a0absence of leadership<\/span>\u00a0among the\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0younger generation with their vision and determination.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAs CEO running a consultancy\u00a0<\/span>or professional services\u00a0<\/span>firm \u2013 you<\/span>\u00a0are acutely aware that your\u00a0<\/span>people are your product. Your brand and reputation relies on the quality of\u00a0<\/span>thousands of\u00a0<\/span>human interaction<\/span>s all over the world every single day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>And you are hiring people often not for their general business skills but for very specific individual expertise. You need to recognise that deploying this expertise is what fundamentally motivates them. They may be interested in the overall success of the firm but this is not their primary motivation. And high degrees of expertise are often accompanied by quirky personality traits!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Fenning Advisor and Former CEO Control Risks\u00a0 Richard advises a number of the firm\u2019s\u00a0long-standing clients and provides counsel to the firm\u2019s leadership. He joined Control Risks in 1993 and was CEO from 2005 until 2019, when he was succeeded by Nick Allan. During his tenure as CEO, Richard oversaw the significant growth of Control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":774,"template":"","key-factors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts\/806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"key-factor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanperks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/key-factors?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}