Simon Kingston

Looking back on your leadership path, possibly including Winn-Dixie, what do you wish you'd learned sooner apart from scanning?

Looking back on your leadership path, possibly including Winn-Dixie, what do you wish you'd learned sooner apart from scanning?

What's one question you often ask when hiring people?

What's one question you often ask when hiring people?

What's one question you often ask when hiring people?

I can recommend a very good history festival. Final question. What advice would you give to someone with C-suite aspirations?

I can recommend a very good history festival. Final question. What advice would you give to someone with C-suite aspirations?

I can recommend a very good history festival. Final question. What advice would you give to someone with C-suite aspirations?

Constantine, thank you for those responses. And as I think back over the last 30 minutes, there are a few themes that emerge.

Constantine, thank you for those responses. And as I think back over the last 30 minutes, there are a few themes that emerge.

Constantine, thank you for those responses. And as I think back over the last 30 minutes, there are a few themes that emerge.

The first one that runs as a golden thread through a lot of this is that sense of solidarity, that sense of philotimo as you described it right at the beginning, the culture that's so important to you in your family background and that you bring to the way in which you think about leadership for yourself and for others.

The first one that runs as a golden thread through a lot of this is that sense of solidarity, that sense of philotimo as you described it right at the beginning, the culture that's so important to you in your family background and that you bring to the way in which you think about leadership for yourself and for others.

The first one that runs as a golden thread through a lot of this is that sense of solidarity, that sense of philotimo as you described it right at the beginning, the culture that's so important to you in your family background and that you bring to the way in which you think about leadership for yourself and for others.

The communication of that was also something that you talked about consistently. As well as the evolution of our business, a move away from a focus on a transactional approach to executive search to something that is a much more holistic support for leadership, decision-making, development, both for individuals who lead businesses, businesses and other organizations and for teams of leaders.

The communication of that was also something that you talked about consistently. As well as the evolution of our business, a move away from a focus on a transactional approach to executive search to something that is a much more holistic support for leadership, decision-making, development, both for individuals who lead businesses, businesses and other organizations and for teams of leaders.

The communication of that was also something that you talked about consistently. As well as the evolution of our business, a move away from a focus on a transactional approach to executive search to something that is a much more holistic support for leadership, decision-making, development, both for individuals who lead businesses, businesses and other organizations and for teams of leaders.

And that was fascinating to hear how that evolution is continuing. But I was also really struck by your rejection of my question about whether leading a people business is somehow different in type from leading other kinds of businesses.

And that was fascinating to hear how that evolution is continuing. But I was also really struck by your rejection of my question about whether leading a people business is somehow different in type from leading other kinds of businesses.

And that was fascinating to hear how that evolution is continuing. But I was also really struck by your rejection of my question about whether leading a people business is somehow different in type from leading other kinds of businesses.