Leading to Here with Barry Mellis

Join us as we talk to Barry Mellis, who shares his journey from Golf Professional to General Manager for Asics in South Africa and Africa.

Early in his career, he swapped the fairways for selling golf equipment.  Having found his niche in sales, he joined the world’s leading sports brand – Adidas.  He spent 20 years developing and honing his skills, preparing him for opportunities in New Balance and Intersport before finding his way into several senior roles in Asics.   

Barry shares his insight, lessons, and those who influenced his career, highlighting three key people who nurtured his career, which has found its way into Barry’s leadership style as he has paid it forward to his people.  Barry speaks proudly of people who have gone on to greater things, having spent time under his wing.

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Posted On January 19, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Leadership, Leading to here, Podcasts /  

A Blueprint for Boosting Team Productivity

Mindset of High-Performing Teams

Productive teams know how to work together; what helps the high-performing teams is a shared operating system, much like your PC.

A shared operating system allows people to get the work done, but using a unifying set of core principles (like apps on a PC) creates shared understanding. Imagine if you used a slide deck tool incompatible with the Microsft PowerPoint used by a colleague or customer; how frustrating would that be? How much time would be wasted decoding and figuring it out?

There is no decoding with a shared operating system; we all know how we do stuff, so we’re straight into what matters. With a common set of ‘how we get stuff done’ principles, it enables teams to shortcut and accelerate their productivity and increase output.


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Posted On January 12, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Article, Flip Book, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Productivity /