Newest trends in oil industry and careers with your host James Moorhouse.
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Newest trends in oil industry and careers with your host James Moorhouse.
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December 16, 2022
How to Deliver International Expansion With John Turner
<p>In this podcast, James Moorhouse talked with John Turner, a Vice President of International Operations at Lubrication Engineers (LE). LE are a formulator, and manufacturer that uses their own proprietary additives to deliver real high-performance speciality oils and greases, headquartered out of Wichita, Kansas. You can learn about John’s career and how he got to where he is today. For listeners thinking about expanding their businesses into new international markets, John has a wonderful track record and stories to share about how to do it, and also what not to do.</p> <h3><br></h3> <h3>About our guest</h3> <p>As VP of International Operations at LE, John has cross-functional expertise in leading businesses to maximize profitable growth, with a focus on commercial execution and channel strategies in the industrial lubricants markets around the world.</p> <p>With a passion for manufacturing developed from his family’s manufacturing business, John pivoted his career in 2010 in a territory sales role at Master Fluid Solutions. He progressed through various commercial roles, and his first international assignment was to explore the Brazilian market. Later, he took on global duties that led to Shanghai, China, which was a big jump then.</p> <p>In 2020, John took on a new position at LE to build a new structure and expand the firm abroad.</p> <h3><br></h3> <h3>Successful international expansion</h3> <p>Successful international expansion of any company regardless of its size, according to John Turner starts with:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Vision. </strong>Understanding the big picture of where you're trying to go is key.</li> <li><strong>Plan.</strong> Have a clear plan with some guardrails for how you're going to build out your business internationally.</li> <li><strong>Focus.</strong> Where are your strengths and where are the real opportunities and how do you penetrate those markets.</li> </ul> <p>“.. [global expansion] is not an overnight process. It's very much incremental, especially when you're going from scratch and then as you start getting some victories, I think it's really about continuing to try to build some momentum and, having a compelling story to tell to whether it's your distributor partners or your end -user customers or those sorts of things about the success that you're having in other parts of the world.” John Turner said.</p> <h3><br></h3> <h3>Leading international teams</h3> <p><strong>Hiring the right people </strong>is where it starts. Clearly defining what/who your organisation wants and needs. That profile is critical from the get-go. As John highlighted, it's important to vet the person thoroughly beforehand to make sure they have the organisational and personal drive to take the business forward in their local market.</p> <p>As an international leader, it is essential to check in with each of the employees on a regular basis to see how they are doing, what they need help with, and to make sure they don't feel alone - it means a connection to a regional office or corporate office, so they know support is available.</p> <h3><br></h3> <h3>Taking organisations to the next level of growth</h3> <p>John reflects on organisational expansion processes. He shares the big learning points from his experience, risks, opportunities and some key ingredients to make it possible on a larger scale.</p> <h3><br></h3> <h3>Useful links</h3> <p>You can follow John Turner: LinkedIn</p> <p>You can follow Lubrication Engineers: LinkedIn</p> <p>You can follow James Moorhouse: LinkedIn</p> <p>You can follow ABN Resource: Linkedin</p>
November 28, 2022
In Conversation With Marc Lawn: How To Deliver Growth In A Recession
<p>In this podcast, our host James Moorhouse interviews Marc Lawn, the Executive Vice President at Calumet Speciality Products Partners about his broad-ranging career. The podcast has useful leadership tips for challenging economic conditions and strategies for transitioning into new sectors in your career.</p> <h3>About our guest</h3> <p>Marc Lawn is Executive Vice President - Performance Brands at Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Throughout his career, Marc worked across many industries including Food & Beverage, Media, FMCG, Chemicals and the Lubricants industry. Marc took a different approach to his career in times when professionals specialised in specific functional areas through the 1990s and early 2000s. He built expertise in operations, HR, sales, marketing, and finance to ultimately position himself to run a performance brands business within Calumet.</p> <h3>What is needed for a successful career transition</h3> <p>Since Marc has successfully transferred industries throughout his career, James Moorhouse could not miss an opportunity to ask about the qualities and skills needed for a successful career transition.</p> <p>The common themes Marc learned were:</p> <ul> <li>Humility.</li> <li>Relatability, thinking about something that relates from sector to sector.</li> <li>Adapting your style to be useful to the context.</li> <li>Seeking to understand the importance of asking questions.</li> <li>People see things differently. But don’t jump to judgment.</li> </ul> <p>One thing Marc advises to organisations within the oil industry “look to recruit talent from within and outside of the industry to blend, and develop… there's a lot more commonality [between different industries] than we would naturally think as we go along.”</p> <h3>Strategy in times of economic downturns</h3> <p>High growth or recessionary environments can present unique difficulties. There are challenges and opportunities. As Marc mentioned in the conversation, the focus has been important to him throughout recessions. So... just because you enter a recession, it does not imply your strategy is useless. A strategy may require some tweaks for the modern-day economic environment. But if the fundamentals of the strategy were right before, it is still the right thing to do, and you should stay the course.</p> <p>Marc said: “Focus on it and implement it. Protect your people and move on, but don't be blind to things that might change. Be agile with it. Don't get so blindly followed to the, oh, well, the plan says A, B, C. You know, actually, the plan might be a D.”</p> <h3>Traits of successful leaders</h3> <p>As Marc highlighted, leadership shows itself in various forms. In his opinion, humility is one of the most critical leadership traits. Undoubtedly, leaders must take charge at times, but too much power may create a lethargic team since everyone depends on the leader to decide. So profound humility is needed.</p> <p>Fundamentally, the role of a leader is to clear the path, Marc said.</p> <p>Leaders have to channel the right direction and ensure that the strategy is executed in the best way possible. So in any involved initiative, you should ask yourself the question, “Am I leading this initiative?”</p> <p>Listen to more of this inspiring conversation now.</p> <p><br></p> <p>You can follow Marc Lawn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marclawn/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></p> <p>You can follow Calumet Specialty Products Partners: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/calumet-specialty/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></p> <p>You can follow James Moorhouse: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmoorhouse/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></p> <p>You can follow ABN Resource: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/abn-resource-ltd/"><u>Linkedin</u></a></p>
November 15, 2022
Women In STEM, Conversation With Sanya Mathura
<p>Our guest today, is Sanya Mathura, the Founder, and Managing Director of Strategic Reliability Solutions Ltd and the author of the book “Empowering Women in STEM Personal Stories and Career Journeys from Around the World”. James Moorhouse interviewed Sanya to talk about women in STEM, diversity and inclusion, the most in-demand skills necessary in the ever-changing lubricants industry, and tea!</p> <h3>About our guest</h3> <p>Sanya Mathura is the Founder and Managing Director of Strategic Reliability Solutions Ltd, based in Trinidad & Tobago. Throughout her career in the lubricants industry, she worked for major organisations such as Shell and ExxonMobil. While writing her first book “Lubrication Degradation Mechanisms – A complete guide”, she also gained her ICML MLE certification becoming the first female (and only person) in the Caribbean at the time to do so.</p> <p>In 2021, CRC press, her first book publisher, approached Sanya and asked if she would be interested in writing a book geared towards getting more women involved in STEM fields.</p> <p>As she mentioned in the conversation with us, “I had a lot going on at the time and almost turned them down. But, after some thinking about the impact that the book would make across the industry, I decided to carve out some time for it. While I was growing up, there were no female role models who I could look up to or who looked like me. I wanted to make sure we changed that even if it meant that I would become the role model I wished that I had.”</p> <h3>Attracting younger generation to STEM</h3> <p>According to Sanya, bringing more awareness of the many STEM areas and dismantling the misconceptions that act as obstacles to entry are excellent places to start when attracting more talent. To have a significant influence, the lubricants industry must begin with the next generation and raise children's consciousness as they develop. We should let them know that anybody may pursue a STEM area, and that Math proficiency is not a must (a common misconception!).</p> <p>There are several newly published children's books on women in STEM fields, including "Energy Superheroes - women in Energy careers" by Erin Twamley and quite a few more. Another good way to raise awareness to larger groups of people.</p> <p>In the recently published book “Empowering Women in STEM Personal Stories and Career Journeys from Around the World”, Sanya hopes to appeal to people who are preparing to enter the workforce or who are in the workforce and contemplating a shift out of STEM-related sectors.</p> <h3>Improving D&I in the lubricant industry - it’s all in the details</h3> <p>Small actions such as ensuring women's participation in technical talks, placing them at the forefront, and acknowledging their contributions may have a significant influence to improving Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), according to Sanya. </p> <p>Simply identifying and showcasing women and minority groups, the debate is already altered. When most people consider manufacturing and reliability, they assume, "That's a man's world, it's hard job." By boosting awareness of the amount of women and minority groups through podcasts such as these or highlighting examples in the industry as role model, we begin to alter the dialogue.</p> <h3>The beauty of a diverse team</h3> <p>While asked about the key benefits of the diverse workforce, Sanya mentioned more room for creativity and more freedom for innovation. People coming from a variety of backgrounds usually mean different problem-solving approaches and that’s what distinguishes diverse teams. However, to create a true diverse workforce, the lubricants industry needs to get rid of labels, boxes, and anything else that stifles creativity, enabling teams to collaborate effectively.</p> Listen to more of this inspiring conversation now!
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