Season 9 | Ep23 Ben Richardson & Mike Bott: Why LHi Group appointed two CEOs

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Ben Richardson & Mike Bott: Why LHi Group appointed two CEOs For 25 years, LHi Group had one CEO. Founder Tom Glanfield built the business from scratch with Jim Denning taking over in 2020 and leading it it through COVID. A global recruitment group, LHi has 5 brands. 300 people. 9Offices across the US and Europe Ben Richardson and Mike Bott had both spent their careers inside LHi. Both joined as entry level recruiters Both built desks, teams and international offices from the ground up. Both eventually became global recruitment directors. And both had their eyes on the same job. "I wanted to be CEO about a week after I joined LHI in 2007." When Jim Denning stepped down, the expectation was simple. One of them would get the role. Instead, the board made a call neither of them had anticipated. They would run the business together. Co-CEOs. This week on The RAG Podcast, Ben and Mike break down how the decision happened and what it actually takes to make a leadership structure like this work.

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