'The reason I came back was that although I had this really good job there was a limit to my growth in this employed position. I didn’t feel like I could progress and I didn’t feel like I had control of my future'
Less than two years after first joining, he
otherwise wouldn’t have had. And the second
moved to London and opened his own
type of person who is more interested in a
business there. His numbers were great and
career. Because, ultimately, if I go back to
he added three more branches before he got
the ten year goal, those 50 locations will be
headhunted to become the National Sales
made up of people who join at the entry level
Director for a Google programme. So he
and work their way through in the same way
moved away from the direct-selling industry
I did when I first started.”
for three years, but in 2019 he realised that he missed it.
"A lot of people that we take on don’t have a huge amount of experience and the options
"The reason I came back was that although
end up being either hospitality or retail. Here
I had this really good job there was a limit to
they get free coaching, a great atmosphere
my growth in this employed position. I didn’t
and working environment, with an office that
feel like I could progress and I didn’t feel like
is full of like-minded fun people. And they
I had control of my future. I really wanted
get to be in control of their future and how
that back. I also missed the environment
quickly they progress in the company. In the
and the people. I missed the energy and the
direct-sales industry there is no limit to how
positivity.”
big your organisation can be.”
On 1st April 2019, Phil left Google and returned to the company. Things moved quickly again and he opened up an office in Bristol, then two branches in Canary Wharf, and a fourth branch in North Devon. All of this in the 24 months since returning, and with a global pandemic in the middle. “We’re opening our fifth location down in Exeter in about six weeks. I’d like to see if by the end of the year we can get to seven or eight, with the goal being 15 locations by
'We’re opening our fifth location down in Exeter in about six weeks. I’d like to
the end of next year. In the long term, over
see if by the end of the year we can
the next ten years, the goal is to open 50
get to seven or eight, with the goal
locations with 1000 people and a turnover of 50 million pounds.” So you must be looking for many new recruits, with all this expansion? “Yes, we’re looking for two types of people: some who want to come in for a six to twelve month skill-injection to help their careers and give them experience in coaching that they 009
being 15 locations by the end of next year.'
