Gareth Marlow: Approaching Difficult Conversations

Every entrepreneur, leader or manager faces hard conversations at some point in their growth. This is particularly the case when your company has got to a point where you are planning for future growth and know it will be critical to keep the team aligned and focused.

Gareth and Mark discusses why having those conversations – with co-founders, co-workers, employees, employers, partners – are so difficult. More importantly, he will offer practical and actionable advice about how you can make the hard stuff easier and more productive. Equally applicable in times of growth or trouble, Gareth will encourage participants to share some of their current challenges and help them find a way to address them.

Gareth Marlow

Founder, EQ Systems

Gareth has worked in Cambridge tech companies for 25 years. While COO of Red Gate, he launched and scaled new products, grew revenue and headcount, hired, developed and occasionally fired scores of people. He’s worked on acquiring, integrating and divesting companies. At one time or another he managed every part of the business – from HR to sales, product development to marketing, finance to IT. He’s been a BoS attendee for more than a decade and spoke on building trust in your team. He’s now an executive coach and works with tech leaders to help them scale their businesses.

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