Episode 67 - Alan McKie - 45 YEARS IN HR, Owner of Alan McKie associates

In this weeks episode of #Leadership - What's on your mind? I spoke to Alan McKie and his experiences with the Japanese culture/leadership style and more.   Educated in Liverpool at a Secondary Modern School a pupil with very little interest in education but as a keen sports person, athletics and baseball who always wanted to win I finished as school Vice-Captain  Plessey/Marconi  Telecommunications :- Twenty years starting on mechanical Engineering as a Toolmaker then moved on to training apprentices and finally as a Personnel (HR) Manager with the inevitable role of assisting with the reduction of the headcount from 20,000 down to 3,500 over a period of five years, to meet the ever changing world of telecommunications.  YKK Ltd :- A Japanese company in Runcorn with 450 employees manufacturing Zip fasteners and another twenty year role as HR Manager and General Manager, this was a great opportunity to develop the company’s status in Europe from almost lowest output to second best, after Germany.  West Link Storage and Shipping :-This was a company that I had 50% ownership and I assisted by taking it from a bankrupt status to being part of the group that did a reverse takeover of the Stobart Group within six year period.  Climbed Kilimanjaro twice in 2011 and intend to climb on Everest 2021 in my 80th year.   Make sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE to my other social media platforms:   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STARDevelopm...  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-wa...  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stuart_wadd...  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LeadershipW...  Spotify - #Leadership – What’s on your mind?