Zillah Byng-Thorne on Reviving A Billion Dollar Media Company
Robert Glazer
5X Entrepreneur, #1 WSJ & USA Today Bestselling Author, Top .1% Podcast Host and Keynote Speaker. Board Chair & Founder @ Acceleration Partners
Zillah Byng-Thorne is one of the UK's most accomplished executives. She was most recently CEO of Future PLC, where she transformed the company from a struggling business to a thriving publishing giant with a market cap of over $1 billion. Before turning Future around, she was the CFO of Auto Trader. Zillah has established herself as a visionary leader in the publishing field and is a frequent speaker and also a board member of several well known organizations.
Episode Overview
Today’s episode of the Elevate Podcast features Zillah Byng-Thorne, a world class leader who was most recently the CEO of Future PLC, a leading global media company. Zillah shares her insights on the power of organizational culture and the importance of making tough decisions as a leader.
Zillah believes that the culture of an organization is not solely determined by the CEO, but rather, it is a collective effort of everyone within the business. She shares her experience of joining Future, where there was no strategy or purpose in place. Zillah and her team conducted workshops to define the company’s culture, values, and purpose, which ultimately guided their actions and decisions.
The episode also explores the topic of making tough choices as a leader, particularly when it comes to layoffs. Zillah shares her disagreement with the narrative that vilifies such decisions, emphasizing that layoffs can sometimes be necessary for a company’s survival. She highlights the responsibility of leaders to make difficult decisions to prevent others from having to make them for the organization.
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The episode concludes with Zillah’s insights on talent management and the importance of recognizing the needs of individuals at different stages of their careers. She illustrates this concept by using an analogy from English soccer, highlighting the need for different individuals to drive growth and success in various stages of a business. Let’s dive right in!
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Robert Glazer ?is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of?Acceleration Partners ,?an award-winning partner marketing agency ranked?#4?on Glassdoor’s best places to work. He is the?#1?Wall Street Journal bestselling?author of six books ?and the author of?Friday Forward , a global newsletter that reaches over 200,000 readers worldwide each week.