OLIVIA STEFANINO

I've been working in the arena of the world of finance for nearly three decades - initially as a financial journalist and subsequently as an executive coach and leadership trainer... Working with some of the profession's biggest institutions - from a couple of high street banks through to MBNA and what was then Skandia and Norwich Union - I've come to see why some people succeed while others fall by the wayside... Intriguingly, I've found the same patterns repeat within smaller organisations too - whether I've been coaching directors on the most powerful ways to grow their business (and make them sustainable in the long term) or helping identify and develop candidates when it comes to succession planning.