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Overview:
Alfie shared the extraordinary story of how he started, as well as talking about:
The importance of reinvesting in the business.
Effective leadership as a key to organisational success.
Why organisations should encourage employees to recognise mistakes and learn from them.
His ‘’always say yes’’ policy and why the customer is always king.
Alfie’s secrets of his success.
Alfie Best
Founder and Chairman of Wyldecrest Parks
Highlights:
1:40 - Insight into Wyldecrest Parks’ success.
3:22 - Challenges of managing acquired existing parks.
7:23 - Issues around international expansion.
9:09 - Differences between the UK and overseas business models.
12:15 - Team culture.
14:28 - When and why Wyldecrest Parks started.
21:10 - Funding and growth.
30:18 - The right time to expand.
35:27 - The ‘always say yes’ policy.
37:57 - Having clear goals.
45:00 - Making sure that your team all ‘sing from the same hymn sheet’.
50:06 - Plans to float the company.
50:37 - Rules to live by.