PY Gerbeau  

PY is CEO of X-Leisure, the largest leisure group in the UK. He serves as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Rescue at London Business School and Imperial College. Having honed his skills as Vice President, Operations at Disneyland Paris, PY famously became Chief Executive of The Dome in February 2000.  He achieved a great deal with the much maligned government-built attraction, generating over six million visitors.

Key Insight

Inspire people to become proper leaders:

Listen to your teams  –  You don’t deal in power, you deal in influence  –  Become a conductor, you don’t own the knowledge

Trust your people  –  Delegation should be oversold

Wear & love your brand  –  Make sure the whole organisation is passionate about the business they are in. Your true ambassadors are the one’s at the front line

You can’t be a different person at home than you are in the office  –  be yourself