Mike Roe
Chief Executive
LinkedInMike is the Chief Executive of Tensense and Leader of the Footdown Bath Fifteen. He was a police officer in the Avon & Somerset Constabulary. In a career of over 25 years dominated by CID work, he considers the seven years as Commander in Bristol as the most profound. Not only was he responsible for amalgamating three command units into one, but his time was marked by an influx of crack cocaine and the associated serious crime. Passionate about teamwork and leadership, Mike joined originally as a member of the Bath fifteen in 2004 and has been active in encouraging other senior police officers to join Footdown Fifteen Groups.
In 2007, he was awarded a level 7 Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching, through Walking with Leaders Ltd and accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management.
Coaching CEOs and other business leaders for several years he is also accredited to use the Executive and Personal coaching tool, Insights Discovery. He has led the Bath Footdown Fifteen group since 2007, which has involved facilitating monthly group mentoring meetings and one to one personal coaching sessions with senior executive leaders and entrepreneurs. Mike has also been delivering team effectiveness and development workshops for the last seven years.
Mike was a senior police officer for over 25 years, and during that time was awarded a 2:1 degree in Police Studies from the University of Glamorgan and a diploma in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester.
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Most leaders, even if they don’t have a “business intelligence dashboard’ will use key data and KPIs to help them manage the business, spot opportunities and improve performance.
How to complete the picture?
As we consider the future of work it is likely that two critical challenges will face leaders.
Rethink and Improvise….
Technology is there to not only make life more efficient and effective, it also exists to help leaders “complete the picture”.
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Trust helps breed the appropriate culture and empowers and engages people to go above and beyond at a time when we all need to pull together.
What if feedback were like our central nervous system?
Receiving and responding to feedback needs to be that fusion of art and science. Let technology do the heavy lifting.
The importance of feedback for authentic leadership
For leaders across the world, the ability to communicate effectively and pick up the signs and signals from across the business are critical.
Leaders need to understand their organisation’s “nervous system”
We ask a huge amount of leaders today. A bit like the highly qualified medical expert, we expect our leaders to be familiar with the organisation’s “nervous system”.
It’s all about climate…..
We all know how vital culture is to the success of our business. It is likely that leaders will need to start to think in terms of the cultural climate.