{"id":529,"date":"2021-09-09T09:54:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/?p=529"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:48:45","slug":"michael-desmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2021\/09\/09\/michael-desmet\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Desmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">MBA 2020, UK<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong><em>&#8220;Before you a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others,&#8221; Jack Welch<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I lead a large Customer Services operation at Agilisys in partnership with Kent County Council. I have a passion for developing people and I continually look out for smarter ways of working to save both time and cost. I am a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee leading on the Disability forum.<\/p>\n<p>Family first is my motto both inside and outside of work. In my spare time, you will find my son and I at a fishing lake looking for our next big catch of Carp or Catfish!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managed multisite operational teams both onshore &amp; offshore(South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Reduced attrition by 15% through engagement activities and operational improvements<\/li>\n<li>Restructured operational teams to save significant costs to ensure a lean operating model is achieved and maintained<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to the Kent MBA programme and why? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kent Business School reviews looked very positive and I was keen on the local links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were your motivations for undertaking an MBA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have held various senior positions in my career so far, and am looking to progress further. I feel an MBA is recognisable accreditation and demonstrates the commitment to personal development. When looking for a senior role in the future I feel the MBA will make me stand out from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to develop my managerial career with aspirations for a directorship position to be held in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is all about people! Both your people and the customers you service. An engaged and motivated workforce takes time to develop but once achieved anything is achievable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA 2020, UK &#8220;Before you a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others,&#8221; Jack &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2021\/09\/09\/michael-desmet\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74554,"featured_media":530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[244706],"tags":[249099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1022,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/1022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}