Hard Yards in Leadership
23. Juan Carlos Aragón: From optometrist to optical Industry guru
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Episode notes
For this week’s episode we are joined by JC or Juan Carlos Aragon. He is a long term 30+ year veteran of the global optical industry.
He has been my colleague and my boss in the past and he is truly one of the most experienced and wise leaders that I have had the pleasure to work with.
He is a proven successful global business and people leader with over 39 years of multi-functional experience in establishing, managing and profitably-growing successful businesses in Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe, within medical device companies.
Currently he is CEO of Visioneering Technologies (ASX: VTI), a growing vision care company within the myopia management and prebyopia segments of the market.
In this episode Juan shares:
- His early career and the first time he became a leader
- Having to let people go during the GFC
- Dealing with missing budgets and budget cut backs
- How he handles himself and his team when the target can’t be handled
- Handling the team when the product becomes unsaleable
- What he did when he has to work with bosses and colleagues he didn’t respect
Key Quotes
“Once you lose that respect it's very difficult to work with someone as a boss or a colleague.”
“If you pay your sales commissions on a quarterly basis, but management is compensated on an annual basis there is a bit of a disconnect there.”
“If you're miserable at work then you're not going to do a good job.”
If you want to find out more about Juan
You can connect with Juan on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-carlos-arag%C3%B3n-90961a4/
If you want to find out more about what Wayne does, check out his business via the website:
https://www.curiousleaderscircle.com/
Or you can follow him on socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/
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