At Wates, we won various awards, I did a lot of speaking at conferences and events and made some contacts. In 2001, towards the end of the programme my team of 15 people who had been seconded from thebusiness went back into operational roles. And that left me: job done, with limited options.Being made redundant left me shocked and my pride dented. I retreated into my shell for maybe a week. I worried about paying the mortgage.
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