Ovando Carter

At London Parkour Project, Results Day is just as important as Grading Week itself. Every term, our students spend three months developing their physical skills, discipline, focus, and understanding of movement. Grading Week allows them to demonstrate what they have learned. Results Day gives them the opportunity to reflect on that journey. During Results Day, students sit down with their coaches to review their performance and discuss their progress. Together, we look at what went well,...

Ovando: I have noticed that, as I build my company, many people seem to want to take it from me. Employees sometimes try to take clients, even convincing those clients that they would be better off with them than with me. Often, they do it subtly, presenting themselves as victims of a tyrannical boss. They play the role of the friend in order to draw people closer to them, and then slowly pull them away. Some also engage in office politics, influencing other employees and manipulating...