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A QUESTION OF SPORT never leave you, and how Q What do you do to stop
Q As a kid, what did you think you’d grow up to be? to be an effective team thinking about work
A My greatest ambition as a child was to be a PE teacher member. The skills and the outside the office?
and get paid for what I love – all forms of sport. But in my confidence it gave me I have A The gym is my great
late teens I realised PE teachers were not well paid, despite managed to apply to my escape, although obviously I
having fun at work in an exciting environment. Funny that professional career and my can’t do what I used to be
I’ve spent the last 20 years in the travel business, working
Paul Boyle
rugby career. capable of – it’s hard to
in a low-paid industry, having lots of fun in an exciting
is director of
maintain frustration or anger
environment! Looking on the bright side, PE teachers when breathing becomes
are finished at 40, so I’ve had nine bonus years!
programme
your main focus.
management UK,
VOLUNTEER HEROES BIKINI ATOLL
Carlson Wagonlit
BABY GRAND
Q What inspires you? Q What’s your desert
A Voluntary workers, who island must-have?
Travel. With over 22
Q Who or what is the
love of your life?
work in potential war zones. A My must-have would be
years experience in
A It would have to be my
I believe it is a special Sophie Marceau, the French
the travel industry,
granddaughter, Bethany,
sacrifice to enter any actress, because she would
Paul has spent the
who is eight months old
voluntary role, but to do this probably be a good cook, and the most beautiful
and put their lives in danger have the ability to keep the
last 15 at CWT,
thing in the world.
is inspirational. We don’t see island tidy and appears to including 13 years
enough volunteers collecting be a kind person. It has
in operations in
COMMUTER HELL
awards or titles, but I guess absolutely nothing to do
various parts of
Q What one change
these individuals don’t do it with the fact she is would you make to
for personal gain. In fact gorgeous, allegedly a great
Europe. His seven
this country?
they would most likely reject kisser and looks mighty fine year rugby career A Create an efficient and
such accolades. in a bikini!
finally came to an
reliable transportation
HIS MOTHER’S SON AN OFFICER AND
end in 1992 when
infrastructure. Having to
choose between standing on
Q Who’s had the most A GENTLEMAN
he bowed out in the
a train in and out of London
influence in your life? Q Can you describe a
Classics World Cup
or driving 90 minutes for
A My mother, by a country pivotal time in your life?
Final in Bermuda
an 18-mile journey is a
mile, which is why when she A It must be graduating as nightmare. My international
contracted cancer at 49 and an officer in the Royal
after helping
colleagues don’t understand
sadly lost the battle, my life Airforce in 1980. The officer England lose to the why we call this period of
changed dramatically in my training course is an 18
All Blacks
time the “rush hour”!
early 20s. week “challenge” at RAF
Now I am 49 and have Cranwell. The first six weeks, DID YOU MISS ME?
two boys in their 20s, I from 6am to 9pm everyday, Q What’s your ultimate
consider her even more are designed to break you goal in life?
exceptional because of and establish if you have the A To be retired by 60 and in
the way she handled her “moral fibre” to become a good health, spending more
final years. leader. The second six weeks time with my family. We all
-BURDEN
A strong-minded, are academic, then the third know with the long hours in
constantly caring person term, which many don’t our business, our families NEWKEY
who always put others first, reach, is the life-changer. It don’t see enough of us. Or
T
AN
I cannot ever remember teaches you leadership, maybe they do… but let’s
: TRIS
hearing her complain. management and assume they don’t!
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