Jeff Grout

Jeff Grout - Conference Moderator

Jeff Grout was, until 2000, UK managing director of Robert Half International, the largest specialist recruitment consultancy in the world. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he joined Robert Half International as a recruiter at the age of 28, after an eclectic career as a van driver, passport office administrator, cleaner, world traveller and local government town planner.

He remained with Robert Half International for almost 21 years and built the UK operation from two offices and 12 staff into a business with a domestic turnover of £65 million, 18 offices and over 350 staff.

Jeff is now an independent business consultant focusing on people management, team building, peak performance, recruitment and retention issues. He holds a number of corporate advisory and executive coaching appointments and also runs various management training workshops on effective selection and client relationship marketing.

He is co-author of the book The Adventure Capitalists, which is based on public interviews with 12 leading entrepreneurs and aims to offer an insight into the ingredients of business success.

The sequel entitled My Brilliant Career features the subjects of subsequent public interviews with high achievers from the fields of business, sport and the media. He has written the complete insider’s guide to the job market entitled Kickstart Your Career and a book on the strategies and tactics for successful recruitment entitled Recruiting Excellence. His latest book on peak performance entitled Mind Games: Sporting Lessons for Business was published in July 2004.