
Unblurring lines between work & home, and empowering the team
When James Weelen, now Vice President of Business Solutions, at Heidelberg Materials, moved to a new country, stepped up to become a member of the global IT leadership team and more than quadrupled the number of employees he was responsible for, the lines between work and home life quickly became blurred. Add in a pandemic, and he soon realised he wasn’t affording his peers, his team members or his family the attention he felt they deserved.