Bruce Cotterill
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AUK, NZBruce Cotterill describes his career as a "vertical learning curve".
Bruce is a "transformation leader" with extensive experience across a range of industries - notably real estate, media, financial services, technology and retail - and a variety of ownership models, including public companies, partnerships and private equity.
Bruce is a passionate leader of change, and he is genuinely interested in high performance leadership and business improvement. A lifetime leader, who focuses on clear objectives, enhanced personnel engagement and improved customer orientation he has continuously delivered vastly improved results through his involvement in organisations.
As CEO, he has led real estate group Colliers in both New Zealand and Australia, Kerry Packer's ACP Magazines, and iconic New Zealand sportswear company Canterbury International. In 2008, he was asked by shareholders to step in as CEO of Yellow Pages Group to lead that Company through a period of dramatic change, including the restructure of the Company's $1.8 billion of debt.
Bruce is now a professional director with a portfolio comprising six Boards, and is Chairman of Swimming New Zealand. He is also a highly-regarded business communicator assisting organisations to maximise their performance and profitability. His consultancy clients have included Telstra Media, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, ANZ Bank, and a number of real estate, media, technology and retail organisations.
He is also regarded as "one of Australasia's leading conference keynote speakers; a wonderful storyteller who adds humour and inspiration to his presentations".
In 2018 Bruce published his first full length book entitled "The Best Leaders Don't Shout". He is also a regular columnist for Fairfax publications and Stuff.co.nz.
In his "spare time" he is a husband, father, lifeguard, ageing triathlete, competitive ocean swimmer and frustrated golfer.
Bruce Cotterill describes his career as a "vertical learning curve".
Bruce is a "transformation leader" with extensive experience across a range of industries - notably real estate, media, financial services, technology and retail - and a variety of ownership models, including public companies, partnerships and private equity.
Bruce is a passionate leader of change, and he is genuinely interested in high performance leadership and business improvement. A lifetime leader, who focuses on clear objectives, enhanced personnel engagement and improved customer orientation he has continuously delivered vastly improved results through his involvement in organisations.
As CEO, he has led real estate group Colliers in both New Zealand and Australia, Kerry Packer's ACP Magazines, and iconic New Zealand sportswear company Canterbury International. In 2008, he was asked by shareholders to step in as CEO of Yellow Pages Group to lead that Company through a period of dramatic change, including the restructure of the Company's $1.8 billion of debt.
Bruce is now a professional director with a portfolio comprising six Boards, and is Chairman of Swimming New Zealand. He is also a highly-regarded business communicator assisting organisations to maximise their performance and profitability. His consultancy clients have included Telstra Media, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, ANZ Bank, and a number of real estate, media, technology and retail organisations.
He is also regarded as "one of Australasia's leading conference keynote speakers; a wonderful storyteller who adds humour and inspiration to his presentations".
In 2018 Bruce published his first full length book entitled "The Best Leaders Don't Shout". He is also a regular columnist for Fairfax publications and Stuff.co.nz.
In his "spare time" he is a husband, father, lifeguard, ageing triathlete, competitive ocean swimmer and frustrated golfer.
Building Resilient Businesses
Bruce is a passionate leader of change. With unrivalled experience, and using a lifetime of entertaining stories to illustrate his views, Bruce will bring a different perspective to your leadership challenge including:
- The case for Leading Change
- The Role of the Leader
- Communication - What works in practice
- Engaging with your People
- Managing the Facebook Generation
The 7 Principles of Profit
The Greatest Question - 15 steps to effective leadership.
Bruce took on his first organisational leadership experience at the age of 16. Using his own experiences as a backdrop, Bruce will share 15 ideas that every leader should be aware of as they set about building their team and delivering for their customers.
The things I've learned - 30 years in 90 minutes.
A fast paced reflection on what can go right and wrong in business. Calling on Bruce's experiences as a CEO in five different organisations, often delivering outstanding results against the market trend, Bruce will share his experiences and lessons from a diverse career through his masterful storytelling and often humorous perspective.
Generation F - Managing Millennials
Just 29% of millennials worldwide are engaged at work. And only 17% of them feel that they receive meaningful feedback on a regular basis. Oh and ... 60% of them are looking for other job opportunities. Surprise surprise. Our generation of employers need to understand how to get the best our of these uniquely talented young people that are coming into our workforces. We'll share 10 tips for Managing Millennials better, as well as 10 ideas that you can pass on to them.
