Culture of Leadership

  Tracey Dean is the Owner and Director of BTS Accounting Services on the Central Coast with over 25 years experience in the finance world. She is very passionate about the continual improvement of the accounting and finance functions in organisations and using this information for improving the strategic business decision making process. Tracey started her corporate career with McDonald’s Austral...

  Sam Sooialo is the Owner & Director of Profit & Values . His areas of speciality include Executive Coaching, Business Change and Cultural Transformation. Sam’s focused specifically on bridging the gap between Operations and HR. Sam is heavily involved in the local community and is currently a Non Executive Director on the Boards of three local Not for Profit Organisations – Community SOS...

  Matt Sharp is the Owner & Director of Sharp Property Buyers , where he helps people secure their dream home or secure their future by investing in quality investment properties. Away from his buyers agent business, Matt coaches rugby league at the elite junior level with the Sydney Roosters .  Matt’s passion for property has seen him build a diverse portfolio over the last 8 years. His passi...

  The Importance of Self-Care for Leaders. Sean Smith is the New Installations Director for Schindler Lifts Singapore where he has lived since 2018. Prior to his move to Singapore , Sean held a number of different roles in the Jardine Schindler Group in Jakarta from 2013 to 2018. He also spent time in Shanghai working for Globaleye which is a financial planning and wealth management firm. Sean als...

  Thoughts from a Life-Long Learner. Stuart McLaren is the current Scottish National U16 Head Coach & Coaching Mentor for Performance Academy Coaching at the Scottish Football Association . He is a UEFA Pro Licence & AFC ‘A’ Licence qualified coach and was previously the Manager of Scottish Professional Football League club Stirling Albion FC . Stuart has more than 13 years experience coac...

  Leadership in Public Office. Adam Crouch is the NSW Liberal State Government Member for Terrigal . He is also the Government Whip, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Deputy Chair for the Standing Committee of Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics. ‘Crouchy’ as he is affectionately known, is an unbelievably hard working leader in the Central Coast Community. I doubt there is a street...

  What you need to know about meetings. Andrew Moore is the Principal Consultant in Australia for The Table Group , where he works with CEOs and Executive Teams to help them apply the concepts of organisational health .  His clients span a broad spectrum of organisations in fields including emergency services, construction, market research, travel, telecommunications, education and insurance. Prio...

  Building High Performing Teams. Tim Ferguson is a Director and Facilitator at a company called Leading Teams , which is a company focused on developing high performing teams and leaders. Tim joined Leading Teams in 2012 and is now based in Northern NSW . Prior to joining Leading Teams he spent fourteen years in business development roles. Primarily, this was in the vocational education and train...

  The Culture of Networking. This conversation was several months in the making. We had planned to do it in March, but then COVID-19 restrictions came in. We felt it would be far better if we could sit in the same room with each other and chat about networking. I’m so glad we waited. I really enjoy sitting down with my good friends, and fellow LinkedInLocal Central Coast co-hosts, Marc Charette an...

  The Power of Purpose. Simon Neylan is an experienced executive who is currently the General Manager of Alinta Apparel , as well as the Founder and Director of two start up businesses, Jangler and Schoolink .  It is fair to say Simon is a guy who likes to keep himself busy! I first met Simon a couple of years back. I remember it so clearly. We sat in a cafe in our local area and Simon shared with...

  The focus of our chat today is The Culture of Youth Development. Joey Peters is a Matildas legend who coincidentally wore the #10 shirt. She is the fifth most capped Matilda of all time, having represented the national Team 110 times between 1996 and 2009, scoring 28 goals.  Joey played in FIFA Women’s World Cups in 1999, 2003, & 2007. She was an Olympian at the 2004 Athens Games . She is an...

  The Culture of COVID-19. In this episode, the roles are reversed. Brendan is the interviewee, and he is being interviewed by Quang Ngyuen , from QN Coaching & Training . Quang asked Brendan to come onto a video series he is running during the COVID-19 period to talk about culture, leadership and teamwork and the impact this crisis is having in these areas. During this episode, Brendan shares...

  This episode is the 2nd half of my chat with Bernie Kelly . As a reminder, Bernie is an experienced executive who has led a number of turnaround and transformation periods across Logistics, Consumer Products, Food & Beverages, Health Care & MedTech. He has worked with approximately 100 leadership teams across Australia, NZ, and Asia and is known for setting up leaders and leadership team...

  The 4 Practices of Change-Fit Leadership Teams. Bernie Kelly has been on a journey of discovery over the last 25 years. It’s this journey and his experiences on it, that form the basis for his impending book release due out in June 2020. The book is titled ‘Traction: The 4 Practices of Change-Fit Leadership Teams’ and it’s the background culminating in this book, that we discuss in this intervie...

  Leadership Lessons in a Crisis. In this interview, we focus on the leadership lessons Matt Spindler has learnt during the crisis of COVID-19 , also called Coronavirus. Matt is a partner and co-owner of MCS Partners which is an Accounting firm on the Central Coast, NSW . Matt is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience working with small and medium businesses. His key areas of focus a...

  Are Leaders Born or Trained? This question is the focus of this episode, and it’s no secret what my guest, Melinda Reihberg thinks. And I have to say, I agree with her 100%. Melinda is the Director and Lead Trainer of a Leadership and Sales training consultancy called All Trained Up. Melinda has been a corporate trainer and facilitator for 18 years, and has worked in many countries and across va...

  Do you know how to build a trillion dollar culture? That’s what Scotty Schindler did. Scotty was the start up founder of a Real Estate Software business called ReNet . Scotty retired from ReNet in 2017 at the tender age of 46. At the time of his retirement, ReNet managed over 1.1 trillion dollars of property. Scotty’s journey has been described as the quintessential Australian success story. His...