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About Bruce

As a five time CEO and current Company Chairman and Director, Bruce is a proven transformation leader with extensive experience across a range of industries including real estate, media, financial services, technology and retail. He is a passionate leader of change, and he believes that better leadership is critical to improving business performance through people.

His various achievements include:

  • Led real estate giant Colliers out of the 1990’s property recession;
  • In six months took a single product from losing $600,000 per year to a $2.2 million profit;
  • Also led Kerry Packer’s ACP Media, and iconic NZ company Canterbury International;
  • Oversaw the largest debt restructure in NZ corporate history – $1.8 billion at Yellow Pages Group;
  • Has made over 2,000 speeches and presentations in NZ, Australia, Asia, UK and USA.

Bruce is now a professional director with a portfolio comprising six boards, is a highly regarded advisor to business leaders, and is one of Australasia’s leading conference keynote speakers.

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    The best leaders don’t shout

    How to engage your people, manage millennials and get things done.

    In The Best Leaders Don’t Shout five time CEO Bruce Cotterill shares the lessons he learned fixing broken businesses and rebuilding shattered teams. In this jargon free book and enlightened pathway to improving business performance, Bruce tells memorable stories and shares simple tools, lists and templates, summaries and questions that will help everyone from CEOs to team leaders to build better workplaces, more engaged teams, and happier customers.

    Once you read this book, you’ll want a copy for each and every person on your leadership team. Your people will thank you, and so will your customers, and bank manager.

    This is a very powerful book filled with laser-focused insights on how to lead an organisation to great success. It is one of the few business books I would consider a must read.

    John Spence – USA Top 100 Business Thought Leader

    OveR 5000 copies sold IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Do you aspire to be a better leader?  purchase your copy today.

    An excellent handbook that reminds us of the distinction between management and leadership. The former is about sweat; the latter is more about vision, strategy and inspiration. Cotterill laces his prose with memorable aphorisms and intelligent reflections.  A very good read for reflective executives and eager students.

    Dr. David J. Teece CNZM Institute for Business Innovation, Haas School, University of California Berkeley
    Dr. David J. Teece CNZM

    At Telstra, I engaged Bruce to lead for me a critical review of an operating division within the Telstra Media portfolio, targeted at improving overall business performance through a refinement of the strategy and including customer value proposition, go-to-market execution and post sale customer care.  The output of the review was a number of recommendations, many of which were implemented, resulting in improved product performance, profitability and customer satisfaction scores. Bruce engaged very effectively with incumbent leaders, building trust and collaboration. I would recommend Bruce as a consultant to lead any business improvement project.

    Rick Ellis, Group Executive Telstra Media
    Rick Ellis, Group Executive

    Thanks for taking us through a very thought provoking couple of days, would recommend to anyone.

    Rod Dale, Quality Manager The Drug Detection Agency
    Rod Dale, Quality Manager

    Bruce has a broad experience in leadership and shares his insights, tools and approaches through great story telling. Keeping leadership simple and focusing on what you want to achieve through great communication with your teams is the focus of the masterclass, with lots of practical ways to action changes to enhance your current leadership approach. Great investment in your future as a leader!

    Danielle Chew, Performance and Delivery Manager ANZ Bank
    Danielle Chew, Performance and Delivery Manager

    This course was enlightening, informative and a shot in the arm I needed. I feel I’m better armed after completing this course to tackle the daily challenges of managing people and building a profitable business. Bruce Cotterill is a fantastic speaker and I would recommend to any organisation that wants to succeed in business.

    Lucky Lopesi, NI Operations Manager Move Logistics
    Lucky Lopesi, NI Operations Manager

    Brilliant Masterclass. The most engaging and tangible 2 day course I have attended. Bruce has given me some useful ideas and processes which all make sense without complexity. This will absolutely help me connect the dots to lead a successful team. If you want to achieve what you want to achieve, Bruce will make it happen!

    Michael Edmonds, Regional Manager Business Banking ANZ Bank
    Michael Edmonds, Regional Manager Business Banking

    You set the mood, the tone and appetite for more with your involvement and style that was sustained right through the day. Thank you for that and for being such a personable  and active force in the event.

    Tony Pearse Deer Industry NZ
    Tony Pearse

    Heard Lisa speak and to say it resonated was an understatement! Love your thinking and approach Lisa – thanks for sharing!

    Carol Brown - CEO Diversitas and RoleWorks
    Carol Brown - CEO

    For over three decades I have observed Bruce transition from successful office solutions salesperson to inspiring Stanford Business School trained CEO, Director and Chairman.  In “The Best Leaders Don’t Shout” he now shares the lessons, insights and ideas, from his remarkable leadership journey.  I thoroughly recommend this book as compelling reading for any leader of business and people.

    Rick Ellis, Chief Executive Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
    Rick Ellis, Chief Executive

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