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About Bruce

Inspiring leaders and managers to build champion teams and customers for life.

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.

    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

    Great session on leadership and how to get the best our of your people. Highly recommended!

    David Latu, Rooms Division Manager The Heritage Hotel
    David Latu, Rooms Division Manager

    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

    I have heard many trainers, Bruce would be one of the best I have heard and most relevant to our business

    Glenn Baker - Manager, One Tree Hill Bayleys
    Glenn Baker - Manager, One Tree Hill

    Once in a decade a business “How To” book comes along that really breaks the mould, and here it is. Cotterill knows the game and with skill and inside knowledge provides a perfect guide through the pitfalls of management and leadership. The Best Leaders Don’t Shout nails the course … it is a sheer delight. Cotterill has indeed been there and done most of it. His writing is concise and razor sharp and it reads like a novel, a guide book and a mentor to your business ambition. Don’t miss out.

    Sir Bob Harvey, Former Mayor, Waitakere City, New Zealand, Author, Professional Director 
    Sir Bob Harvey, Former Mayor, Waitakere City, New Zealand, Author, Professional Director

    This book challenges the old adage  “leaders are born not made”. Calling on his wide CEO experience Bruce provides an insightful and practical reference to the key elements of leadership. I would recommend it to any aspiring leader wishing to fast track their skills and career.

    Gary Gwynne, Founder Colenso, Founder Rodd & Gunn, Professional Director 
    Gary Gwynne, Founder Colenso, Founder Rodd & Gunn, Professional Director

    As my business coach Lisa challenged me and the beliefs that were holding me back, helped me understand how to use my strengths and talents best, and introduced me to highly practical and effective strategies which we introduced in my business – without taking any unnecessary risks. My life and my business transformed, and I went from struggling to keep my business open to selling it for a healthy profit, starting another business, and retiring. I always felt that Lisa truly cared about what I wanted, and what was important to me. Outstanding.

    Noel Johnston - Business Owner MTF Dunedin
    Noel Johnston - Business Owner

    I learnt a great deal out of the two days especially from Bruce’s stories. I walked around and talked to over 40 team members 4-5pm today. Feeling 10 feet tall and that’s actually one of the most enjoyable part of my career with ANZ to date.

    Jack Hou, Head of Asian/Migrant Bank, Retail & Business Banking Central ANZ Bank
    Jack Hou, Head of Asian/Migrant Bank, Retail & Business Banking Central

    The impact of Bruce’s material was so significant on me and my business that I purchased 600 copies and sent them to my clients.

    James Collins, Managing Director Bluesky Wireless
    James Collins, Managing Director

    IN MY OPINION…