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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.

    It’s not often that you get a speaker who connects with everyone in the audience from 25 to 65 years old and ranging from small business owners to senior corporate managers. If this is what you are after, Bruce is your man. Ranging from leadership to management, managing millennials and sharing entertaining and thought provoking anecdotes Bruce nailed it. If you haven’t yet had Bruce as a keynote speaker you have a treat in store.

    Dave Hooker, Executive Director Association of Convenience Stores
    Dave Hooker, Executive Director

    Amazing, 90 minutes of informative, inspirational, engaging and very practical presentation … your stories are certainly excellent teaching tools.

    Lynn Lawton, Manager The Depot Artspace
    Lynn Lawton, Manager

    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

    I really enjoyed your talk. It was informative and entertaining. The beginning was fantastic when you started talking right next to me, and engaged the whole room by being in the audience and walking amongst us.  I was in Real Estate for 8 years and often saw speakers and trainers, but none as engaging as you.  Thanks again for your inspirational talk.

    Stephen Langridge, South Island Account Manager Thermakraft
    Stephen Langridge, South Island Account Manager

    Bruce had the difficult job of being the closing presenter at the Rotary Youth Leadership Programme.  From the start he captivated the 30 young leaders in the room, making his leadership points clearly with interesting and real stories. It is amazing to see someone with such an extensive corporate background connecting so well with young people starting out their careers.  Everyone in the room could relate to the messages & there were many.  Outstanding!

    Barry Larsen, Youth Director Rotary
    Barry Larsen, Youth Director

    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

    Lisa delivered her Adapter Factor workshop to a select group of 2degrees change agents. The 1 day course received rave reviews with comments like “it was awesome I was engaged beginning to end”. The process also generated insightful change ideas that could be game changers for our business. I would highly recommend Lisa to your business if you’re serious about building innovation.

    Sarah Friis

    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

    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

    IN MY OPINION…

    NZ must get ready for post-Covid world

    NZ must get ready for post-Covid world

    You can’t help but wonder what people around the world might be thinking. As they sit in their locked down towns and cities, staring at their overused TV screens, looking at the clear blue skies of a New Zealand summer and the spectacle of America’s Cup yachts sailing at roaring speeds across the Waitematā Harbour, they must be saying “wow”.