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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.

    The day was delivered in a very structured manner, easy to follow. Clear and straight forward dialogue.

    Joan Barton, Residential Sales Consultant Bayleys Real Estate
    Joan Barton, Residential Sales Consultant

    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 – top 100 business thought leader in America. Top 500 Leadership Development Expert in the World
    John Spence – top 100 business thought leader in America.

    Doesn’t matter whether you’ve been in real estate 6 months or 6 years, there’s a huge amount you can take from this.

    David Annan - Director James Group
    David Annan - Director

    Bruce is a talented, experienced man with a lot of interesting and engaging stories putting ‘theory’ into real life examples and experience. The sessions were relevant, simple, interactive and useful for every day leadership and leaders of all experiences

    Jenna Hyland, Senior Wealth Specialist ANZ Bank
    Jenna Hyland, Senior Wealth Specialist

    We have had the pleasure of working with Lisa at 2degrees. We sought her support for helping our people develop capability and confidence, particularly in the areas of disruption and innovation. I would recommend Lisa if you are looking for a business partner who can help you break out of your current operating paradigm take off your blinkers and create a new world. Lisa is willing to share her wealth of business experience and insights. I would highly recommend her.

    Helen Roach - Head of Talent Two Degrees Mobile
    Helen Roach - Head of Talent

    Lisa has challenged me more than just about anyone, and that’s no mean feat. As a former Commando Officer and Green Beret with the British Royal Marines, and Great Britain Combined Services Rugby representative I’m used to being pushed to my limits – and beyond. With Lisa as my business coach I have managed to break through my own glass ceiling. In 6 months my profit  has grown 250%, and I’m happier than I’ve been in a very long time. We have much left to do to realise my vision – and we’ll be doing it together. Lisa is unwaivering in her support, insightful, and in many ways a visionary. She has a unique way of not pulling any punches, while being respectful and considerate.

    Steve Hall - Business Owner Fitforce Ltd & Commando Clothing
    Steve Hall - Business Owner

    Worthwhile – would recommend to others. Very impressed! Great day thank you.

    And two weeks later… “I really valued your time and ideas shared with the group and over the last two weeks I’ve been implementing some of your ideas. It was highly thought provoking and gave me encouragement on what I was currently doing and also clarity of purpose.”

    Kristina Marmont, Branch Manager Harcourts Milford Cooper & Co Ltd
    Kristina Marmont, Branch Manager

    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

    I read 50+ business books a year and in my humble opinion this is one of the best. Right up there with Dale Carnegie and Jim Collins. I am going to buy a copy for each of my SLT and we will use the framework as a catalyst for our strategy planning and execution in 2019

    Dean Addie, CEO EIS Automation and Electrical
    Dean Addie, CEO

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