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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.

    Bruce is an inspiring and engaging speaker who can tailor his vast depth of experience to add real value to your business and your challenges. Bruce has added real value to our team, and inspired change to move from good to great. His ability to challenge current thinking in a way that allows people to discover their own solutions has been really beneficial.

    Rodney King, General Manager Retail and Business Banking ANZ Bank
    Rodney King, General Manager Retail and Business Banking

    Bruce Cotterill has walked the walk and he has now very ably talked the talk. This book clearly identifies that excellence in business is a journey and not a destination. He has cleverly guided the reader down the leadership highway regardless of where they are commencing their trip. Bruce has considerable experience across a broad range of platforms and I found his ideas, examples and guidance insightful and, most importantly, practical. This book is a compelling read and there is something valuable in here for everyone, no matter what your experience or background may be. I am confident that it will provide added clarity and focus to your planning and help you with your leadership journey no matter how far down that road you are.

    Colonel (Retired) Jim Blackwell, ONZM, NZSAS, CEO Kauri Group Companies
    Colonel (Retired) Jim Blackwell, ONZM, NZSAS, CEO

    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

    Your session was very well received and rated very highly receiving an ‘Excellent’ from the majority.

    Kimberly Poutler, Event Manager &, Chief Customer Officer  BT Financial Group
    Kimberly Poutler, Event Manager &, Chief Customer Officer

    It was my highlight of the conference attending your presentation. …I consider the most relevant: “Be Clear about what you are trying to achieve – Real clarity makes decision making easier.”  This is what I took from your presentation and already it has made my life at Radio Rentals more streamlined. It does make decisions easier when my team and I have a clear goal and purpose.  I included your key points in last weeks branch team meeting and all my team were impressed with your insight.

    Tony Kennedy, Store Manager Radio Rentals
    Tony Kennedy, Store Manager

    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

    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

    I want to thank you, again, for your presentation.  I’ve attended many, many, professional presentations over the years, and yours was one of the best I’ve seen.  Both the style of presenting and — most important — the content were fabulous.  And your point about change and lack of predictability resonate with me, because I’ve been preaching to my students for years that advertising is all about change, and they should not only get comfortable with it, but should embrace it.

    Jef Richards, Professor & Chair, Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing Michigan State University, USA
    Jef Richards, Professor & Chair, Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing

    I read a lot of business books and some of them we use as references as we coach executives and professional CEO’s to get incrementally better at their leadership craft. This book is one that will be used as a reference. It simplifies and offers practical advice based on Bruce’s business experience. Most importantly it reminds all of us leading in a complicated world that leadership is all about the connecting with “people” and getting things done.

    Kendall Langston, Chief Executive Advisory.Works
    Kendall Langston, Chief Executive

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