Bob B., PCC

Bob is a sought-after Executive Leadership Coach who works with senior leaders around the world. His extensive cross-cultural and corporate expertise spans 18 countries and hundreds of companies. Bob has actually ‘sat in the chair’ as a Manager, Director, VP, CFO, CEO, and Consultant. He’s ridden shotgun with crazed founders in small fast-growing entities, owned his own business, taken on senior global roles with some of the biggest companies and brands in the world, managed teams from 3 to 1300, successfully raised two daughters AND he’s managed to maintain a sense of humor!  Bob’s approach blends years of hands-on management expertise with organizational dynamics, values-based motivation and plain talk to transform good leaders into great leaders.

MY PASSION TO COACH

  • Coached leaders and senior executives in the following industry sectors: Corporate Services, Banking, Consumer Goods, Energy, Financial Services, Food Service, Media, Non-Profit, Pharma, Retail and Tech.
  • Discovering what really matters to you, along with accountability and knowledgeable support from someone who’s ‘been there’ can make a huge difference in getting to know your best self, showing up as a Leader, improving others – and your organization!

MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Coached a Consultant as he transitioned from an external one man show to team leader in a senior role within the digital space of the entertainment industry.
  • Helped an ‘overwhelmed’ Fortune 500 Marketing VP regain control and balance in her life, gain comfort with a new promotion to SVP and a team that tripled in size.
  • Guided a divisional GM at a Fortune 50 company as her business unit transitioned from a vertical model suffering significant losses to a licensing model (after massive restructuring) achieving multi-million dollar profits.
  • Coached the COO of one of the largest consumer electronics firms who then went on to become CEO
  • Coached the operations head of a global food service firm in charge of 30,000 employees
  • Coached a senior petroleum industry exec as she transitioned from Engineer to the head of an entire business unit with hundreds of employees
  • Over the years Bob has helped hundreds work on themselves, their careers and their organizations.

MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Accountant CM&R Chartered Accountants, Australia
  • Financial Controller Banjo’s Bakery chain, Australia
  • CFO, then CEO, Sega Enterprises Australia
  • Director Finance & Strategy, Global Category Head, The Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles
  • VP International Licensing Asia & Latin America, Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles
  • Brings over 3 decades of business experience around the world

MY CREDENTIALS

  • International Coach Federation, Professional Certified Coach
  • Also a member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • B. Commerce, University of Tasmania, Australia