Leaders Getting Coffee with Bruce Cotterill
Leaders Getting Coffee with Bruce Cotterill
Kiwis seem to be debating the big issues more than ever before. Whether it’s house prices, the state of the economy, or the performance of our political leaders, most of us aren’t lacking for an opinion. One of the things we don’t talk about that much is the need for good leadership. And it’s not just the politicians that need to take note. Whether you are running a sports team, a small business,…Social links:
Episode 31: Winston Peters
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 31, our guest is The Right Honourable Winston Peters. Deputy Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Winston Peters has confirmed that he is keen to run again in the 2026 election, citing the need to finish the job they’ve started. The New Zealand First leader will …
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Episode 30: Bridget Snelling
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 30, our guest is New Zealand Country Manager for Xero, Bridget Snelling. Bridget completed her law degree at Auckland University before settling into the traditional first job of graduate lawyer at one of the city’s prestige law firms. Then everything changed. To…
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Episode 29: Sir Robert McLeod
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 29, our guest is business leader Sir Robert McLeod. Rob grew up near Gisborne on the East Coast of New Zealand and over the last forty years has become one of New Zealand’s most influential business leaders of our time. His career started as a tax specialist at K…
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Episode 28: Dr. Muriel Newman.
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 28, our guest is the former ACT Party Member of Parliament and NZCPR Founder, Dr. Muriel Newman. Dr. Newman moved to New Zealand with her family as a young girl, and brought with her an approach to her education typified by her desire not to let her parents down. …
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Episode 27: Jordan Williams
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 27 we take a close up look at how governments and local authorities spend our tax and rates money. Our guest for this quest is Jordan Williams, co-founder of The Taxpayers Union, a purpose driven organisation established over ten years ago with a view to campaig…
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Episode 26: Jamie Beaton
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 26, we are back into the topic of education, this time with an entrepreneurial CEO with a vision for a better world through education. Dr. Jamie Beaton is the 29 year old co-founder of Crimson Education Group. He has carried a passion for education, borne of an …
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Episode 25: Nigel Avery
Hard on the heels of the Paris Olympics, our guest for Leaders Getting Coffee episode 25, is Nigel Avery, Chef de Mission of our Olympic team. Inspired as a seven year old watching John Walker’s Olympic Gold medal race in 1976, Avery set his sights on going to the Olympic games. He became one of …
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Episode 24: Danu Abeysuriya
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 24, we’re talking technology with the founder of one of New Zealand’s most innovative software engineering companies. Like all good tech stories, this one started in a garage 14 years ago. That was when Danu Abeysuriya founded Rush Digital, a software developmen…
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Episode 23: Dr Michael Bassett
Forty years ago one of the most transformational governments in New Zealand history was sworn in. That government, led by the larger than life David Lange, who was accompanied by financial architect Roger Douglas, had the task of overhauling the country’s fragile economy. Sitting in the inner sanc…
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Episode 22: Craig Stobo
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 22, we speak to the newly appointed Chairman of the Financial Markets Authority, Craig Stobo. Craig is perhaps best known in investment and financial circles, and as a Chair of various and corporate organisations. But his leadership story runs deep – from mountain…
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