Geoff Cousins's guest appearances

Geoff Cousins

Global Governance

Neocharismatic Leadership™

Independents CAN Podcast

Malcolm Turnbull

Mark Evans

Scott Ludlam

Tim Buckley

John Hewson

Barry Jones

Peter Hain

Oliver Yates

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Featuring Geoff Cousins, a highly successful Australian businessman, environmental activist, author, the founding chair of the Australian arm of the children’s charity Starlight Foundation, and the founding chair of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art.In 1995 Geoff became the first CEO Optus Vision, and for a decade he was a senior adviser to Prime Minister John Howard. From 2006 to 2015 he was on the board of Telstra IAG Insurance, Hudson Conway, PBL and Seven, and worked for 25 years with Australia’s leading advertising agency, George Patterson, rising to become Chairman.In 2007, Geoff published a novel called The Butcher Bird, which is set in Australian boardrooms, yachts, and waterfront mansions, a thriller that details shocking  corruption and disturbing, unethical and probably illegal, behaviour, perhaps inspired from some of the behaviour Geoff witnessed and was shocked by himself in the corporate world. The same year the Butcher Bird was published, Geoff Cousins became a ferocious environmental campaigner, opposing the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania and later the location of Woodside’s gas-processing plant north of Broome in 2012, taking aim at our recent guest, Malcolm Turnbull who was then environment minister.Geoff took on the role leading the Australian Conservation Foundation from 2014 to 2018, he took a very robust public stand against government support for the Adani coal mine in central Queensland. He has also served on the boards of the Smith Family, the Sydney Theatre Company and the St George Foundation.

Featuring Geoff Cousins, a highly successful Australian businessman, environmental activist, author, the founding chair of the Australian arm of the children’s charity Starlight Foundation, and the founding chair of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art. In 1995 Geoff became the first CEO Optus Vision, and for a decade he was a senior adviser to Prime Minister John Howard. From 2006 to 2015 he was on the board of Telstra IAG Insurance, Hudson Conway, PBL and Seven, and worked for 25 years with Australia’s leading advertising agency, George Patterson, rising to become Chairman. In 2007, Geoff published a novel called The Butcher Bird, which is set in Australian boardrooms, yachts, and waterfront mansions, a thriller that details shocking corruption and disturbing, unethical and probably illegal, behaviour, perhaps inspired from some of the behaviour Geoff witnessed and was shocked by himself in the corporate world. The same year the Butcher Bird was published, Geoff Cousins became a ferocious environmental campaigner, opposing the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania and later the location of Woodside’s gas-processing plant north of Broome in 2012, taking aim at our recent guest, Malcolm Turnbull who was then environment minister. Geoff took on the role leading the Australian Conservation Foundation from 2014 to 2018, he took a very robust public stand against government support for the Adani coal mine in central Queensland. He has also served on the boards of the Smith Family, the Sydney Theatre Company and the St George Foundation.

Episode 12: Geoff Cousins

After a long pause for the holidays and new year, we come back with great learning from a global leader in automotive industries Geoff Cousins. Geoff's professional journey from steelworks in his hometown Newport, South Wales to leading Jaguar through a huge #transformation as Managing Director 2006 -2012, and now to a successful NED #career, has been shaped by the personal influences and experiences he had been exposed to across different cultures and environments. This is a great episode for all #leaders at all levels #across-cultures who are focused on #ethicalleadership.Listen, on your favorite app on your smart devicehttp://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/podcast-enListen also to this episode on Youtubehttps://youtu.be/FzEpXX1w8yQFor the bookhttp://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/ncl-book/here is our #New-Year #2021 discount code for you to give a gift to yourself or a #leader you care about!KBV3BQHUfor #leadershipcoachinghttps://youtu.be/fZs13d7qGroor use it with any of our products here:http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/packages-prices/10% extra discount for #groupcoaching on this pagehttp://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/nct

After a long pause for the holidays and new year, we come back with great learning from a global leader in automotive industries Geoff Cousins. Geoff's professional journey from steelworks in his hometown Newport, South Wales to leading Jaguar through a huge #transformation as Managing Director 2006 -2012, and now to a successful NED #career, has been shaped by the personal influences and experiences he had been exposed to across different cultures and environments. This is a great episode for all #leaders at all levels #across-cultures who are focused on #ethicalleadership. Listen, on your favorite app on your smart device <a href="http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/podcast-en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/podcast-en</a> Listen also to this episode on Youtube <a href="https://youtu.be/FzEpXX1w8yQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/FzEpXX1w8yQ</a> For the book <a href="http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/ncl-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/ncl-book/</a> here is our #New-Year #2021 discount code for you to give a gift to yourself or a #leader you care about! KBV3BQHU for #leadershipcoaching <a href="https://youtu.be/fZs13d7qGro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/fZs13d7qGro</a> or use it with any of our products here: <a href="http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/packages-prices/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/packages-prices/</a> 10% extra discount for #groupcoaching on this page <a href="http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/nct" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.neocharismaticleadership.org/nct</a>

A Neocharismatic Leader's Journey -Geoff Cousins

Geoff Cousins is the former Global Director of Jaguar Cars UK and an international business consultant. He is also a visiting professor on the MSc Global Governance award at the University of South Wales.  Here he explains how he can share his extensive experience with our students.