About Bruce
Bruce Rosengarten has enjoyed a comprehensive background in senior executive management across a variety of industries. He is well regarded as a proven, inspiring leader who works successfully across diverse cultures, and in building great teams and people. He develops and delivers strategy in a customer focused manner through his people, thinks widely and conceptually, always seeking to take the next step and challenge the status quo. Team members who have worked in Bruce's teams consistently speak of the inspiration, the drive and passion that emanates from Bruce's leadership. They also talk of his strong human nature, his care and concern for the individual and his ability to lift the person and the team to new achievements.
Bruce now heads a portfolio of activities, Chairing Advisory Boards, Non Executive Director roles, coaching CEOs and their teams, mentoring start ups, consulting to companies and speaking on Leadership. In 2017, Bruce attended the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program where he had the opportunity to learn with world leading professors. Bruce's executive career across significant C suite executive roles at Caltex, Shell, Weight Watchers, Coles Myer and Crown has provided him with a unique cross industry career and leadership experience. Bruce has led diverse teams to build new strategies for growth options and executed in different markets opportunities.
A few of Bruce’s career highlights include:
- Led the development of the Caltex retail strategy and the launch of The Foodary
- Conceived and led the alliance between Coles and Shell, replicating this in NZ and Singapore
- Led the highly successful entry of Shell Retail into Indonesia and India
- Built Shell Asia Pac/ ME Retail into the market leader in preference and profitability
- Conceived and led the global re-launch of the Shell brand
- Negotiated to form a Joint Venture with major Chinese State owned company
- Awarded the first ever CEO Customer prize in Shell
- Led the launch of branded premium fuels, creating a global phenomena in mass market
- Launched the largest ever Asian marketing campaign by an Australian company when at Crown
- Led the team to win the Best Department Store in the World award in 1991
Bruce has also held senior roles in several associations including Chairman of the International Committee and a member of the Board for the National Association of Convenience Stores. He has presented and spoken on a wide range of topics and has been both a non executive and executive Board member to several companies and not for profit organisations, including being Chairman of a large not for profit humanitarian organisation.
Passionate Leadership
Bruce Rosengarten is a veteran when it comes to leadership and success. In Passionate Leadership, his no-nonsense and thoroughly compelling book—a must-have for every aspiring manager on the move in organisations and industries of every size and objective—the author’s primary focus is success and how to attain it. What is practical leadership, and how can managers combine practicality with passion?
This is a compelling and important book in which Bruce opens doors leading to innovative and highly workable ideas. From internal company politics—what he terms the politics for success—and his philosophy that successful colleagues foster success for everyone on that team; from the ethics of leadership to the keys to winning and how to motivate a team to play to win in the global marketplace, the author explores, shares, and encourages through anecdotal passages, personal observation, and thirty years of leading others. Bruce delivers the information with passion and fervor, always zeroing in on the essence of what matters most: being the best and most imaginative leader possible.
Readers who want to get ahead will find a straightforward guide, and also a meticulously created roadmap leading toward increased skills, innovative ideas, a stronger sense of purpose, and enhanced leadership techniques. If there is one book that will make it happen, this is it.
Passionate Leadership is a compelling no-nonsense book for every manager desiring to grow and succeed as a leader in industries and organizations of all sizes and objectives. What is practical leadership, and how can managers combine practicality with passion?
Leadership Speaker
Bruce Rosengarten is an entertaining and engaging speaker. He brings his passion to each and every attendee. Bruce shares his passion and encourages attendees to grow and seek constant opportunities of “supportive discomfort”. Bruce can speak on multiple leadership topics and always brings anecdotes of his 40 years experience to demonstrate the realities of being a leader. When you spend time in a leadership discussion with Bruce you will have been stimulated and engaged in real life leadership conversations. You will be empowered to build your leadership skills and excited by your next steps in being a better leader. Bruce can share his knowledge and engage his audience. This is never a one-way conversation, Bruce ensures participation and growth are two fundamentals of each and every session. Be ready to get involved!
Board, Coaching and Consulting
Through an extensive career of over 15 years in diverse and deep governance experience and training, Bruce brings a thorough understanding of risk, financial analysis and performance monitoring and management. This diverse governance experience has included family-based businesses, private companies, ASX listed, not for profit, joint ventures, industry associations, company subsidiaries as well as attending years of Board meetings as a C suite executive. Currently, Bruce sits on several Advisory Boards across various industries, Chairs a not for Profit, and Chairs a critical national industry panel. Each of these roles has required extensive skills to build collaboration and bring parties together. Ensuring clear vision and agreed plans have facilitated these outcomes. Bruce is a member of the AICD and holds the GAICD qualification.
In his consulting work, Bruce has used his executive and leadership experience across various industries. As a coach and mentor, as a consultant and adviser to various industries and executives and their teams. He has worked with large consulting companies to bring additional expertise to their own thinking. He has supported ASX listed companies in building strategy and tackling challenges as well as set up and personally coached executives in building their leadership and executive skills. He is known to be candid and straightforward in the way he deals with his clients.
Excerpt of the Book
I am delighted to provide an opportunity for you to receive a small excerpt from Chapter 2 of Passionate Leadership – it deals with the first simple basic rule of leadership – personal accountability for your teams performance – what I call the seventy per cent rule. Too often leaders fail to recognise the role they played in affecting the performance of an individual or a team..read enjoy and I hope you want the whole book!