Rod Douglas

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Brisbane City, QLD, AU
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Whether you are looking for a break through, step change or next season of success in your business, my passion is working alongside owners and executive leaders of high-growth businesses to help them make positive change possible. As the principal advisor to founder and owner led businesses, and family businesses in transition my expertise in culture, strategy and value makes a real difference. I’m generally engaged when challenges emerge around succession, progression or crisis.I take a board and governance based approach, supporting owners to integrate best practice behaviors that allow the development of effective and powerful teams to build success and deliver freedom while step changing the rate of growth.My clients range from family-owned enterprises to ASX-listed companies. I’m most known for long-term client engagement that bring a higher order of accountability, responsibility and reward and can last for decades. However, I’m also frequently brought in to provide strategic advice and mentoring for short-term engagements, helping leaders define the pathway and develop the capability needed to spearhead their next season of growth. I help leaders create a brightness of future and engage their people in a unified journey.In everything I do, I work from a proven framework that draws together the amazing synergy of culture, strategy and value. My reputation is for empowering organisations to win by:• Building a vision and defining and reinforcing their culture• Documenting how to move toward that vision via strategic and operational plans that address the key areas of governance, people and capability• Building executive teams that deliver accountability outcomes and freedom for the owners and families we serve• Intentionally creating greater market value – not just profit – in the processThrough this work, and my passion for sustainability at business and ecological levels, I relish the opportunity to spend every day working to put the humanity back into business.

Rod Douglas's Current Company Details
Andersens Flooring & Window Furnishings

Andersens Flooring & Window Furnishings

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Chariman
Brisbane City, QLD, AU
Website:
andersens.com.au
Employees:
134
Rod Douglas Work Experience Details
  • Andersens Flooring & Window Furnishings
    Chariman
    Andersens Flooring & Window Furnishings
    Brisbane City, Qld, Au
  • Private Wealth Network
    Chairman - Investment Portfolio Peer Group
    Private Wealth Network Sep 2023 - Present
    Our mission is to Make Wealth Meaningful for member families, individuals and their communities. We believe that private wealth can be a major force for positive change. We support our members to engage with their wealth positively and have a meaningful impact for their families and the wider world.Founded in Australia, PWN is a global membership community for individuals and families of significant wealth. With activities across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and connections to Asia, Europe and the U.S.
  • Shine Justice
    Non Executive Director
    Shine Justice Dec 2020 - Present
    Brisbane, Qld, Au
    Bought in to provide strategic guidance to the business in a period where growth and performance had plateaued, we built a plan that resulted in the refreshing of the board, a refocus on the businesses culture, a rebranding of the corporate entity, a reinvigoration of strategy plan and simplification to organisation wide one page planning and a focus on delivering value. After the initial implementation I was invited to join the board and now serve as a Non Executive Director.
  • Bishopp
    Non Executive Chairman
    Bishopp Mar 2018 - Present
    Kelvin Grove, Qld, Au
    Bishopp commenced operation in 1993 as a father-and-son business with the development of their first billboard in Maryborough, Queensland.30 years on, Bishopp has evolved into Australia and New Zealand’s leading and largest regional Out of Home media provider.In 2017, Bishopp expanded its offering into airports, increasing its total assets by 2500+ opportunities across 23 locations throughout Australia and New Zealand. With reach to not only major cities but also regional sectors and the road-traffic in-between, Bishopp’s ever-expanding inventory provides opportunities for both local business and international corporations.Now employing a staff of more than 60, holding relationships with over 500 property owners, and helping to promote over 1000 businesses every year; Bishopp is an industry leader in out of home advertising.
  • Successystems
    Ceo & Owner
    Successystems 1993 - Present
    Successystems is a specialist consultancy that supports high-growth businesses and empowers leaders to define their culture and the vision that drives it, map a strategy to move from today toward that vision, and intentionally create greater market value in the process. A key part of my role is to give leaders clarity and certainty regarding what they need to aim for – and do – to achieve a break through, step change or next season of success.My approach provides a clear road map to everyone in a business, driving accountability and responsibility and ensuring a team shares in the rewards and celebrations of progress. It also helps leaders build the capability they need to lead their people on the journey. My passion is seeing organisations create a brightness of future, and developing a pathway that engages the entire business in a unified cause.
  • Plarre Foods Pty Ltd
    Chairman & Shareholder
    Plarre Foods Pty Ltd Jan 2009 - Present
    The Plarre family is one of Australia’s longest standing bakery families, with a business spanning more than 123 years and today in its fourth generation of ownership. Plarre Foods is the holding company that owns Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses, an iconic Melbourne brand with 85 stores, as well as the nationally distributed Pie Society wholesale brand.My work with the owners and management team has focused on supporting streamlined succession, strategy development, widespread governance improvements and professional management development, as well as attracting the right funding to support their processes of change.Key achievements as a result include:• Successfully transitioning from the third to fourth generation of leadership• Leading the Plarre family through the process of buying out a 30-year combative joint venture• Within the first six months of the buyout, helping the business realise a 100 per cent profit increase• Driving the development of a new business model based on frozen logistics to enable the business to move from being a Melbourne icon to a national business• Guiding Puckles’ establishment, brand development, government funding and launch, and proving the viability of a national expansion model – with the business delivering 30 per cent more sales on average than its closest industry benchmark on launch• Building a wholesale strategy, developing the ‘Pie Society’ brand to deliver premium delicious frozen pies into the freezer isle of Australia’s supermarkets. Launching in partnership with Woolworths we are made it to number 3 in cabinet at the end of our first year of trading and are now available from over 2000 stores across the country in Woolworths, IGA and Coles.the development of a new business model based on frozen logistics to enable the business to move from being a Melbourne icon to a national business• Launched our first drive through and convenience petrol offers into the Melbourne market
  • Trans-Tasman Business Circle
    Queensland Chairman
    Trans-Tasman Business Circle 2009 - Present
    Bondi Junction, Nsw, Au
    The Trans-Tasman Business Circle is the leading network and strategic growth partner for business and government between Australia and New Zealand. It supports clients in building their strategic relationships, accessing executive-level business insights and developing their profile. The group leverages an influential network that extends to leaders across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the wider region. As the Queensland Chairman, I lead the network’s development in the State while contributing to the strategic direction of the group at a national level. This includes hosting all the State’s events including pioneering new programs such as the emerging leaders dialogue.
  • Bozzo Group & Lotus Living
    Chairman
    Bozzo Group & Lotus Living Jun 2016 - Dec 2023
    The Bozzo Group is the family investment business of the Bozzo family. With a clear strategy of investing in property, agriculture and hospitality, the family is leveraging 50 years of successful entrepreneurial growth and investment.Lotus Living is the property development management company for the group. With many completed developments, Lotus Living is currently developing the premium mixed use residential and commercial community of Jubilee in Wyndham Vale with a targeted population of 15,000 is the developer of Silverwoods, Yarrawonga, the UDIA Victorian Masterplanned Development for 2022 a 1,000 lot residential community that integrates the award winning 4.5 star The Sebel Yarrawonga hotel, as well as Black Bull golf course, rated 57 of 1500 courses in Australia.The Bozzo’s have a long and proud history in agriculture with 20,000 acres across 2 states of cropping and livestock, Bridgewater Eggs and Prime Stockfeed which is a specialist producer of poultry and layer feeds for the Victorian market. It provides customized high quality feed to deliver high growth and production rates.
  • University Of Southern Queensland
    Associate Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre For Sustainable Business & Development
    University Of Southern Queensland Oct 2010 - Sep 2023
    Toowoomba, Queensland, Au
    The Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development (ACSBD) supports a broad-based research program dedicated to promoting sustainability innovation. It spans fields as diverse as business and commerce, government and public policy, regional economic development, and organisational governance and strategy, as well as the achievement of sustainable communities. The Centre is established at all three USQ campuses – at Springfield, Toowoomba and Hervey Bay – where an innovative community research partnership in economic development and enterprise is underway. I provide ongoing strategic advice and support to the leadership team with a particular focus on integrating ecological values and sustainability principles with existing and new economic and business models including exploring innovative funding mechanisms.
  • Riverbank Stockfeeds
    Chairman
    Riverbank Stockfeeds Apr 2016 - Nov 2020
    Wyndham Vale, Victoria, Au
    Riverbank Stockfeeds is an exciting Victorian business that proudly provides high-quality, good-value feed to Victorian livestock farmers. With dairy, poultry and specialised ranges, all products have been developed using the team’s own livestock, nutritional knowledge and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques. Today, Riverbank Stockfeeds, with its strong family heritage, offers more than 20 years of farming experience to connect livestock farmers with the right mix of feed solutions.As Chairman, my core focus is supporting the business through a major season of growth to ensure a sustainable future.
  • Redd
    Founder
    Redd Sep 2016 - Jan 2020
    Brisbane, Queensland, Au
    REDD is set to transform the way businesses manage and extend their digital capability. The team’s offer spans effectively all aspects of digital – from fundamental infrastructure and processes right through to sales and marketing assets. When it comes to improving an organisation’s technology, REDD helps clients achieve digital excellence. The work starts through a detailed current-state audit, with the goal of finding a minimum 25 per cent cost reduction. Those savings then form the foundation of a reinvestment in digital capability, better equipping clients to achieve their goals.REDD is a start-up enterprise but with the strength of a highly-experienced management team. As the Executive Chairman, I’m guiding the leadership team in positioning REDD’s unique offer in the market.
  • Dodgshun Medlin
    Chairman
    Dodgshun Medlin Jul 1996 - Oct 2018
    Swan Hill, Vic, Au
    Dodgshun Medlin is an integrated financial and enterprise consultancy that guides the rural enterprise and personal wealth strategies of farming, industry and commerce across a broad sweep of regional Australia. We provide generations-deep understanding of needs, challenges, ambitions and opportunities in our communities. Evolving from an accounting practice, the business now provides an all-encompassing service under one roof that empowers clients to plan their enterprise, life and legacy with foresight, clarity and confidence. We deliver Collins Street solutions to the bush, by people who love farmers.As Chairman of the independent board, I’m responsible for the strategic development and professionalising of governance and management. Central to this has been supporting the succession of the business into the next generation of leadership under the owner’s three sons.Key achievements since I began with the business include:• Growing the firm from a team of eight to more than 60• Guiding the development, and delivery to Australian farming families, of an innovative Farm Futures program that provides 30-year strategies for families on the land, supporting clients’ short to long-term planning, encompassing production, investment and succession implications• Supporting the diversification of our team with six offices including in Melbourne and Manila• Developing and launching an independent agronomy offer that has transformed farming in the Mallee• Guiding the development of an expert and professional executive team providing shared service support across all business areas
  • Mr Rental
    Chairman & Shareholder
    Mr Rental Feb 2011 - Dec 2017
    Au
    Mr Rental is Australia and New Zealand’s premier appliance rental business with more than 88 franchised territories. It is a stellar example of a husband and wife team taking an innovative idea in the early 1980s and growing it into a major franchising success story today. While it is a mature brand with a proven service offering, my role is to drive its transformation in the midst of dramatic regulatory reform and support the executive team in positioning Mr Rental for the next decade of growth.Key achievements under my leadership include:• Professionalising the business’ governance including establishing a professional management team able to lead a listed entity• Transforming a traditional franchise operation into a regulated and licenced model that is capital attractive• Supporting the development of a new IT platform to enable intentional, global expansion• Raising $6 million in convertible note funding to support an initial public offering• Supporting the family owners in stepping back and separating their personal holdings from the business’ holdings
  • Climate Capital
    Chairman & Shareholder
    Climate Capital 2006 - Dec 2016
    Au
    Climate Capital is a sustainable investment company that works with organisations to develop low-carbon, sustainable strategies and value solutions. We deliver consulting, project development and funding, and investment and capital solutions. Our mission is to rebalance nature and humanity by supporting the realignment of capital flow to generate sustainable investment. I guide the team toward the aim of becoming Australia's leading sustainability investment bank. The concept itself is, in many ways, ahead of its time. A significant part of my work is providing ongoing advocacy and executive leadership in drawing together parties from financial, business, entrepreneurship, technology and other markets to continually refine investment models that will make a real difference.
  • Greening Australia Ltd
    National President
    Greening Australia Ltd 2000 - Nov 2014
    Melbourne, Vic, Au
    Greening Australia is the country’s largest environmental NGO with 400 staff in all Australian states and territories. Its mission is to ‘transform our landscapes’ by delivering a ‘healthy, biodiverse and productive landscape for all Australians to enjoy’. I was President of Greening Australia Ltd and chair of the national governance committee while taking a strong interest in the development of Greening Australia’s carbon business. Today, Greening Australia is better equipped to harness integrated assets and activities to deliver its mission.My journey began by developing an action plan for the Queensland board to future-proof the organisation. On delivering the five-point plan, I was invited to join the board and worked for 15 years to see the plan executed.Some of the key initiatives delivered during my tenure include:• Driving governance development, education and diversity• Reforming Greening Australia from nine dispirited associations into one integrated, national company – One Greening Australia, One Mission, One Team• Leading the final transformation process including overhauling the constitution by unanimous vote (across 80 directors) and embedding a single independent board, with single-stream management• Setting the organisation up for savings of $4.5 million through integration and efficiency gains• Doubling revenue, driving financial independence, removing government untied funding and strengthening governance
  • Bank Of Queensland
    Franchise National Advisory Council
    Bank Of Queensland Jan 2011 - Mar 2014
    Newstead, Qld, Au
    The National Advisory Council provides a forum for the Bank of Queensland’s owner-managers, as representatives of the franchise network, to meet with senior leaders to discuss ideas, issues, concerns and initiatives. The Council was established two years prior to me joining.As the independent Chairman, key achievements included:• Moving the network from a purely operational improvement focus to a strategic outcomes focus• Engaging management at all levels with the forum to shorten implementation timelines• Shifting from a bank-nominated Council membership base to a franchisee-elected one to support the adoption of an effective charter and create the space for an elected franchisee chair to be nominated… making myself redundant as planned
  • Social Leadership Australia
    Founding Chair, Queensland Leadership Advisory Group
    Social Leadership Australia May 2011 - Jul 2012
    Paddington, Nsw, Au
    Social Leadership Australia’s leadership program is built on world-leading work in adaptive leadership from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. It provides leaders from business, government and the community sector with the tools and skills required to work across difference and deliver adaptive leadership outcomes that empower success in all areas of life. When Social Leadership Australia began its campaign to nationalise its leadership program, I created this group in Queensland to provide critical public and private sector connections to support its establishment in the State and its ongoing operations.
  • Synengco
    Chairman
    Synengco Jun 2010 - 2012
    Highgate Hill, Qld, Au
    Synengco is a specialist engineering firm and developer of the award-winning SentientSystem® software. The team’s core mission is to help businesses around the world reduce greenhouse gas emissions, achieve the most from assets, improve operational efficiency, increase returns on investment, and make better decisions about plant, processes and greenhouse gas emissions. Its advanced control systems deliver on the ‘waste not’ principle in power stations, reducing operating costs and extending asset life, offering 5 per cent improvement with a 12-month payback, decreasing CO2, and increasing the reliability and accuracy of carbon reporting and compliance regimes.
  • Aviator Magazine
    Test Pilot
    Aviator Magazine 2007 - 2010
    I was a lead feature article writer for Aviator Magazine including responsibility for all high-end test flights. It was one of those jobs in life that you’d happily do for nothing (though the pay was adequate) but it kept me engaged in a pursuit I love amid the myriad of corporate roles I was playing. No matter how busy you are, I firmly believe you should make time for your passions.
  • Matthews Steer Chartered Accountants
    Director & Shareholder
    Matthews Steer Chartered Accountants 2000 - Dec 2009
    Essendon Fields, Vic, Au
    The team at Matthews Steer is north-west Melbourne’s premier chartered accountants and business consultants. The business evolved from a small suburban partnership to the most significant regional firm competing head-to-head with CBD-based firms – on the back of its vision to build ‘stories in numbers’ for growth businesses. The team provides astute financial management, strategic business development and innovative financial planning services. My mandate was to build the vision, mission, purpose and values into an effective strategy and hold the team accountable for its execution.Under my mentoring, the business:• Grew revenue by a factor of seven and the team by a factor of five (from eight to 40)• Developed a broader and more innovative range of offerings supported by a clear brand positioning• Implemented a regional influence strategy that engaged all levels of government, business groups and the community• Developed north-west Melbourne’s biggest annual networking event supporting the Victorian Police Kokoda Challenge program
  • Far Pavilions
    Chairman – Advisory Board
    Far Pavilions 2003 - 2008
    Far Pavilions is a lifestyle retailer that delivers an eclectic and stylish collection of furniture, allowing customers to ‘make every room a journey’. My work was to take an owner-led business with four stores and develop it into a vision-led business with a professional management team, disciplined strategic plan and external advisory board.During my tenure the business:• Strengthened management, built resilient profitability, repositioned the brand and drove accountability throughout the business• Grew from four to 10 stores• Significantly strengthened its disaster management practices – following a devastating fire that destroyed the offices, warehouse and $4 million in stock, the business reopened on the following Monday with a fully-developed recovery plan and secure positions for all staff
  • Ceo Institute
    Chairman, Syndicate 31
    Ceo Institute 2001 - 2008
    Glen Iris, Vic, Au
    The CEO Institute is Australia’s leading network of business leaders, including not-for-profits and the public sector. It supports them in meeting regularly to share ideas, experiences and challenges and be exposed to leading-edge business thinking. Access to the diverse perspectives of peers enhances members’ knowledge and expertise, enabling them to lead their organisations more effectively. I chaired Syndicate 31, which was based in Brisbane and dedicated to entrepreneurial, fast-growth, owner-led businesses. I was privileged to work with a great group of business owners committed to doing and being the best they could be, and I was honored to be welcomed into their lives and their businesses to support their success.
  • The Money Innovators
    Director
    The Money Innovators 2001 - 2005
    The Money Innovators was an innovative money coaching business that was funded by Greater Visions Ltd – a private equity fund of which I was a director. While having a great model, it lacked the right people to take it to scale and we closed the business in 2005.
  • Franchise Council Of Australia
    Member, Queensland Committee
    Franchise Council Of Australia 2001 - 2005
    Melbourne, Victoria, Au
    I served on the committee of the Franchise Council of Australia for four years. My most significant achievement was successfully chairing the 2004 National Franchise Convention, which attracted more than 600 delegates – the largest and most profitable convention the Council had run.
  • Jeena Partners
    Director & Shareholder
    Jeena Partners 1998 - 2005
    Jeena Limited is a vision-based firm that ensures every thought, decision and action is consistent with its vision of ‘building wealth intelligently’. My role was to develop and document the vision of the practice with the partners, build the strategic plan and support its implementation. This resulted in the development of a unique approach to integrated wealth management for time poor professionals, business owners and company directors. During my time, the practice grew from nine staff to more than 40 and increased its revenue by a factor of four.
  • Greater Visions Ltd
    Director & Shareholder
    Greater Visions Ltd 2000 - 2004
    Greater Visions is a private equity fund providing diversified alternative asset class investments to sophisticated investors. I was a founding director, developed the strategic plan and was responsible for the identification of investment opportunities, including a successful ASX listing.

Rod Douglas Skills

Strategy Business Strategy Business Planning Entrepreneurship Strategic Planning Leadership Change Management Management Business Process Improvement Stakeholder Engagement Project Management Sustainability Management Consulting Governance Consulting Culture Change Business Development Executive Management Workshop Facilitation Coaching Small Business Negotiation Business Networking Corporate Social Responsibility Start Ups Restructuring Process Improvement Project Planning Digital Marketing Executive Coaching Public Speaking Leadership Development Mergers And Acquisitions Sustainable Business Contract Negotiation Valuation Staff Development Sustainability Reporting Nonprofits Government Strategic Thinking Policy Budgets Program Management Risk Management Organizational Development Finance Stakeholder Management Training Integrated Marketing

Rod Douglas Education Details

  • Bond University
    Bond University
    Masters Of Business Administration
  • University Of Melbourne - Ormond College
    University Of Melbourne - Ormond College
    Centre For Ethical Leadeship
  • Queensland Leadership Program
    Queensland Leadership Program
    Social Justice Leadership
  • Harvard Club Of Australia
    Harvard Club Of Australia
    Leadership And Management Methodologies
  • Social Leadership Australia - Inaugural Queensland Leadership Program
    Social Leadership Australia - Inaugural Queensland Leadership Program
    Adaptive Leadership (Kennedy School Of Goverment Program) Civil Leadership -Environmental Leadership
  • Australian Institute Of Company Directors
    Australian Institute Of Company Directors
    Governance
  • St. Augustine'S College, Sydney
    St. Augustine'S College, Sydney
  • Mit Sloan School Of Management
    Mit Sloan School Of Management
  • Mit Sloan School Of Management
    Mit Sloan School Of Management
    General
  • Accenture
    Accenture
    Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

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Rod Douglas attended Bond University, University Of Melbourne - Ormond College, Queensland Leadership Program, Harvard Club Of Australia, Social Leadership Australia - Inaugural Queensland Leadership Program, Australian Institute Of Company Directors, St. Augustine's College, Sydney, Mit Sloan School Of Management, Mit Sloan School Of Management, Accenture.

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Rod Douglas has interest in Walking The Beaches Of The World, Ideas And A Sustainable Environment, Good Movies, Aviation, Reading, Growing Our Food, The Arts, My Family.

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Rod Douglas's colleagues are Kaela Freeman, Cemre Keser, Jessica Wyvill, Olivia Whitehead, Brian Cooper, Joey Gorman, Jon Reynolds.

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