America's Cup, Olympics, Swimming Australia, NASDAQ. Building world class high performance teams.
International yachtsman, businessman, philanthropist, John Bertrand skippered Australia 11 to victory over the US team Liberty to win the 1983 America’s Cup.
The victory was considered by the Confederation of Australian Sport as the ‘greatest team performance in 200 years of Australian sport’.
The victory broke 132 years of American domination, the longest running streak in modern sporting history.
viz. Netflix documentary ‘Untold - The Race of the Century’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSmns9QWPiE
John competed in five America’s Cups and two Olympic Games over 25 years of international competition. He is a triple world sailing champion.
He has a Master of Science from MIT in Boston, graduated from Monash University with a Mechanical Engineering (Hon) degree, and has an Honorary Doctorate from Victoria University. He is a Vice Chancellor Professorial Fellow of Monash University.
John is an entrepreneur. He built companies in the marine industry, property development and media industries, including co-founding and launching a digital media company on NASDAQ in the United States.
He was chairman and president of Swimming Australia from 2013 to 2020.
He led what could be considered the greatest turn around in Australian Olympic history when as chairman in 2013, he took over a largely dysfunctional organisation following the London Olympics with one gold medal, to become by the Tokyo Olympics the most successful Australian Olympic swim team of all time with 9 gold medals and 20 medals in total.
In all his endeavours, his focus has been on building high performance teams, capable of competing against the world’s best.
John is chairman of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, whose members are the Legends of Australian sport. www.sahof.org.au
A Legend of the International America’s Cup Hall of Fame and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, John continues to mentor Olympians and business leaders.
He still competes at the highest level in international yacht racing…and loves it.
Talking Points
The Principles of Leadership
The Principles of Leadership
The Essence of Leadership
The Essence of Leadership
Building High Performance Teams
Building High Performance Teams
The Key links of all world class organisation - Management + Technology + People
The Key links of all world class organisation - Management + Technology + People
Making the Right Decisions at the Right Time
Making the Right Decisions at the Right Time
Disruption
Disruption
Video
Untold: The Race of the Century | Official Trailer | Netflix
A chronicle of the thrilling 1983 America’s Cup, “The Race of the Century” is a classic underdog story. It tells the tale of the scrappy group of Australians who band together to dethrone the New York Yacht Club and break the longest-running win streak in history— 132 years!— in the most prestigious sailing competition in the world. Key members of the 1983 U.S. and Australian crews sit down for interviews sharing their experience of this ultimate race to victory.Your address provided an outsiders perspective on many of the organisational challenges being felt by leadership teams of Special Operations Command. Your address gave my command team the op ... keep reading Special Operations Command, Department of Defence
Thank you so much in taking the time to share your incredible lessons, stories and passion with the team. It was absolutely the boost they needed.
John related extremely well to a diverse audience, some of whom were initially sceptical. His impact was remarkable as he was able to demonstrate the value of thinking beyond our current parameters. His use of the 1983 America's Cup as a case study was excellent and shows what is possible with a highly focused and planned campaign.
John was most thorough in his approach to understanding the clients needs.
