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#37 Gareth Chegwidden (Re-Release) - Transformation Business Strategy Principle / Spread your wings / why MBA / Experience as much as possible
May 21, 2024
Season 1
Episode 37
Gary Nowak
Today you will hear my conversation with a dear friend, colleague and all around great guy Gareth Chegwidden
Career Overview
- Educated in Sydney Australia at Macquarie and University of Technology, Sydney
- Big 4 experience with Deloitte
- AMP as head of relationship mngt and portfolio services
- Adjunct lecturer at University of Sydney going on over 5 years
- Currently at Telstra at their Transformation business Strategy Principle
Highlights
- Hated being a tutor while in high school
- Getting a McDonalds sponsorship
- Being a perfectionist, good advice on managing it
- Uni part time / full time work, Falling into a dual degree
- Being on a project with 550 bosses, impacting the entire business
- Strong beliefs loosely held
- When is it time to spread your wings
- Soft skills key to success
- Change Management
- Taking the bosses on the journey
- An all walk of life mentoring perspective
- Experience as much as possible
- Getting pulled to an awesome job
- Why an MBA
- Building a program affecting 16,000 people
Want to be a guest? Email me at gpnowak@gmail.com!