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Andrew Darbyshire
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LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Andrew Darbyshire is the author of the highly acclaimed book, The Power of Persistence and Purpose. Join Andrew on the humorous, entertaining and moving account of 3 critical lessons he has learnt from over 25 years in business, in the trenches, that could potentially save your company millions of dollars. The lessons he gained through building a business from nothing into a successful multinational software company that he sold for $7.5m in 2000, buying it back 4 years later for $200,000 and rebuilding it to be the leader in its class throughout the world. Along the way he dealt with the death of his eldest daughter, negotiated the successful resolve to a tax audit and many other challenges we all face every day. Andrew’s 3D’s To Success model of: Will give you a truly sustainable and competitive advantage. Engage with Andrew and you will discover how:
Andrew Darbyshire Andrew’s appointments include: * Past board member of the Song Room * Board member of Florey Neurosciences Foundation Council * Board member Zoos Victoria Foundation * Board member of Petstock Foundation * Chairman of The Click Foundation – finding a cure for epilepsy. * Chairman of CAPRA (Child Abuse Prevention Research @ Monash) * AbaF Councilor (Australian Business Arts Foundation) * Founder and Patron of Caitlin’s Retreat. * Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. * Chairman of Rees Partners |
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Mark O’Leary, Financial Planner Attendee AMP Financial Planners Conference 2009 |
“Outstanding – congratulations and great response.” | |||||
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Hands on Network |
“Many thanks again for being with us and sharing so much of your passion for service and CSR, not to mention your considerable capacity for joke-telling! You are something else, and now I can’t imagine our international affiliate gathering without you” | |||||
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Ballarat Cares |
“Your very personal contribution was highly valued, and I, for one, was quite moved by what you had to say. Your description of the potential for change in the attitudes of staff too, was welcome and pointed out exactly the type of synergy that we are hoping to achieve” | |||||
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Dr Michael Liffman - Director Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social In |
“Thank you for your presentation at last week’s workshop. As I am sure you will be aware, our participants were totally engaged, both with the feeling you brought to it, and with the activities you described.” | |||||
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Sharon Paul |
“I heard your excellent talk about success and focus in adversity and how you make your business work for you and your family. You have been able to successfully structure much of your time as well as financial resources into areas of health development and support issues. I was extremely touched by your story of strength.” | |||||
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Melbourne Business School |
“Thank you for your involvement in the success of the recent conference. Your presentation to the conference definitely furthered the objective by analysing the strategic and practical realities of sustainability with your organisation. There has been very positive feedback from the student and faculty body.” | |||||
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David Arkell President Human Resources Linfox |
“On behalf of Linfox, I would like to thank you for speaking at our Senior Leadership Conference in May. While at times very emotional, your story highlighted the need for persistence and courage which is a timely message for our people in senior leadership roles. Without these qualities the path to achieving our goals can become long and treacherous.” | |||||