Five-time NBL champion coach and NBA assistant who draws direct parallels between elite sport and business leadership
Trevor Gleeson is a five-time NBL Champion whose teams appeared in six grand finals across a seven-year period. He has since spent time coaching in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors as an Assistant Coach — one of only a handful of Australians to coach at that level. He is also a two-time NBL Coach of the Year and two-time WA Coach of the Year, was part of the 2016 Rio Olympics coaching staff and the 2014 FIBA World Cup campaign, and earlier in his career served as a skills coach at the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL.
Trevor's argument is simple: the fundamentals of leadership do not change between sport and business. Culture, accountability, shared standards, team-first mentality — these are the same levers whether you are managing a locker room or an executive team. He draws on personal adversity too: an untimely tragedy at 18 cut short his own playing career and required the same perseverance he later demanded of his athletes.
CEOs actively seek Trevor's counsel for their leadership teams, and testimonials from P&N Bank, MACA, Bellevue Gold and VenuesWest describe his sessions as simple, authentic, relevant and easy to act on. Book him when you need a high-performance speaker who can make culture feel tangible — not aspirational.
Trevor Gleeson is a keynote speaker based in Western Australia who speaks on business strategy, inspiration and leadership. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
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CULTURE beats everything. A unique and powerful TEAM FIRST CULTURE created by Trevor, where the players not only buy into his high-performance environment, but more importantly, they OWN the STANDARDS and hold each other ACCOUNTABLE.
Trevor’s inspirational story is one of leadership, self-belief and overcoming adversity. He is a modern coach who is innovative, creative, and accomplished at re-inventing himself to be amongst the best in the business.
Trevor shares his stories about an untimely tragedy as an 18-yr old which cut his own promising sporting career short; the perseverance needed to rise to the pinnacle of coaching and how he has sustained success at the elite level under the pressure of professional sport.
The secrets to Leadership and High Performance from someone who has achieved the ultimate success in Professional Sports.
Your presentation on the five core aspects of leadership and the stories you shared certainly resonated with our group and we've had fantastic feedback not only on the content but how authentic and inspiring you were.CEO, P&N Bank
Trevor did a great job in sharing his life experiences in coaching and also personally. His views on culture and values of what drives success were fantastic and set the tone for our employees at our annual strategy session.MD, Bellevue Gold
The feedback that we received from staff was overwhelmingly positive. The words, simple, inspiring, relevant joined the phrase 'easy to act on' as the most common threads.CEO, VenuesWest
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