Matthew Pickering

Having grown up in the Waikato, Matthew then attended Lincoln College where he completed an agricultural degree. This launched him into a 22 year career in New Zealand’s rural industry. Beginning as a rural manager with the Rural Bank in Gisborne and Taranaki, he later became the National Bank branch manager in Morrinsville, followed by 9 years as the Northern Regional Manager for rural banking. In this role Matthew was recognised as being in the top 1% of ANZ National's talent. His leadership was influential in

Leading and developing 110 staff and
Growing the personal and business aspects of over 6000 rural clients

The outcome was sustainable growth of the business to a dominant 40% market share.

Alongside the previous corporate role Matthew immersed himself in community work and surf lifesaving. Saving lives, working with volunteers and diverse memberships, leading operational and governance roles and operating within constrained financial resources all compliment Matthew's business skills.

Qualifications

1985 Bachelor of Agricultural Commerce majoring in valuation and farm management, Lincoln University
1994 New Zealand Surf Lifeguard of the Year
Survived four life threatening events
2001 Strategic Leadership: The Transformation Process. Mt Eliza Business School, Melbourne
2003 Creating Our Future: Creating Leaders of Leaders. Massey University
2005 Executive Consortium Programme: Driving Corporate Growth. Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney
2006 ANZ National Leadership Talent Development Centre, Personal Decisions International
2007 EEO Trust Work & Life Awards: winner Walk the Talk Award
2008 CoachU - The Coaching Clinic^© Licensed Facilitator

Leadership Experience

A career spent focusing on developing people as the cornerstone to sustainable effectiveness. Matthew's specialist fields include

Motivational Speaking – delivering insights that create the desire to act
Self Leadership – choosing to take ownership for how you think, what you say and what you do. Then, establishing what matters most and implementing a plan to get there
Leadership – providing the knowledge and skills (i.e. the what and how) to be effective in influencing sustainable change in others
Coaching – support and accountability
Strategy Made Simple – Pathfinding and alignment from employees to mamnagement team
Change management
Work : Life Balance – integrating both so that over time you can do justice to all your roles
Presentation effectiveness