We’ve got a real all-rounder on the latest Arete podcast. Mark Edmonds is currently a business mentor with MRE Consulting and the part-owner of the Ocean Grove Chalet motel, with the most incredible range of senior-management experience outside of his current ventures. 

He’s chaired numerous boards across different sectors, he’s worked as a national sales manager, and he even landed a senior-management job because a client was so impressed with what he recommended them as a consultant. 

Mark keeps going back to the importance of listening. He has an interesting take on the difference between mentorship and coaching in business, and by the way, he also helped rewrite the Marine & Coastal Act for Victoria! See what we mean about him being an all-rounder? This guy is well worth listening to - you’re bound to learn something from Mark.

Episode Highlights:
-The different definitions of “business coach”, “mentor” and “business consultant”
-Mark’s battle to uphold family values after a corporate takeover
-Management by “chaos theory”
-The difference between making big calls as a manager and making them as a consultant
-How Mark had an incredible senior management career but only ever applied for one job
-Mark’s take on not-for-profit governance
-The importance of networking
-How Mark fell into opening a motel
-Why it’s important to get to know your best customers

Find Mark on Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/markedmondsconsulting
Richard Triggs on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardtriggs/
Arete website: https://www.areteexecutive.com.au/

Arete Podcast 

166 - Mark Edmonds - Experienced Non Exec Director and Business Coach

Arete is a Greek word that essentially means “the fulfilment of one’s full potential”. Or as the famous Greek author Homer wrote, “where heroes gather to realise their full potential”.

The Arete podcast is designed to showcase the careers of leading CEOs, Chairs and other successful senior leaders.  Rather than a formal interview, this is a relaxed “fireside chat” style conversation, where Richard Triggs talks to the guest about their careers, key achievements, lessons learned along the way, and other interesting elements about how their careers have unfolded over the years.

The idea is that aspiring and incumbent C-Suite executives and Non Executive Directors will have the ability to listen to those “who have walked the path before them”, in order to gain some insights and wisdom, and thereby accelerate the listener’s own career to its fullest potential.

Richard is the Managing Partner of Arete Executive, a boutique executive search firm based in Brisbane. 

Richard Triggs’ new book “Uncover the Hidden Job Market – How to find and win your next Senior Executive role” was released in 2015.
