Kevin Gaskell
PROFILE
• Former CEO of four successful world-class brands, serial entrepreneur
• Recognised for driving the turnaround for Porsche GB, leading the company from last to first in the customer satisfaction league, and from close to failure to the market’s most profitable brand
• He has created $5 billion in shareholder value to date
• Broke world record for the fastest five-member team to row across the Atlantic Ocean, along with his son, Matt, and 3 other members
Recognized as “the man who fixes businesses” Kevin Gaskell has an impressive track record in building and leading successful companies. As CEO of Porsche, Lamborghini, and BMW, Gaskell led hugely successful turnarounds that are pointed to as examples of how to successfully transform companies and position them for long-term success. His energy and leadership have helped companies to achieve world-class levels of customer service and financial performance, and he speaks with electricity about using inspired leadership to achieve incredible results.
SPEAKING TOPICS
From Turnaround to Triumph: Leading Successful Outcomes
Few people have led three of the world’s iconic brands to new levels of success and managed successful turnarounds of failing international companies. Even fewer have created market leading businesses from an idea. Add in experience of playing international sport and walking to both the North and South poles and climbing the world’s highest mountains and you have someone with a unique set of skills.
Using an energetic and inclusive style, Kevin shares the tools and techniques which have enabled his teams to deliver extraordinary results. Drawing upon his experience and his ongoing leadership roles in a number of growing companies, Kevin shares practical lessons of how individuals in businesses from 7 to 7,000 employees can be inspired to form teams which transform organisations and build world-class performance.
Frequently Addressed Topics Include:
- Leading ordinary people to extraordinary success
- Business transformation—inspiring and delivering
- Forming a world-class team—being a genius creator
- Leading in times of turbulence—and enjoying it
- Building a world-class brand—creating the experience
- Heroic customer service—achieving world class
- Dealing with digital challenges—there is no choice
The Inspiring Leader Masterclass: Tools for World-Class Performance
This highly practical masterclass will support those with a significant need to influence others, inside or outside of their sphere of control. The sessions supports leaders in applying the process of business review and regeneration. The content is designed to encourage leaders to achieve a clarity of vision and to define a prioritised activity plan.
Key Features of The Masterclass Include:
- Full day, half day, or quarter-day session
- Highly practical and inclusive
- Emphasis on development of World-Class Performance
- Offers tools and processes to take away and implement
- Builds a personal and business action plan
- Improves leadership skill and team building processes
