046: Trevor Shailer - Leadership Comes in Different Forms

Trevor is the CEO of Sport Manawatu, a Regional Sports Trust providing services and events benefiting the sport and active recreation interests of Palmerston North City, Manawatu, Tararua and Horowhenua regions. As a sportsman, Trevor won 13 national boxing titles, represented New Zealand at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and won Bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada. In 1994, Trevor has also been involved in 9 Olympic and Commonwealth Games campaigns with a focus on athlete support at Games time. He was the Deputy Chef de Mission for the New Zealand team at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and 2016 Rio Olympics. Trevor has also worked in social change and health promotion, working on several national advertising campaigns such as breast and cervical screening, sexual health, problem gambling and mental health. In 2012, Trevor became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for contribution to sport and the community. He is a life member of the New Zealand Olympic Order and was recently awarded an Honorary Associate by the Universal College of Learning (UCOL). In September 2019, Trevor completed his Master’s degree with distinction from the University of Belgium. His research looked at “The influence of Māori culture on the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams’ experience”.  On This Episode:Find out how sports kicked Trevor’s interest in leadership into gear.Trevor explains how COVID has impacted leadership within his organization.Find out how we can change even if we are not wired for it.Key Takeaways:Get comfortable getting things wrong and receiving constructive feedback.You must be able to boil down complex situations into simple action plans.Your team must feel heard.Tweetable Quotes:“Never waste a good crisis.”“There are leaders in the front and leaders in the back and we all have roles to play.”“Leadership isn’t just about being at the top.”Trevor Shailer:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshailer/Denis Gianoutsos:[email protected]