Bio data for John Drury, Principal of Summit Leadership Solutions.
After more than 25 years of Senior Leadership experience in the Not-for-Profit sector, and 2 years managing a small business in Western Sydney, John has launched Summit Leadership Solutions in May 2010.
The community organisation John led in the Blue Mountains in NSW, Australia, grew from just a handful to over 1000 people involved locally, serving many more each month locally and thousands more through significant partnerships in 5 other nations.
John understands the very different challenges that face a leader as an organisation grows:
- Startup and small – the leader has to be involved and willing to do everything,
- Medium size – the leader knows everyone but needs to focus on training leaders who have caught the vision and embody the values. Helps to establish healthy culture.
- Larger – the leader needs to work more and more through his main leadership group and let go of much of the detail of running things to focus on the bigger picture (macro not micro).
John also understands how to build a staff from 0 – 40 paid staff, how to raise significant funds for operations and for buildings ($2m annual budget in 2007, and how to train leaders (both paid and volunteers).
John has found that the same principles of leadership work well with volunteers and paid staff. The bottom line is that people love being part of a healthy organisation where they are valued, where there is a chance to grow, where significant things are being achieved and most of all where they can build great relationships.
With a background in building and leading a large Not-for-Profit he understands many specific issues such as: working with a Board, leading and inspiring volunteers, training up leaders, working within strict budgets, meeting expectations and many more.
As manager of a small business in Western Sydney John was able to assist growth of 16% p.a. during the GFC. He has found that leadership principles apply just as powerfully training and motivating staff to excellent customer service and building key relationships to market a small business.
John is married to Jo, and is the father of 3 amazing adult daughters and is a very energetic and proud ‘Pop’ to 2 beautiful grandchildren. He loves to be physically fit believing regular exercise to be a key to both physical and mental health.
For all enquiries about our services please contact us either by phone or email.
Contact Details:
John Drury
E: john@summitleadershipsolutions.com.au
P: +61405 539 025
