This podcast features Barry Robinson, President and Managing Director, Wyndham Hotel Group and Vacation Resorts, Asia Pacific. Currently the Wyndham business generates $300 milion and have over 5000 employees worldwide. He started working in the local family business which was a couple of hospitality establishments in Dunedin, New Zealand and became a General Manager at the age of 27. He then moved to Indonesia and then China to lead global hotel chains within those regions.
“Moving into Wyndham, I had a vision for the business and it was a lot different to what others had in mind. And the timeshare industry has been around for years and I was trying to make major changes in direction and philosophy [which] was very challenging for some people. I was seen as a young CEO. Looking back, I was trying to move too quickly, was too aggressive. That is one of the key learnings I had” – Barry Robinson.
This podcast explores Barry’s transparent and resilient entrepreneurial leadership style and his inspirational career journey to date.
Shaun McCambridge – Inspirational Leaders Podcast
Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Inspirational Leaders series to inspire emerging leaders and to shine a light on what it takes to be an inspirational leader.
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Wyndham Hotel
- Bill Moss, Macquarie Bank
- Sir Clifford Skeggs
- Humbleness and humility
- Don’t play games
- Methodical
- Formulating a plan
- Have a recruitment regime
- Hire genuine employees
- Integrated customer service team
- Dedication to customer service
- Redefine a business
- Grow your profit
- Resilience
- Allocates time off for family
- Healthy body + healthy mind
- Develop the team around you
- Continually evolve
- Leave a legacy of being dynamically different
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