Martin Brooker Travels from Brisbane, QLD

Topics

Change Management
Culture Change
Diversity and Inclusion
Leadership
Performance
Resilience
Strategy and Planning
Values / Integrity

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Commodore Martin Brooker (retired) is an expert in leadership, with an instinctive ability to scan any environment and identify where complexity, incongruence, and ambiguity are obscuring the line of sight, impacting team potential and performance.

Martin learned the importance and reliance on leadership throughout his 37-year career as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy. His operation service included command of an Amphibious Ship in the Middle East and the Pacific, the Navy’s elite Clearance Divers and Deputy Commander of Australia’s Joint Forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Recognised for his experience to inspire, educate, and activate deeper leadership capacity, Martin was the Program Director for the Navy’s biggest change program, New Generation Navy.

Retired from full-time Naval service, Martin travels the world, drawing on his experiences to help leaders drive cultural change, address complex problems, and lift their teams to higher performance. As an experienced Keynote Speaker and Leadership Coach, he works with various industries globally, particularly those working in high-risk environments.

To help middle to senior leaders’ transition to the next stage of their career and transform from technically competent to emotionally competent and high performing leaders, Martin has developed a 100-day Building High Performance Leadership Program, delivered online or in-person, with limited intake across the year.

Career Highlights

Decorated veteran of 37 years’ service in the Royal Australian Navy
Operational service in the Middle East, Afghanistan and the Pacific
Command of an Amphibious Ship on operations
Commander of Navy’s elite Clearance Divers and Mine Warfare Force
Deputy Commander of Australia’s Joint Forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan
Program Director for Navy’s Major Change Program (New Generation Navy)
Awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 2004 for outstanding achievement in Command of the Maritime Task Group in the Solomon Islands
Awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service in 2014 for distinguished performance of duty in war-like-operations as Deputy Commander in the Middle East
UN Command Rear Liaison Officer, US Seventh Fleet in Japan
US Secretary of the Navy – Commendation
RUOK? Community Ambassador

Keynote Titles

The 7 Laws of Leadership Under Fire
The Illusion of Choice

Testimonials

Martin recently spoke at the Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) Conference - an event that brings together over 300 volunteers from across Queensland. His presentation was intriguing, thought provoking and so very relevant to the leadership and challenges faced by an organisation of over 36000 people. Martin presented on leadership in a way that is the not only translatable into the volunteer world but the corporate world too. Martin also gave time to engage with SLSQ prior to his presentation and took time to interact and mingle with our members post his presentation. His messaging - including leadership under fire and the quote of all quotes “drive it like you stole it” resonated with our members during and after the speech. His professionalism, presentation and messaging is something not to be missed.

Membership And Ethical Standards SLSQ

Martin is clearly a skilful presenter whose messages appeal equally to both men and women. As a woman in the audience, I was able to easily relate to his stories, enjoyed them and felt that he had a great deal of respect for people in general. I found Martin to be someone that brings great value to leaders and potential leaders within our community.

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