Business Minds Ep9: John Drury - How does work serve your life?
Welcome to Business Minds, a podcast proudly brought to you by Sydney Hills Business Chamber.
Our show aims to both educate and inspire business owners – big or small – by sharing stories and extensive experience from like-minded people.
I am your host, Fiona Kane, and today I’m chatting with John Drury on 'How does work serve your life?'
About John
After 24 years of Senior Leadership experience in the Not-for-Profit sector, and 2 years as General Manager of a small business in Western Sydney, John launched his business mentoring consultancy in May 2010.
The community organisation John founded in the Blue Mountains grew to over 1000 members, serving many more each month locally and thousands more through strategic partnerships in 5 nations.
John understands the very different challenges that face a leader as an organisation grows. He understands how to build a team from 0 - 40 paid staff, how to raise millions of dollars for operations and for buildings, and how to empower leaders.
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 where they can build great relationships. He brings this experience to the MyCommunity portfolio which is all about enabling greater engagement of members within the Chamber.
Since 2010, John has worked as a Mentor to business owners with teams. His ‘whole of life’ approach enables busy high achievers to better integrate work with all that is important in their lives. His book ‘INTEGRATE’ was published in 2016.
John is married to Jo and is the father of 3 amazing adult daughters and is a very energetic and proud 'Pop' to 7 beautiful grandchildren. He loves to be physically fit believing regular exercise is a key to both physical and mental health.
Questions:
- What does work life balance mean?
- Why is this topic so important to you?
- What have you discovered to be the core issues in regards to this topic?
- For business owners listening, what strategies could they begin to put into place?
Contacts:
John Drury
0405 539025
Link for John’s book, Integrate: https://johndrury.biz/author
Show notes:
https://www.sydneyhillsbusiness.com.au/podcast/