Inspire: A Chat with Richard Briggs

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Join us for the November Inspire event of 2020 - a conversation with Richard Briggs, Chief Executive of Hamilton City Council who will be talking about leading yourself AND a high-performance team. 

The first Wednesday of every month, Inspire brings a new inspirational speaker to share their story and connect like-minded people.
Inspire events are sponsored by LINK Business Brokers.

BIO - Richard Briggs, Chief Executive, Hamilton City Council 

Richard Briggs is the Chief Executive of Hamilton City Council, the local authority for New Zealand’s largest inland city and one of the fastest growing cities in New Zealand.
 
Richard is responsible for leading the organisation of more than 1100 staff in the delivery of its strategic direction and operations of Council.

Hamilton’s economy is growing faster than the national economy, and with this growth, the city is confronted with several challenges – including how to develop a city that balances infrastructure and amenity needs and its financial constraints.

Richard is an experienced Chief Executive with a passion for delivering transformational strategic outcomes by building and delivering a high-performance organisation.

He is a disruptive leader who sets clear and ambitious goals that challenge the status quo and leverage innovative, and sometimes challenging, approaches. He is skilled in all aspects of leadership with a track record in influencing leaders, and their organisations, to significantly improve performance and deliver on their ultimate purpose - in this case improving the wellbeing of Hamiltonians.

Richard also serves as an Independent Appointed Board Member of Surf Life Saving New Zealand.