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Mark Williams
PrintAFL Champion Player | Premiership Coach | Master Mentor & Development Motivator
Mark Williams is an All Australian AFL Player & Coach, 200 AFL game player, Captain of Collingwood and a Premiership Coach with Port Adelaide, AFL Life Member and most recently Mentor to Dustin Martin. Mark is an experienced teacher who presents engaging, insightful and challenging workshops that will delight your diverse workforce. After more than 30 years of Coaching and Mentoring this Master Coach will inspire you to be better and at the same time entertain Your Team.
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Testimonials for Mark Williams
Mark is an exceptional corporate speaker, demonstrating an obvious and nearly unrivalled longevity in Australian rules football as a player, coach and ambassador. His unique & masterful multi media presentations displays his teaching background and elevates a typical corporate talk to one that is an intimate inner sanctum insight into the learning from the Professional World of Sport. Within a corporate setting he is to be able to draw on an array of experiences to demonstrate relevance to business strategy, team building, indigenous affairs and many other relevant modern topics. All delivered with an honesty and wit that makes your guests feel like they've had a private audience with a true icon of Australian sport.
Chris Dodd - Managing Partner PwC Melbourne
We had the opportunity to have Mark Williams share his journey and insights on what makes a successful organisation. Mark delivered a precise and engaging presentation to our team that left an everlasting memory.
He captured all the people in our organisation whether they were new to the industry, established as an agent or agency with a message to always understand people, respect, build relationships, and have a helping attitude.
Mark continually expressed the need to create a learning environment, an environment that recognises their team and that a team only wins when everyone helps and wins. The need for infinite learning shone through regularly and resonated with all.
O’Brien Real Estate prides themselves on delivering a great customer experience through a high set of company values and Mark portrays this and more. I'd like to thank Mark for setting the scene for the year and highly recommend to anyone if they ever get an opportunity to see Mark take up on it.
Dean O'Brien - Corporate Director O'Brien Real Estate
Firstly I'd like to start by saying that you have had an immense impact on the team here at Moorabbin. In my 17 years at Peter Mac I've never known an education session to have such an effect on the entire team. I think that this was because it was so different to anything we have experience before, particularly because your feedback was so personal and immediate to our shared experience. The response from staff who attended was very positive and I feel that there is a real cultural shift taking place.
Anne Collins - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Mark was an absolute superstar! He was down to earth and was able to easily relate to our audience. The crowd hung onto his every word and he had such an inspiring story to tell. He was authentic and we have received incredibly positive feedback from attendees. Mark didn't shy away from talking about the tough things in his life and career, and the crowd appreciated his honesty and humility. Would have him back to speak again.
Kirsty Brasser - Rural Marketing Agents Ltd
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Mark Williams's Biography
AFL Champion Player |Premiership Coach | Master Mentor & Development Motivator
Mark Williams is an All Australian AFL Player & Coach, 200 AFL game player, Captain of Collingwood and a Premiership Coach with Port Adelaide, AFL Life Member and most recently Mentor to Dustin Martin.
Mark is an experienced teacher who presents engaging, insightful and challenging workshops that will delight your diverse workforce. He makes difficult concepts easy to understand by his use of unique practical, inner sanctum visual aids. After more than 30 years of Coaching and Mentoring this Master Coach will inspire you to be better and at the same time entertain Your Team.
A MENTOR WHO WILL HOLD YOUR HAND AND GUIDE THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM
A MASTER COACH WHO WILL MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM IN ONE DIRECTION
A TEACHER WHO LOVES TO INSPIRE LEARNING AND GROWTH
The Senior Coaching position in the AFL is one of management, with the ability to multi-task being essential. Managing the dreams of 44 players, while working with aspiring assistant coaches, support and medical staff all in the glare of daily public scrutiny can be a daunting task. Time management and ability to delegate and trust those around you to deliver is crucial.
Building close and trusting relationships with the Heads of Departments, the CEO and the board are vital to the teams’ success. Each and every person, and department, has their own special needs and showing the ability to recognise their talents and needs is the “Art of Management.” Those who can coach successfully display their management skills daily. Mark has coached for over 25 years.
Mark is most proud of the ability to mentor and develop his work colleagues, highlighted by the number of his players and coaching lieutenants who have progressed into Senior AFL Coaching roles (6 senior and 12 assistants). A proven track record of success, combined with a genuine, approachable personality; produce a fun, safe, inspiring workplace for all to enjoy and excel.
Optimistic and innovative management, who set direction, delegate then assist and support autonomy, create a progressive happy workplace. Individuals, who know exactly how he or she will be assessed, as well as their development pathway, strive to raise the bar and deliver the exceptional.
Connecting with national & international sports coaches/teams, sports psychologist and leadership groups allows Mark to satisfy his drive to search for new innovative coaching & management ideas. His experiences vary from being at “Ground Zero” of 3 AFL start up clubs seeing first hand the difficulties and the joy of developing franchises to then helping guide the youngest franchise to ultimate success -an AFL Flag.
“Looking forward and searching for the next challenge is what drives me daily. Let me help you with your next challenge and kick a few more goals.’
A cancer survivor of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with a great story to tell.
Contact Helene Greenham to enquire about Mark for your next event – helene@platinumspeakers.com.au
Speaking Topics Include
THE BUSINESS OF WINNING
Recruit Well
Inspire your Team
Develop Your Leaders
Create a Great Environment
Increase Understanding & Care
Have Fun & Enjoy the Work place
Know where You Fit in
Build Culture & Pride
BE CHALLENGED. BE INSPIRED. BE GREAT.
Learn to Lead Your Peers
Build & Display Pride in Culture
Perform Better Under Pressure
Give and Receive Feedback
Create a Great Learning Environment
Chase Targets - Set Goals & Assess
Recognise Opportunity - Become #1
Increase Individual’s presence within Group
Understand Workmates Better
DUSTY, THE TIGERS & ME - GETTING TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
Mentor and Friend of Dustin Martin for the last 5 Years
Senior Assistant Coach 4 of the last 5 years
Coaching Mentor at Richmond FC
Inside Stories and Videos
PEOPLE YOU MEET ALONG THE WAY - PRINCESS DI, THE WOLVERINE & MORE
Collingwood Captains / Premiership Coaches are Afforded Unique Opportunities
Enjoy the Stories
Insights into Worldwide Personalities
THE MODERN AFL GAME - WATCH, ANALYSE, ASK & LEARN
Know Modern Footy
Watch the Tapes
Ask the Questions
Spend a Day in the Life
Understand the Tactics, Stats & Set Plays
Inside the Match Committee