Leadership On The High Seas

Vistage Live - Australia and New Zealand - Business and Leadership Insights

May 04 2021 | 00:33:36

00:00 / 00:33:36

Show Notes

Nigel Stoke, alias ‘Skipper’, reflects on his 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race experience. After 2 days of exhilarating high speed ocean racing, things took a turn for the worse. As Nigel says “when things go wrong, they always go wrong when it’s pitch black in the middle of the night and to make matters worse they were in 25 knot winds in Bass Strait!”.

Fortunately Nigel’s 20 years of leadership experience equipped him to make that all important split second judgement call – knowing the difference between the urgent and the important. The foundation of any high performing team is trust and as Nigel recounts they pulled off, what other crews would have thought impossible!

Other Episodes

Episode

September 15, 2025 • 00:17:57

Progress, Not Perfection: Navigating Family Business Dynamics with John Broons

In this episode of Vistage LIVE, host Stephanie Christopher sits down with John Broons—family business expert, author of Creating a Thriving Family Business: Progress,...

Episode

April 14, 2025 • 00:34:24

The Business of Leadership: How Experience Becomes Impact

In this engaging episode of Vistage LIVE, host Stephanie Christopher sits down with Tony Chamberlain—Vistage Chair, seasoned executive, and former Undercover Boss—to explore the...

Episode

December 14, 2022 • 00:26:01

How to build a more cyber resilient organisation

Stephanie Christopher had the pleasure to be joined by cybersecurity expert Ross Sardi for a discussion about the current threat landscape and how to...