83 {Kevin Dupe} The impact of multiple brushes with death

This week’s episode is a little different to most. Kevin Dupe is a man who has lived an incredibly full life, and because of that there are just so many challenges that he has overcome. On top of that, his experiences have given him some incredible lessons. So we’ll be hearing about a wide variety of challenges and learning a lot all in one episode!

Kevin’s career began working for the Australian Federal Government where he spent 14 years in various roles within economic and socio-economic policy units. He transitioned to the customer owned banking sector, initially as the National Government Affairs Manager for the sector. Kevin took on the role of Chief Executive Officer for the then New England Credit Union in 2001.

Since then he has been a Regional Development Australia board member for the New England Region, a UNE council serving two terms as ministerial appointed Director, Chairman of Lifeline Direct and Director and Chairman of so many other roles we would run out our word limit listing them.

In this episode Kevin Dupe shares:

- The first experience with bad leadership

- The first time he had a brush with death with electrocution

- What happened when he had a massive heart attack

- The loss of his young daughter

- The challenges of undiscovered identical twins

- How this opened his eyes to the world of disability

- His advice for putting good will in the world

- The impact all of these challenges had on his leadership style

- Why, as a leader you need to understand your people at a personal level

- How he shows up in the face of adversity

- The tips he has for being a strong leader

- The wrong types of leaders he was attracted to early on

Key Quotes

“You'll be remembered for how you behave and that’s influenced by who you meet along the way.”

“As a leader you need to understand your people at a personal level.”

“Most of us go to angry words too quickly and have to dig ourselves out of holes.”

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