Authenticity – Mastery – Purpose
“I believe that to inspire the best from someone through coaching, you must have passion, deep wells of experience, and above all must walk the talk. It’s all about integrity. That is what I do. I have a wealth of experience in sales and leadership, and I use powerful tools to bring the best out in myself and others. I will inspire your people to do the same so they too can consistently perform at their best for your business.”
Walking the Talk
Liz Blake
Liz Blake’s Story…
For over 25 years Liz Blake has successfully set up and led high performing Sales businesses that are 100% commission based. This included training, coaching and mentoring dozens of sales teams and thousands of salespeople over distance and cultures, recruitment in IT, and leadership development. As the mother of 4 children (and now grandchildren) Liz knows what it is to balance high performance with family priorities.
Liz is a builder, communicator and student of life who champions the value of individuals. She knows what it is to build from scratch, retain focus through adversity and zest for living.
Roots in remote Papua New Guinea…
Liz’s pursuit of authentic ‘leadership by service’ began in her childhood in the remote highlands and islands of Papua New Guinea, where her parents pioneered a non-profit Air Service to isolated indigenous people for 20 years. After excelling in Australian High School she married her first love, resulting in four children. Even in those early domestic years she was constantly exploring and challenging belief systems and the power of purpose.
Humble beginnings…to Multi-Million Dollar international Sales business
What Liz began as a supplementary income with 4 children aged between 2 and 9, she developed into a Multi-Million dollar, international sales organization, in association with a pioneer-concept Australian direct selling company.
Within 6 years Liz developed her sales organization from zero to $3.5 Million from their country home through Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.
Liz managed a structured network of typically 12-28 Managers and 120-170 active Salespeople in all-new territories, who produced outstanding results for many years. In her 8th year Liz achieved the pinnacle promotion of Senior Executive Director by almost double the requirements, by developing a team structure of 28 Managers with 7 at front line, who with their teams produced monthly sales turnover of $350K-400K.
Liz balanced consistent achievement with family – supporting her husband injured from a motorcycle accident and depression and raising four children – plus leading a performing band of musicians.
“Help others get what they want, and you’ll get what you want”… (Henry Ford)
Success in Direct Selling/ Network Marketing is only possible by helping others build successful sales teams. The Direct Selling industry is known as the best training ground for leadership and emotional intelligence since it is most like “leading a bunch of volunteers”. Liz discovered she was very good at building self-directed, high performance teams, founded on her passion for maximizing potential and building a business system.
16 Years of Sales Leadership…
Liz became known as a person who “practises what she preaches” by leading with integrity, consistent record-breaking performance in Sales, Business Development, and providing unflagging support for her team. Liz received numerous International and National Awards for personal and team performance, 7 Gold Records (one never broken), five luxury cars, more than 20 fully paid international trips and conferences, and valuable diamond jewellery.
Liz is highly engaging as a Speaker and Facilitator as she has presented and MC’ed at hundreds of sales, marketing and information events, conducted Seminars, and been Keynote Speaker at International Conferences. Her calls-to-action consistently delivered strong results. Liz’s children participated in the business so have benefited in a proactive environment, team spirit and personal growth.
2006 a Life-Innovation…
In 2006 Liz moved to Melbourne in a personal life-innovation. She integrated herself into the business community beginning with 3.5 years’ niche IT Recruitment, where she established a platform of excellence with virtually 100% lasting placements in a pre-GFC greedy industry.
An accomplished networker, Liz now regularly works with Executives, Senior Management and Entrepreneurs. Her business mentor, a specialist Mentor of Company Directors and Boards, recognized Liz’s thought leadership early on and invited her as a founding member of the CEO Institute ‘forefront’ syndicate. In mid-2009 Liz was excited to begin her own business again in her core expertise – people development and leadership.
Today…Authentic, in Mastery and on Purpose
In a few short years Liz has built a reputation among Melbourne business leaders as being particularly good at uncovering compelling value in people, determining exceptional fit for individuals within teams, and uncovering the root cause that blocks passionate performance. Liz understands the value of her providing advice as an outsider, to develop your people into leaders who make the competition irrelevant.
On a personal note…
Out of hours you will find Liz reading or writing, creatively cooking, playing her piano or djembe, riding her motorbike, discussing food and wine, roasting her own coffee, or enjoying someone else’s good coffee while ‘fixing the world’ with a friend. One day she will find a ‘partner in crime’ to go jetskiing, snorkelling or skydiving with again.
Liz’s relentless pursuit of truth and applied wisdom sees “the light switched on” in others – Switched on people make things happen.
“The quality of your questions determines the quality of your life”.
