Clients
Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Michael 
Recently Michael has been sought by these clients as a speaker for their important business meetings:
- “Newsell: Sales X2” Honda Council of Sales - Honda Dealer Recognition Event. Werribee Mansion, Melbourne.
- Bondi - Australian Sports Commission - Club Development & Membership Growth Workshop - “Double Your Membership with Newsell”.
- Melbourne, National Asthma Council Australia - “Branding Strategy”
- Gympie, Queensland - “Leadership Thinking” - ULGA Annual Conference
- Shanghai & Beijing - ClarkMorgan sponsored “Thoughtleader in China” - series of 1-day Masterclasses - “Multiply Your Business By Ten”
- “JAYCO X10: Multiply Your Dealership By Ten!”: To the 2008 Jayco Dealers Conference at the Crown Hotel in Melbourne.
- “WEBJET X10″ - Business strategy masterclass at Melbourne HQ for senior business leaders of Australia’s leading online travel agency.
- Keynote address on “Sales Management Effectiveness X10″ for the Market Development Group of Alinta (Energy Infrastructure) at Sebel Heritage Resort in the Yarra Valley.
- 2-day strategy intensive at The Grand Hotel, Lorne, Victoria for the Department of Primary Industries/LaTrobe University - Bioscience Research Division (BRD). Michael is Visiting Academic Fellow in Innovation Thinking for BRD at LaTrobe University where he is conducting an ongoing series of strategy sessions on INNOVATION.
- GE Commercial Finance. Every year, at Coolum in Australia, General Electric conduct a conference for their 400 leaders. This is the second time Michael has been invited to present his classic “GE X10″ presentation at Coolum in Australia. In the 80s in the US, Michael’s “GE X10″ presentation was a favourite of Jack Welch who described Michael as “a friend of the company”.
- The Fuel Agency in Melbourne on “Multiply Your Business By Ten!”
- TaguchiMail - a private ‘Consultant For a Day’ strategy session at Michael’s place in St Kilda.
- DEFCREDIT (Defence Forces Credit Union). “Plan B”: a private ‘Consultant For a Day’ strategy session for senior management held in a business hotel in the CBD.
- “Hippo X10″ - a half-day strategy session in the Catalyst Boardroom, Melbourne, with the corporate team of Hippo.com.au.
- Plenary Group Conference at Star City Hotel, Darling Harbour, Sydney. “Speed of Thought” presentation to Plenary’s international leaders.
- At The Heritage Golf Resort, Yarra Valley, for Lundbeck. Michael presented “Lundbeck X10″ to a new group of employees. Michael has been invited to present his “Lundbeck X10″ presentation to this VIP Client for more than 10 years.
- Bayer Material Science Conference in Williamstown, Victoria. 30 sales and marketing people from around Australia and New Zealand participated in Michael’s MasterClass on “THINK+ SELL = LEAD”.
- Canberra: Australian Institute of Sport for Business Development Heads of 30 Australian Sports “X10 MasterClass on Newsell” .
- Sustainability Victoria - a breakfast for business leaders on “Innovation Thinking and Sustainablility”.
- Lecture Tour of China: China X10. Shanghai and Beijing: a series of full-day masterclasses for Government and Business leaders.
- Department of Defence, Canberra. “Strategic Thinking Outside the Box” - These were 24 men and women–Australia’s creme de la creme of the current generation of military leaders. All were recently promoted to General, Flag or Air rank (Generals and equivalent) rewarding outstanding Army/Navy/Air Force careers in war and in the field. They have been promoted to Canberra and will be leading Australia’s defence for the next decade.
- University of Melbourne, Trinity College. Sponsored by the Entrepreneurs Club, a masterclass for 150 members on “X10 Thinking for Entrepreneurs”.
- St Michael’s Grammar School - Senior School address to 800 students and teachers at The Astor theatre on “Diversity in Thinking”.
- Delivering “The Occasional Address” to the Graduation Ceremony of Victoria University at Flemington Racetrack to 1100 Graduates, Faculty and Families.
- “Learning in the Workplace” - Faculty Planning Event for senior staff of Victoria University, Melbourne.
- “Framing The Future” - Youth Leadership Conference at Melbourne Grammar School - 350 students representing 20 Victorian schools.
In 2007:
- CEO of Telstra and 120 Senior Managers in Queenstown NZ on “Telstra X10″.
- 300 franchisees and partners at Bakers Delight Annual Convention on “Fresh Thinking”.
- 2000 School Captains, Prefects and student leaders from Government and non-government secondary schools across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania came to hear about Michael’s personal journey of leadership and the values he espoused as important to a leader.
- Robert Half International National Roadshow & Tour (in 5 Regions) for the invited Executive Clients of a leading international HR and Recruitment organisation to see and hear Michael’s classic “Software for your Brain” presentation.
- 500 Pacific Rim delegates at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence on “Excellence: Defining the Essence”.
- 400 CEOs and CFOs from New Zealand Corporate and Government sectors in Auckland on “Innovation Strategy”.
- 260 delegates to Sales and Marketing Conference of multinational food brand on “The Newsell Masterclass “.
- 40 National Sporting Development Managers invited by the Australian Sports Commission to hear Michael talk about “Innovation Strategy”.
- 30 Heads of Country for Marie Stopes International Convention in Sri Lanka. Michael is a Patron of MSI and conducted Leadership and Thinking Masterclasses.
- 130 Graziers, farmers and country business people on “Strategic Thinking”.
- 300 Delegates from Queensland State and Local Government on “Managing Change”.
- 1000 Accountants in Canberra for the CPA Congress on “Software For Your Brain”.
- 320 finance, accounting, and business professionals in Queensland to hear about “Innovative Thinking Techniques to Improve Business Effectiveness”.
- CEO and Senior Business Development Leaders of multinational pharma corporation to discuss “Strategy for Business Growth”.
- 500 delegates to Meetings & Events Association (MEA) in Tasmania.
- 370 delegates to FPA National Convention (Financial Planners) on “Software for your Brain”.
- 60 members of Leadership Conference for multinational executives in timber/packaging industry on “Strategy vs Tactics”.
- 120 CEOs & CFOs at 3rd Annual Finance & Business Leaders Summit on “Creativity”.
- 120 petroleum industry leaders at Rotorua Thinktank on “Strategy vs Tactics”.
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
What city and state are you located in?
–Dheemant P R Ambedkar in City - PUNE, State: Maharshtra, INDIA.
What is your business or career?
–Dheemant P R Ambedkar is director general of Mahanayak Kanshiramji School of Thinking, Pune, which has inspiration from Dr. Michael Hewitt-Gleeson of Australia to expanding “Learn-Teach Thinking Skill Campaign” in India to the Purpose of Social Transformation. Caste in India can be equated with Unthinkingness. So the Profession and Mission is Learn-Teach Thinking Skill.
How did you hear about newsell?
–I have already join School of Thinking, Australia through Internet and obtain a Certificate on Beyond Critical Thinking.
Thanks lot to you to make teaching facility to all over world, and particularly to we argumentative Indian. Thank.
Jan 03, 2009