Team Guru Podcast

Every now and then I invite someone on the show that has an inspiring personal story to tell. Cindy Hook certainly fits that bill. She is the chief executive for Deloitte Asia Pacific. Cindy leads 45 thousand professionals across 17 countries. Last week I headed to Deloitte’s offices here in Brisbane to conduct this interview. While I was there I saw Cindy moving around the building, talking with some other senior people in the firm. I hadn’t met her yet, but I knew it was her. There was absolutely no doubt about who was in charge of that organization. Cindy is personal. Clever. A powerful communicator and best of all, she’s acutely aware of the journey she’s been on to get to where she is. She understands the lessons she’s learned along the way. She’s clear about the big career decisions she had to make. And she’s open about her mistakes and completely in tune with the gravity of the position she holds. Lessons Learned Leadership starts small Before she ran a huge division of a major organisation