About Steve Vamos 

Steve Vamos is CEO of Xero and has more than 30 years’ experience in the information technology and the online media industries. He has lived and worked in Australia, the USA and Asia. His career includes Managing Director Microsoft Australia & New Zealand, and VP and Managing Director of Apple Computer Asia Pacific.

Steve commenced as CEO of Xero on 1 April 2018. He also serves as a non-executive Director on the boards of Telstra (appointed September 2009) and Fletcher Building Limited (appointed July 2015). Passionate about business, leadership and technology, Steve truly believes that the technology available today has amplified the potential of people. Technology is not the disruptor, people are.

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Steve writes and speaks about leadership, culture and management practices and strongly believes that organisations need to adopt these methods in order to reach their full potential.

 
 

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An advocate for Conscious Capitalism, Steve was the founder and President of the Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE), a not for profit think-tank that operated from 2005 to 2014. SKE aimed to encourage and promote new and better leadership and management practices to enable innovation, productivity and sustainability.

He is currently in the process of writing his first book.

INSIGHTS & ARTICLES

Steve is passionate about sharing his insights and experience in leadership, innovation and organisational change. Steve is in the process of writing his first book. Find out more

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Don't Wait to Talk Straight
Don't Wait to Talk Straight

Organisations can’t change faster than the pace at which hard conversations are had.

If people don't talk in a direct, open and honest way, then complacency or worse still, fear of change and challenging the status quo must exist.

Are you a “Star Player” or a “Head Coach”?
Are you a “Star Player” or a “Head Coach”?

A big lesson I’ve learnt in leading people and teams, is the need to think more like a “head coach” than a “star player”. 

Most of us get promoted to positions of people leadership because we were good at what we did. We became experts of our function or domain. We were the “star players” in our position.

People Management, Get Good At It Or Get Out Of It
People Management, Get Good At It Or Get Out Of It

If you don't like managing people, are not good or aiming to be good at it, you should get out of it.

Why such a hard line? Because people who work for you deserve better.

Working for a rotten manager is a primary reason good people leave an organisation or perform at a level less than what is possible.

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Steve's speaking topics have included, "creating and enabling innovation", "leadership and culture in a digital world". Steve is considered to be a dynamic thought leader. He is down to earth and his stories and messages that he shares from his 30 years experience are valuable and relevant to his audiences.