Leaders in financial services need to put their team first, according to a veteran of business banking.
Macquarie’s Steve Elliott shared his views in the latest video by the Western Australia Young Financial Professionals committee to promote FINSIA’s Virtual Current & Future Leaders.
The Head of Business Banking was reflecting on his near 30-year career with Emmanuel Ranga and Lincoln Meeking during the wide ranging interview when he was asked about leadership.
“Quite often it's putting yourself last,” he said.
“As a leader, for me, the team comes first definitely.
“It's easy to put an analogy with sporting teams. But I'm a big believer and involved with sports coaching.
“Coaching a sporting team and leading a business team have so many similarities, which is good because I think what I learned from work, I can take into my sporting coaching sphere.
“And likewise, there’s a lot of stuff that great coaches or…