DARYL STILLWELL

Daryl Stillwell says Leadership is about backing yourself to realise your potential – and to develop others along the way. The ILF exists to provide you with support once you have backed yourself as a future leader.

Daryl, Managing Director of Stillwell Management Consultants, is one of Australia's most experienced and well-known head hunters, management consultants and corporate psychologists. He has recruited countless industry leaders for clients around Australia over the last 25 years. His firm's culture embodies the essence of leadership: realising clients' potential through selecting, and developing leading talent dedicated to realising the client's own – and their team's – potential.

Daryl sees leadership as comprising of 3 key skills:

1. Human
2. Conceptual/analytical
3. Technical

The more a leader develops, the more important the first 2 become; and the more the 3rd becomes an "automatic given".

Some of the key things Daryl looks for in an emerging or future leader are the ability to:

• "Sell" oneself and one's products and services to others
• "Get it": see the "big picture" and not get bogged down in detail
• Show tolerance and selflessness towards fellow team members – and customers
• Remain positive and optimistic; be determined and results-focused
• Stay calm under pressure; be objective and "emotionally intelligent"
• Engage with a wide range of people; and bring the best out in team members at work
• Be self-directed, use initiative and be highly motivated for success at work – and life