ABOUT FULCRUM THINKING
Leadership for Optimal Change.
Lachlan is Managing Director and founder of Fulcrum Thinking. With 25 years of experience leading ambitious growth and transformation agendas, he serves as a trusted advisor and 2iC to business owners, executive teams and government agencies. Lachlan brings to clients rich experience which balances operational excellence, customer experience management, team leadership that leads organisations to remain competitive, profitable and sustainable into the future.
Notable engagements include being an embedded resource to lead the enterprise-wide transformation of Charlotte Pass Snow Resort to elevate guest services, sales and operational performance. Lachlan led capital investment projects, improved management processes, and recruited and led a dedicated management team from the ground-up that re-established Charlotte Pass as a boutique destination snow resort. Prior to Fulcrum, he served as the General Manager of Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre. Lachlan facilitated the implementation of a multimillion-dollar Strategic Facility Improvement Master Plan. The centre has developed into a highly regarded base for Australia’s winter sports training programs.
Earlier in his working career, Lachlan served as a Venue Protocol Manager for the Sydney 2000 where he was responsible for the integration Olympic and Paralympic venue services, event management systems and logistical support across a multiple of sporting venues.
An avid alpine athlete, Lachlan has also taught and coached alpine skiing professionally at some of the world’s leading alpine resorts.
Lachlan worked with the Entrepreneurs Programme as a Strengthening Business Facilitator at Business Australia helping transform SME’s to become more competitive, productive, commercialise their products and services, and develop solutions to scale, disrupt and embrace digital transformation.
Lachlan’s professional and education credentials include: GAICD (AICD), MBA - Marketing (UNE), GDipAppFin (FINSIA), GDipSportsMgt (UTS) and a BA (SYD).
An Extended Global Network of Resources
Fulcrum Thinking is an accredited Associate member of The Institute for Independent Business (IIB). The IIB is a global network of senior business executives from every type of business imaginable working in over 40 countries which are available to help us provide business advisory, support and services to Managing Directors / Owners (MDOs) of Independent Businesses. Our involvement with the IIB ensures that our clients not only receive the scale and scope of support needed to succeed but that we provide counsel and conduct business within a thoroughly vetted framework of applicable professional standards and business consulting principals that are supported by a set of IIB policies and a rigorous ethical code.
A Partnership Supporting Successful Business Transitions
Fulcrum Thinking is partnered with Succession Plus - specialists in providing proactive, focused and strategic advice for SME owners to manage strategic Business Succession and Exit Planning. This alliance with Succession Plus gives our clients a greater ability to identify, protect, maximise and extract the wealth contained in their businesses and related assets.
Our Inside-Out Approach
Meaningful, lasting growth and change begins on the inside and then works its way out.
Transforming your organisation from the inside out means creating a revitalized business system based on the core values, goals and mission of leadership and grounded in the culture of the company. A successful transformation process forces leaders to look at the big picture, not one small section of the frame, so that the system you design will be a complete one for all constituents. An inside out transformation ensures that strategy is considered ahead of tactics and that tactics provide feedback into the business so that strategy and tactics can both be monitored and adapted along the way.