Nathan Burke

Nathan Burke

High-Performance Leadership & Team Culture

★ ACXPA Verified Trainer
Leadership Coach High-performance, accountability, resilience
People & Culture Exec Former COO & Culture lead at a 1,300-seat BPO
Enterprise Programs Custom design for emerging to senior leaders
AFL Hall of Fame Australian Football Hall of Fame (2021)

Meet Nathan

Nathan Burke translates elite-sport clarity into commercial leadership. He focuses leaders on ownership, standards and practical behaviours that improve team performance quickly and sustainably.

After a long AFL career with St Kilda, Nathan moved into business leadership and consulting. He served as Assistant Coach (AFL), Senior Coach in the AFLW, consultant with Mettle Group, and Chief Operating Officer & People/Culture Manager at CallActive, a 1,300-seat contact centre operation across Australia and New Zealand.

Partnering with CX Skills, he delivers high-performance leadership programs for emerging leaders, team leaders and executive groups. Sessions are story-rich, direct and immediately actionable.

Beyond Football

Following a three-year term on the AFL Match Review Panel, Nathan focused on coaching and leadership full-time.

He provides media commentary, holds Diplomas in Teaching and Business, and prioritises health, family and community impact.

He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2021.

Nathan Burke coaching
Clarity, standards, accountability — applied to teams and leaders.

Leadership Programs Tailored to Your Team

Nathan can deliver set programs or custom design a series for your context.

  • Setting direction and defining leadership success (with self-assessment)
  • Designing culture to enable consistent performance
  • Standards, ownership and mutual accountability
  • Difficult conversations: liked vs respected
  • Leader responsibilities to self and team
  • Change leadership: control what you can control
  • Performance vs outcomes: knowing the difference
  • High-performing team characteristics and habits
  • Motivation: Confidence, Control, Connectedness (3Cs)
  • Coaching to perform; readiness to perform
  • GROW model and coaching methodology
  • Capability assessment, task assignment and delegation
  • Situational leadership and presentation skills
  • Building rapport and trust; advanced listening
  • Leader resilience through difficult periods

Private Delivery Only

Nathan’s leadership programs are available exclusively for private bookings and can be delivered onsite or live online, aligned to your strategy, language and KPIs.

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