Ed Cowan
speaker
535 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 25 Oct
Ed Cowan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Got on and with it, uh, your investors have supported you and done very well because of
the strategy coming to life.
You've built incredible credibility in the marketplace, but you you both came with incredible credibility.
So you you probably felt like you had something to prove, no doubt.
But I guess with the wealth advisors themselves, you came as a credible package.
People in culture always starts with the CEO, there's no doubt about that.
And to unlock the scaling challenges of people in culture, it often takes the CEO to scale themselves.
Mm.
I mean, y you talk about discipline long distance swimming is the
ultimate masterclass in discipline and routine and marginal gains and long term horizons.
So let's try and pick apart your own journey in transitioning from an incredible sporting career.
And it's nice to get to ask the questions here rather than have to answer them.
The role of a CEO in my mind is, as you've alluded to, more that of a coach than a player or swimmer or an athlete more broadly.
What were the traits of great coaches that you admired or that you were involved with that you might have adopted some of their philosophies or principles in terms of building a culture at a generation development group?
The things that I often
It's amazing those formative years, learning to push each other and and actually what performance looked like.
What a a great life lesson.
I mean a a few things resonated strongly.
To be world class you need to make your strengths stronger.
Coaches that often push you to uh work on your weaknesses miss to be world class and to beat people, your your strengths have to be better than theirs.
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