Kevin Heppleston

Kevin is an internationally recognised Award Winning Business and Executive Coach, who has taken numerous business owners to multi-million dollar turnovers (and multi-million dollar net personal assets), assisted business owners to purchase businesses, exit businesses, systemise businesses, develop high-performing teams and, most importantly, obtain work-life balance.

He “walks the talk” – Kevin is an accomplished businessman, entrepreneur and property investor and is well versed in the many aspects of business and has extraordinary experiential knowledge.
Having coached a wide variety of businesses - from small to large – Kevin has the skills to take any business to new levels. Clients have included manufacturing companies, dentists, hair salons, recruitment agencies, private trainers, presenters, large and small retail chains, wholesalers, service providers, child care centres, importers and distributors, seminar and event companies, property developers and educators.
Kevin’s successes also include Executive Coaching and Training, where he works with Senior Executives to develop very effective and profitable cost-centres, with particular focus on developing high-performing and self-managed teams.
Kevin also provides a specialised Pre-School Consultancy Service to the Early Childcare sector.
In addition to being a Certified Coach, Kevin is also a Trainer and Keynote Speaker. Kevin has worked with many international presenters, both in NZ and overseas... including Brad Sugars, Australia/USA, Mark Victor Hansen, USA, Paul Dunn, Aust and Roger Hamilton, Singapore. Kevin also facilitates interactive Workshops, on Leadership, Sales, Customer Service, Creating “Raving Fans”, Change Management, Time Management and Team Building, to name a few.
As a Social Entrepreneur committed to making a difference, Kevin is a Founding Trustee of the Action Educational Foundation - a Registered Charitable Trust which focuses on educating teenagers and young adults in business, entrepreneurism and life-skills. This Foundation is a key sponsor of the very successful “YES” programme, run in NZ Secondary schools (3529 students in 180 schools were part of the YES programme in 2009). Also, Kevin was instrumental in the roll-out of the very successful “stepUp” programme in NZ
Kevin has achieved the following Awards:
- Coach to the Winner of the ‘Sustainable Business 2011’ Award
- Coach to the Winner of the ‘Best Financial Performance, 2008’ Award
- Coach to the Winner of the ‘Business of the Year, 2004’ Award
- Coach to the Winner of the ‘Entrepreneurial Business, 2004’ Award
- Coach to the Winner of the ‘Business Woman of the Year, 2001’ Award
- ‘Global Coach of the Year, 2002’ Award
- ‘Australasian Coach of the Year, 2001’ Award
- NZ ‘Show Me The Money Award, 2001’ Award

- NZ ‘Outstanding Growth & Development 2000’ Award

plus, Kevin and Business Partner, Gill Dal Din were awarded the ‘XL Global Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007’ Award for their contribution to the launch of the stepUP Programme in NZ - which impacted the lives of 1690 NZ teens in 2007

With a strong commitment to his own development, as well as that of his clients, Kevin continues to invest extensively in personal and business training... which he enjoys putting into action and sharing with his clients.
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