Mini Chief: Ben Marsonet, CEO of Altus Group, on leading with visibility on the frontline

“80-90% of my job is to engage the business. It's a KPI.”

 

This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.

This Mini Chief episode features Ben Marsonet, CEO of Altus Group.

His full episode is titled The 6 stages of executive evolution, leading with visibility, and how powerful stories shape culture.

You can find the full audio and show notes here:

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With over 15 years of experience in the traffic management industry, Ben has held various operational, commercial and senior management roles at Altus Group, the largest and leading provider of traffic management services across Australia and New Zealand.

Starting on the frontline as a traffic controller, Ben worked his way up into executive roles before being appointed to the role of Group CEO in July 2021.

Since his appointment, he has led the business through a successful private equity investment, as well as doubling revenue and earnings of the business through a mix of organic growth and acquisition activity.

Ben has an immense passion for the safety and growth of people, and about leading a business that has a genuine impact on its employees and the communities it operates in.

 

In the full CEO masterclass, we talk about:

✅ How curiosity and saying ‘yes’ to challenges will accelerate your career growth

✅ Integrating new teams during M&A while protecting a cohesive company culture and momentum

✅ Why spending time on the frontline strengthens employee connection authentically, and

✅ How vulnerability and sharing real stories builds trust, unity and a thriving workplace

 

Stay epic,

Greg

 

Connecting with Ben Marsonet

• You can connect with Ben via LinkedIn.

Books and resources

• The Shaka Project by Sean Weir

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• Daniel Hunter, CEO of Business NSW, on The new breed of CEO, purposeful storytelling and building teams. 

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