About

Rod Buchecker

Rod Buchecker is a business mentor, executive coach and Vistage chair based in Adelaide. He founded his practice, Future Focus Asia Pacific, in 2009 after fifteen years as a director of Clemenger BBDO Adelaide, and has chaired Vistage group CE30 since early 2014.

Rod Buchecker

His work centres on CEO and senior executive coaching, strategic thinking, team cohesion and leadership clarity. He is the author of Perspectives on Focus, and an Ambassador for Thought Leaders Global.

Everything he does runs through one lens: helping the people he works with succeed like never before.

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The record

The facts, so you can check them. Ask Rod about any of them.

Career and boards

  • Vistage Australia NZ chair, group CE30 Adelaide, since March 2014
  • Director, Clemenger BBDO Adelaide, 15 years
  • Director, Cancer Council South Australia, 10 years
  • Director, Burnside War Memorial Hospital, 7 years
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, with more than 25 years as a non-executive director
  • Director, Clayton Church Homes, 4 years
  • Former Trustee, Clemenger BBDO Staff Superannuation Fund
  • Former National Account Director, Young & Rubicam, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney
  • Leadership and resilience training in primary health and aged care, more than 500 general practices working with around 10,000 GPs

Accreditations and training

  • Vistage Worldwide Chair and Executive Coach
  • Accredited Wiley Everything DiSC facilitator
  • Accredited Patrick Lencioni Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team facilitator
  • Accredited Mentor, Thought Leaders Global and Thought Leaders Business School; inaugural faculty leader and Black Belt
  • Graduate, Harvard Business School Strategic Marketing Management Program, Boston
  • Graduate, Young & Rubicam Worldwide Ad Skills Program, New York

Recognition

  • 2018 Australian Marketing Institute Marketer of the Year, South Australia
  • Author, Perspectives on Focus (2020)
Off the clock

The other CV

  • Likes to test himself...
  • Joined Army Reserve at age 17
  • Trekked the Kokoda Track twice, in both directions
  • Member of the inaugural Australian dragon boat racing team that toured South East Asia
  • American car enthusiast
  • Built a 1933 Ford street rod from the ground up, more than 2,000 hours, and has owned it for 49 years
  • Restored a 1965 Mustang Fastback, twice, over 30 years
  • Rafted the Franklin River in Tasmania and jumped the 134-metre bungy at Queenstown, the highest in the Southern Hemisphere
  • Qualified surf lifesaver, Fremantle SLSC

Rod and Susie have two adult children, Tom and Issy. Ask him about either and you will lose the next twenty minutes.

Rod Buchecker walking in Adelaide

What people say

Extraordinary expertise and focus

“I would recommend Rod to anyone who wants to undertake his programs. His level of expertise, understanding and focus is extraordinary.”
Rebecca MorrisLeadership Coach, Speaker and Facilitator, Paradigm Shift

A well rounded brand of leadership

“Rod provides a well rounded brand of leadership that facilitates growth and experience. He also contributes with the latest in thought leadership and contemporary business performance tools. Rod is committed to providing value to his TEC members and this shows through the personal investment he makes with each of us on both a personal and professional level.”
Thornton HarfieldDeakin University - Program Director Infrastructure Replacement