Robert Scanlon

Current

Owner at skillsforbusiness.com

Past

Team at StomperNet
NSW State Manager at Polygram Records
National Manager - Blank Tape at Sony

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Education

University of Nottingham

Recommended

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Connections

109 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Skills For Business

Robert Scanlon’s Summary

Versatile business generalist with many other successful business ventures (not listed here), including development of multiple online assets and provision of internet marketing consulting to varied business types.

An entrepreneur at heart; a fully certified (!) Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Trainer; experienced in start-up enterprises and very experienced in corporate culture development.

I work best with very hands-on projects that have mission-critical deliverables and well-thought through metrics.

Implementation and flawless execution are my best friends ...

Robert Scanlon’s Specialties:

Experienced management development program designer and facilitator; interactive generative conference design and facilitation.

Anything to do with people development - from frontline to CEO.

Strong presenter and negotiator.

Very experienced corporate culture troubleshooter; including design of custom interventions to assist in cultural development.

Robert Scanlon’s Experience

Owner

skillsforbusiness.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 1992 — Present (17 years 7 months)

Skills For Business has been providing corporate clients with organizational development solutions since 1992, including management development; strategic consulting; design and facilitation of leading edge interactive conferences; installation and training of cutting edge "Generative Learning" Learning Centers; training of trainers in specialized skills of facilitation, consulting, generative program design.

Clients have also requested custom mentoring and coaching solutions; custom-built interactive training programs; site-specific learning-needs evaluations.
Team

StomperNet

(Management Consulting industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
NSW State Manager

Polygram Records

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

December 1988 — December 1991 (3 years 1 month)

Ran a lean team of sales & PR staff, achieved No.1 State two years running (1990-91) in largest record company (at the time). Managed multi-million dollar budgets; responsible for all staff decisions - hiring, training, performance management, leadership; responsible for p&l.

Primary role: Sales and promotion of recorded music across all New South Wales (NSW).
National Manager - Blank Tape

Sony

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)

July 1987 — December 1988 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for developing the Sony brand of blank tapes in the Music Stores and other national chain stores across Australia. Included negotiating with major buyers and chains; managing state-based reps; achieving revenue targets.