Facilitator of Growth | Educator of Leaders | Business Designer | Architect of Change
Matthew Webber is a globally recognized leader in navigating disruption and fostering transformative growth. His career spans executive roles in finance, international supply chain, and large-scale transformations with globally renowned brands such as Kmart Australia, Adidas, and Wesfarmers. Matthew’s work has impacted businesses and leaders across Australia, Asia, and the United States, equipping organizations to thrive in volatile and rapidly changing environments.
As the author of Fit for Disruption: How to Transform Your Business and Thrive in Times of Rapid Change and Disruptive Leadership: How to Create a Powerful Legacy in a Rapidly Changing World, Matthew shares actionable insights for leaders navigating the complexities of disruption. These books have established him as a thought leader in the fields of organizational resilience and innovation.
Matthew has been closely involved with the Stanford Graduate School of Business, contributing as a Course Facilitator and part of the teaching team for programs such as Designing Organizations for a Culture of Innovation, The Power of Story, and Critical Analytical Thinking. Through these roles, he collaborates with world-class faculty to guide senior executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders in developing the skills needed to lead in dynamic environments.
Matthew’s executive coaching has extended to emerging markets through his work with the Stanford Seed program, where he coached entrepreneurial leaders in India and South Asia. These transformative engagements focused on building resilience, fostering growth, and enabling leaders to create lasting impact in their businesses and communities.
Passionate about empowering the next generation, Matthew leads Fit for Disruption – Next Gen Leaders, a global initiative to equip young people with essential life, leadership, and career skills. His mission is to inspire and prepare them to address the world’s most pressing challenges with confidence, resilience, and purpose.
Whether working with C-suite executives, entrepreneurial leaders, or the next generation, Matthew’s work reflects his deep commitment to building the leadership capabilities required to thrive in an era of disruption.
Fit for Disruption is a game changing blueprint that introduces a proven framework to help leaders and organizations transform uncertainty and challenge into opportunities for growth, innovation, and lasting success.
How to transform your business and thrive in times of rapid change
The world is changing at a rapid rate. It’s throwing up an endless supply of opportunities – and risks. In other words, it is disruptive. How does a business survive, and indeed thrive, in the midst of this disruption?
By embracing the disruption and providing the direction and environment that helps make the most of the opportunities it creates. Leaders can transform their business and thrive in times of rapid change by applying the three attributes of the Fit for Disruption model:
When leaders build their business on these three attributes, they will not only navigate the storms of disruption, but begin to create their own opportunities and become the disruptors of the future.
How to create a powerful legacy in a rapidly changing world
In today’s dynamic world, leadership demands more than resilience—it asks for foresight, authentic connections and proactive innovation.
This book serves as a guide for those who aspire to steer their organisations and communities with intention and purpose, converting hurdles into catalysts for meaningful advancement. Ready yourself to not only comprehend the core of disruptive leadership, but to exemplify it. Engage deeply, channel change constructively and sculpt novel pathways, positioning yourself as the leader our evolving landscape requires.
Contemporary Leadership: Navigate with responsibility and harness the potential of diverse perspectives. Drive unified team success with broadened insights.
Influential Leadership: Build genuine trust, refine negotiation tactics and craft impactful narratives. Amplify influence and foster deeper relationships.
Future-Ready Leadership: Direct distributed teams efficiently and cultivate a global mindset. Stay ahead in a digitally connected world and optimise performance across borders.
Legacy and Impact Leadership: Forge a legacy grounded in integrity and meaningful intent. Ensure enduring significance that lives long after your leadership, cultivating a purposeful legacy.
Transformational Leadership: Prioritise flexibility and commit to relentless self-refinement. Navigate change with agility, fostering self-disruption and personal growth. Delve into the intricacies of leadership that doesn’t just adapt, but proactively innovates, viewing challenges as gateways to new possibilities.
Delve into the intricacies of leadership that doesn’t just adapt, but proactively innovates, viewing challenges as gateways to new possibilities. This is your guide to thoughtful, intentional leadership in a disrupted world.