Grant Hackett: rituals, performance, managing 300 staff and using investment bonds

30/01/2025 41 min
Grant Hackett: rituals, performance, managing 300 staff and using investment bonds

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Episode Synopsis

In this Australian Business Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask speaks with Grant Hackett, OAM, who is the CEO of Generation Development Group (ASX: GDG) - a $1.1 billion company that has grown rapidly in recent years.
In this podcast with Grant Hackett, Owen and Grant discuss:

What Grant took from the pool to his CEO role

Why he moved into finance

How to inspire and lead a team

How Grant thinks about personal and professional growth

Investment bonds - how and why they work

The tax of investment bonds

Potential changes to Superannuation you need to know

How Grant makes investment decisions as a CEO


~~ Episode resources ~~
Lifebuilder (investment bond): https://bit.ly/rask-bond1
Childbuilder (investment bond): https://bit.ly/rask-bond2
Grant's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-hackett-oam-30820225?originalSubdomain=au
~~ Rask Resources ~~
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Financial Planning: https://bit.ly/R-plan
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Access Show Notes: https://bit.ly/R-notes
Ask a question: https://bit.ly/R-quest
~~ Timestamps ~~


0:30:00 - becoming CEO of Generation Development (ASX: GDG)


7:00 - leadership skills


17:00 - a passion for finance


18:00 - overcoming doubt to win gold


22:00 - managing a team more effectively


30:00 - Investment bonds explained


35:00 - 10-year rule and 125% rule


42:00 - Investment bond rules - broken


46:00 - how investment bonds work


52:00 - changes to tax rules


55:00 - how Grant makes investment decisions


1:00:30 - advice Grant Hackett would give to his young self


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