Richard’s brand strategy online course will show you how to do organisation, company or business branding that stands out, builds trust, engages employees, and attracts and retains customers.
Most industries are saturated with brands that tick all the boxes, don’t stand for anything, and don’t stand out. They lack impact and connection. They have no power.
Successful brands are those that make sense and are believed, felt and loved. That's Richard's definition of a Power Brand.


Power Brands are about people – employees, customers, and business partners – and how they connect with your company, business, or organisation.
"Richard was direct, raw, and challenged us to think about what our brand truly meant to us and helped us simplify our proposition and elevator pitch. He was engaging and ensured that the whole team felt part of the brand re-positioning process. We are now all singing from the same hymn sheet.."
iQumulate, Head of Brand & Marketing
"Richard is a genuine and insightful brand engineer who simplifies the hidden complexities of designing and building a modern brand. Richard has many talents but what stands out for me is he gives a shit about helping you make your brand the best brand it can possibly be by giving it the heart and soul it needs to inspire and engage your employees and customers."
Maturious, CEO
Whatever the mission has been, and whatever the size of the organisation or the nature of their business, Richard has used the same highly effective approach and frameworks to build brands that transform organisations and engage their people.
Designed for busy, full-time professionals, the Changing the Game Academy Power Brand Building is The Brand Guy's full, definitive approach and IP to building your own Power Brand. There is no other course like it today, so join the waitlist now.


COURSE SNAPSHOT
LENGTH: 8 modules
COST: AUD $395
DATES: Self-paced, so start whenever you're ready
The course isn’t about just listening and reading. It’s an immersive and practical experience, and it’s about doing. Participants will complete small exercises each week, and should allocate 2-3 hours of quality, productive time, each week to complete materials, activities, and exercises.
Participants are free to choose when to allocate their time during each week, however as the course is cohort-based, modules need to be completed before moving into a subsequent week. The only exception to this is the two recorded Live Streams, that are scheduled at a fixed day/time in advance of Week 1.


WHO THE COURSE IS FOR
"A true thought-provoking engagement that ran from top to bottom within the business and engaged all managers and staff. Highly recommend Richard to assist you and your business when thinking Brand and positioning for success."
True Value Solar, CEO
"Richard is a breath of fresh air to work with. He has a sharp business mind, but he also has amazing insight into human behaviour and what makes people tick. This combination makes his strategic work very powerful and on point. I have never worked with someone more inspiring, creative and brilliant."
Sydney Jewish Museum, Head of Marketing
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Power Brand Building is a unique 8-week course. It covers a practical, real-world approach for building your own Power Brand — from how to build your own Power Brand Blueprint to building out your Brand Strategy (on the inside as well as the outside), to making your brand happen by hitting the ground running.
In completing the course, you will learn:


A Brand New Paradigm


Branding Mastery


Purpose-driven Branding


Branding the Inside


Branding the Outside
Is this course right for me?


"The way Richard works is unique. He is highly collaborative, but not compromising. He is lateral and imaginative in this thinking, yet deeply pragmatic. He is direct, honest but not threatening. At the core of Richard's work is his interest in people, and understanding how people think, feel, and behave. He intuitively gets what motivates and engages people, and he brought this empathy, energy, and enthusiasm to every piece of work he did for us."
QBE, Group Global Executive Officer, People & Communications
"Richard's personal meld of creativity and integrity will have your whole company jiving to whatever messages you want. He can grab complex business strategy, a roomful of suspicious people, and have them eating out of his hand through reflecting back an organisation's needs in a creative and passionate way. Whether it's insurance, media, not-for-profit or any business, the way Richard helps teams to realise and recognise the people drivers in their business is truly special."
CSIRO, General Manager Communication
1
The Brand Guy Approach
- About the Brand Guy.
- Making Brands Accessible and Actionable.
- Styles of Brand Strategy Planning.
- Eight Essential Branding Conversations.
2
Branding Starts at the Top
- Gain Support and Buy-in from Senior Management.
- Aligning your Brand to what your Company or Organisation Says and Does.
- Building a Brand that People will Trust.
- The Value of Intangible Value.
- Putting Brand Purpose at the Heart of your Power Brand Strategy.
3
Brand Discovery
- Using Research to Search.
- Gathering Insights and Learnings from Internal and External Sources.
- Contextual analysis.
- Competitor analysis.
- Customer and employee research
- Brand audit.
- The Red Wine Midnight Conversation.
4
Brand Distillery
- Defining the Branding Task.
- Organising Information to Support your Brand Development.
- Start to Build your Power Brand Blueprint.
- Get the Balance Right Between the Hard and the Soft.
- Brand Positioning in a Cluttered marketplace.
- Using Brand Archetypes to Understand your Brand Personality and Identity.
- Reduce your Brand to its Core Essence.
5
Brand Strategy
- Develop a congruent brand strategy (who, where, what, how, why).
- Craft language that makes your brand stand out from the competition.
- Bring your brand to life with visuals.
- Build a cohesive brand story.
6
Brand on the Inside
- Aligning HR, people and culture with your brand.
- Linking company values and behaviours to your brand.
- Develop a clear employee value proposition (EVP) linked to your brand.
7
Brand on the Outside
- Develop customer profiles and brand personality archetypes.
- Develop your brand promise and brand identity.
- Articulating a clear value proposition.
8
Making your Brand Happen
- Creating a brand-driven marketing strategy and initiatives.
- Creating a brand-driven culture program and initiatives.
- Measuring and tracking your brand’s performance.


MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
He has created and worked on brands at some of the world’s greatest advertising agencies (Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, DDB, McCann Erickson) as well as in his own business, from global brands (Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Levis, Streets, Toyota, Nescafe, Vodafone) to Australian brands (Arnott’s, CSIRO, QBE, Data61, Surf Lifesaving Australia, Tourism Australia, Mortgage Choice) to start-ups (LeukBook, T-shirt Ventures).
Richard pioneered a new way to do branding, where everything you do and say as a company or organisation is driven by and aligned to your brand strategy: the way you do business, the way you treat your employees, the way you treat your customers and suppliers, your products and services, as well as [and not just] your marketing communications. He works closely with CEOs and Executive, HR and Marketing teams to reboot and reshape their brands and businesses, and he is an Advisory Board member for two start-ups.
Richard runs a successful strategy, brand and communications agency called Brandcraft, he has published two books, he appears in the media on brand-related issues, and he is a sought-after speaker who delivers keynote talks and runs workshops on Real YOU, Power Branding, Branding the Inside, and Business as UNusual.
"Richard is a peak performer. Driven, fearless and with energy to burn. He finds the beautiful truth and articulates the powerful story inside every organisation. He shines the light on those around him and true to his word wakes up their tigers. His genuine love and passion for what he does is contagious. "
STW Group, Chief Operating Offricer
"Richard is the best brand strategist, creative thinker and thought- provoking motivational professionals that I have experienced, and I have met a few in my time! He is challenging, inspirational and pushes people to think differently. I would not hesitate to recommend him – he is truly brilliant!"
Allegis Group, Managing Director Global Marketing
SIGN UP FOR THE POWER BRAND BUILDING COURSE
COURSE: Power Brand Building
START: Whenever you're ready
LENGTH: 8 modules (self-paced: you can do it in your own time)
FORMAT: ONLINE
RRP: AUD $395