Meet Gerard Wood
Access 40 years of maintenance learnings from someone who has lived, breathed and truly experienced every aspect of the industry.
I’m Gerard, and in maintenance I’m passionate about two things: practical asset management and quality work by tradies. After 40 years working in maintenance, from starting out as a tradie, to leading asset management across multiple businesses around the world, I’ve seen what really drives reliability. And it’s not reports, dashboards, or meetings. It’s skilled people doing the right work, the right way. That’s the engine room of performance.
Through decades of helping sites lift their game, living the pressure, the complexity, and the responsibility that comes with keeping critical assets running, I’ve seen time and time again, that nothing improves reliability faster than quality trades work backed by strong maintenance leadership.
That’s what led me to write my books and to create Turbo Leadership Coaching, not to “sell” anything, but to give back the knowledge that I have been fortunate enough to gather throughout my career. To share what’s worked, what hasn’t, and to help others grow in the same way I was lucky to over my career.
Help you go further, faster
Why I Coach
Turbo Leadership Coaching was built on a belief: when you develop your people, the rest takes care of itself.
I offer real-world guidance, honest conversations, and the kind of mentorship that helps you go further, faster.
Whether it’s through the 1:1 coaching program, the Turbo app, or my books, I want to give back to the industry with the knowledge I’ve learned and help good people become great leaders. I enjoy it when the coaching I have provided has made a positive difference for the coachees, just like a good trades person enjoys the sense of satisfaction they feel when they are proud of the quality job they have completed!
Who I Work With
Most of the people I coach are just like I was:
- Newly in a leadership role and keen to get it right
- Maintenance managers or Superintendents ready to lift site performance
- Self-starters looking to grow, lead better, and build stronger teams
- Professionals tired of doing everything themselves and ready to create a culture that works with them
What I Believe
- Trades are the heartbeat of reliability
- Culture drive results, not just compliance and the latest technology or newest seminar insights
- Learning is a lifelong game (and knowledge is no burden to carry)
- Leadership isn’t about ego, it’s about enabling others to do great work and removing the roadblocks that prevent people from performing as a team