Geoff Morgan
{{short description|Australian HR executive and scout}}
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Geoff Morgan {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} is an Australian businessman, known for co-founding Morgan & Banks with Andrew Banks.{{cite news|last1=Bennet |first1=Michael|title=Recruiter Talent2 decides to go private in $115m deal |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/recruiter-talent2-decides-to-go-private-in-115m-deal/story-fn91v9q3-1226370432413|accessdate=30 July 2015|work=The Australian|date=29 May 2012}}{{cite web |title=Our History|url=http://www.talent2.com/our-company/our-history|website=talent2|accessdate=30 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829165912/http://www.talent2.com/our-company/our-history|archive-date=29 August 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Gome|first1=Amanda|title=Masterclass – Australia's most enduring entrepreneurs and some rising stars share their secrets|publisher=BRW|date=25 November 2004}}
Career
Morgan co-founded Morgan & Banks, a recruitment agency with Andrew Banks in 1985.{{cite book |last1=Banks|first1=Andrew |first2=Geoff |last2=Morgan |authorlink1=Andrew Banks |authorlink2=Geoff Morgan |first3=Catherine |title=Flourish & prosper|last3=Hanger |date=2005|publisher=Penguin|location=Camberwell, Vic.|isbn=978-0670042135}} It became a public company in 1995. He joined Bank's Talent2 International in 2003.{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Wendy|title=News & Moves|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=afr&kw=%22Morgan+%26+Banks%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SMH031004A7P8N1JUL95|accessdate=30 July 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 October 2003}}
Scouting
Morgan has been a member of the World Scout Foundation, the World Organization of the Scout Movement's trust company, and has represented the foundation served on the World Scout Committee since 2021.{{cite web |title=Mr Geoff Morgan AM MEMBER |url=https://worldscoutfoundation.org/team/mr-geoff-morgan-am |year=2022 |publisher=WorldScoutFoundation.org}}
Recognition
In 2015 Morgan was inducted into the Order of Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human-resources/seven-top-businesspeople-among-those-named-in-queen-s-birthday-honours/|title=Seven top businesspeople among those named in Queen's Birthday honours|date=June 8, 2015|website=SmartCompany}} Together with Andrew Banks, was voted equal first in an industry poll of The 5 Most Influential People in the Recruitment Industry in the past 60 years.{{cite web|last1=Clennett|first1=Ross|title=5 Most Influential People in the Recruitment Industry in last 60 years |url=http://blog.rossclennett.com/2015/09/the-5-most-influential-people-in.html|website=Ross Clennett|accessdate=28 September 2015}}
In 2014, Morgan and Banks were inaugural inductees to the Recruitment International (Australia) Recruitment Industry Hall of Fame,{{cite news|last1=Horsburgh|first1=Lesley|title=Congratulations to the RI Australia Award Winners|url=http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/recruitmentinternational/australia_20150103/index.php#/24|accessdate=15 September 2015|issue=Jan–Mar 2015|publisher=Recruitment International Australia|date=January 2015|archive-date=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426013136/http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/recruitmentinternational/australia_20150103/index.php#/24|url-status=dead}} for individuals who have made significant contribution to the Australian recruitment industry during their career.{{cite web|title=The Recruitment International Australia Industry Awards 2016 |url=http://www.recruitment-international.com.au/news/the-ri-awards-2016-20562.htm |website=Recruitment International Australia |accessdate=15 September 2015 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 2004, Morgan and Banks won the Ernst & Young Australia, Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Eastern Region) for sustained success in business.
Books
- Flourish & Prosper (2005);
- Achieving Your Dream Career (2002);{{cite book|last1=Banks|first1=Geoff Morgan & Andrew|title=Achieving your dream career |date=2002|publisher=Penguin Books Australia|location=Camberwell, Vic.|isbn=9780670910915}}
- The Morgan and Banks Guide to: Getting That Job (1994);{{cite book|last1=Banks|first1=Andrew |first2=Geoff |last2=Morgan |authorlink1=Andrew Banks |authorlink2=Geoff Morgan |title=Getting that job : how to establish and manage your career into the next millenium|date=1994|publisher=Harper Collins|location=Pymble, N.S.W.|isbn=978-0732250201|edition=Reprinted.}}
- Going Up - How to Get, Keep and Advance Your Career (1988){{cite book|last3=Zilko |first3=Julie |last1=Banks|first1=Andrew |first2=Geoff |last2=Morgan |authorlink1=Andrew Banks |authorlink2=Geoff Morgan |title=Going up : how to get, keep and advance your career|date=1988|publisher=Collins|location=Sydney|isbn=978-0732224509}}
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External links
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Category:Members of the Order of Australia
Category:World Scout Committee members
Category:American human resource management people