Mark McKeon is one of Australia’s leading work/life balance and team cohesion advocates. He presents keynotes and tailored sessions, and along with his team, conducts workshops and conference programs in Lifestyle, Team Building and Leadership.
Mark was High Performance Coach for the famous Collingwood AFL team for 15 years and was Consulting Editor to Ultra-Fit Magazine, both in Australia and the UK. He is also the creator of the innovative Go Zone and Every Day Counts programs. The latter has been ratified by fitness bodies throughout Australia.
Mark is the author of four books including Work a Little Less, Live a Little More which has become the bible for work/life balance in corporate Australia. Every Day Counts was the first book ever to be endorsed by the Australian Government’s Health Promotion arm, Active Australia.
During Mark’s time at Collingwood, the club also outsourced its entire fitness and training function to Mark’s team. He acted as Collingwood’s Club Runner for the AFL record of more than 250 games. He also worked with Victoria in the State of Origin Series on five occasions.
Mark played VFL football for Melbourne and represented Victoria through the VFA. In 1998, at age forty-one, Mark was part of the winning team in the inaugural AFL Triathlon, competing against current players from all teams. In the same year he competed in, and gave a commentary of, the gruelling British Cross Training Challenge in London.
