Paul Roos

In a career spanning 30 years, Paul Roos has been an Australian Rules Football player (Fitzroy, Sydney Swans), Head Coach of the Sydney Swans and Melbourne Football Club, media broadcaster and men’s wellness advocate.

In 2005, he guided the Sydney Swans to the AFL Premiership, breaking a 72-year drought, and was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame. He was named All-Australian seven times and, in his prime, was rated the best footballer in Australia.

In 2018, Paul founded the Roos Men’s Wellness and Leadership Club. He is currently the founder and director of Performance by Design, which builds high-performing cultures by helping role model leaders bring team behaviours to life. In this episode, we talk to Paul, who is the father of two sons, about his career and his learnings from it.