Two business owners in conversation across a table
Business coaching, Geelong

Run the business instead of being run by it

One-to-one and small-group coaching for owner-operators who are good at the work and tired of doing everything else.

140+Owners coached
11 yrsIn practice
90 daysFirst plan horizon
How it works

Three steps, and you keep the plan either way

No lock-in and no twelve-month commitment before you know whether we are useful to each other.

Step one

A session that stands on its own

Ninety minutes on what is actually slowing the business down. You leave with a written plan whether or not you carry on.

Step two

A quarter with a number on it

One thing to move, one measure that says whether it moved, and the sequence to get there. Reviewed monthly, not annually.

Step three

Someone in your corner between sessions

The decisions that cannot wait four weeks get a call. Most of coaching happens in the gaps, not the meetings.

Programs

Four ways in, depending on where you are

A one-to-one coaching conversation

One-to-one coaching

Monthly ninety-minute sessions with a written plan and a standing line between them. The core of the practice.

A small group workshop around a table

Small-group program

Six owners, six months, one room. Cheaper than one-to-one and the peer pressure does half the work.

Hands annotating a printed business plan

Ninety-day plan intensive

Two sessions and a finished plan. For owners who want the document and would rather run it themselves.

A quiet office corner set up for a session

Leadership coaching

For the person who has to manage people now and was never taught how. Practical, not theoretical.

Why owners stay

Advice you can act on before Friday

Most coaching fails because the homework is bigger than the week. We work at the size of the week you actually have.

  • The same coach every sessionNobody hands you to a junior once the contract is signed.
  • A written plan, not a feelingYou leave every session with the next steps on paper and a date against each.
  • Month to monthStop whenever it stops being worth it. Most owners do not.
A business coach listening in a meeting room
The coaches

Three people, all of whom have run something

Portrait of a coach
Erin KavanaghPrincipal coach
Portrait of a coach
Paul MatairaLeadership and teams
Portrait of a coach
Divya RamaswamyGrowth and numbers
In their words

What owners say after a year

"I came in wanting more revenue and left with fewer customers and better margin. That was not the plan and it was the right answer."

Nadia FarrellFarrell Joinery, Newtown

"The written plan is the bit that changed things. I had been carrying all of it around in my head for six years."

Tom BeattieBeattie Electrical, Grovedale

"Erin told me to stop doing quotes on Sundays. Simple, and it took someone outside the business to say it."

Insights

Things worth reading on a Sunday

An open notebook beside a coffee cup Planning

The ninety-day plan that fits on one page

A business owner working at a desk Working owners

Why you are still the busiest person in your business

A team in conversation in an office kitchen Teams

Hiring your first manager without losing the culture

Get started

The first session stands on its own

Ninety minutes, a written plan, and no obligation to book a second one. Geelong and surrounds, in person or online.

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