Advanced Mentoring Group Workshops
“Learn from the experts!“
Advanced Mentoring Group monthly workshops provide a forum for you to connect with progressive and successful business owners.
Learn from the experts! Be accountable to your own ‘virtual’ board of directors!
The Advanced Mentoring Group monthly workshops provide a forum for you to connect with progressive and successful business owners. Learn from experts in business who have “been there and done it!” Learn from their mistakes, their experiences and their achievements as they explain their business building principals, techniques and ideas.
Use the group as your own board of directors – The group will act as your board of directors and keep you accountable for taking your business to a whole new level. You will be encouraged to learn and apply ideas in your business and to build your business and have it ‘sale ready’! All of this in a monthly support group of like-minded, positive business owners where there will be NO COMPETING BUSINESSES IN THE GROUP. In this highly confidential environment, you will be able to open up and get help without the fear of alerting the competition..
Develop your business in to an asset which can be sold in the future as a going concern.
Be able to Cash Out when YOU want to and on YOUR terms.
Format Of The Sessions
- 7.10 – 7.30 am – Arrive for networking and lite breakfast
- 7.30 – 9.30 am – Guest speaker will present on their business experiences (good and bad), lessons learned, what they would do differently and goals for the future. Then they will open up for questions and provide assistance on group member issues, goals and interests.
- 9.30 – 10.00 am Networking and refreshments
- 10.00 – 12 noon Working on group member’s priority issues, goals and challenges, giving feedback, and being accountable to ‘the board’.
- 12 noon – Optional networking lunch for those who want it – at members own cost.
To Register – Please CLICK HERE To Complete An Application To Join The Group - Registration Page
Speakers – Past and Future:
Alan Nelson (October 2009) – Founder owner of The Spirit Of The West gold plate award winning restaurant train as well as a number of other rail businesses. Alan now owns The Wine & Truffle Co. in Manjimup, a limousine business and a recycling business. Alan’s topic – Building and Selling Businesses. Bio of Alan Nelson.A couple of Alan’s businesses www.wineandtruffle.com.au and www.dreamhost.net.au
Rupen Kotecha (November 2009) – Regional Director at CFO Centre Pty Ltd. Rupen has been Finance Director at British Airways Regional Cargo, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Atlantic Airlines, and Group Finance Director at Dolphin Logistics – part of John Menzies Plc. The CFO Centre provides virtual and part time CFO’s (Chief Financial Officer) services to SME’s. Rupen can present some excellent case studies of where they have been able to help small business. See www.cfocentre.com.au and Rupen’s LinkedIN profile.
David Deane-Spread (December 2009) – David developed the method for training for Attitudes and wrote the workbook “Master the Power of Your Attitudes”. He’s regarded by the search engines as the global leader in training for “Attitudinal Competence”. David developed the method from his early career in leading and training covert operatives in a government agency. These days he works with leaders helping them get the most from themselves and their people, through his consulting, training, coaching and strategic facilitation. To find out more CLICK HERE
Brent Pollard (February 2010) – From humble beginnings in the North West of England to a corporate career in London and on to being a successful business owner in UK, Brent is now rebuilding a couple of iconic Perth restaurants – Mosmans (formerly Meads Mosman Park) and Black Toms in West Perth. Hear about his journey and his plans for the future. Pick his brains on building businesses from rock bottom.
James Corne (January 2010) – Founder of The Franchise Institute in Sydney and author of the book “Franchising Made Easy”, James is another business owner who has “been there and done it”! James is the authority on franchising a business and will discuss “Why franchise?” and how you go about it! Check out James web site at www.thefranchiseinstitute.com.au Through many successes and a few failures, he has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience on both what to do and what not to do in franchising. His marketing experience and knowledge has helped him succeed in this industry.
Andy Buchanan-Hughes (April 2010) - Andy is the Regional Manager for Priority Management WA and has been in this role since December 2002. During his time with Priority Management WA the company has experienced exceptional growth.
With over 35 years experience in all areas of Sales and Customer Service, Andy has amassed a wealth of knowledge in developing long term relationships with people and organisations which has helped Priority Management to secure many long term training partnerships.
Through the network of strategic alliance partners that Andy has developed, Priority Management WA now has the ability to offer their customers a complete training and implementation process solving many of the problems faced by businesses in today’s busy and demanding world.
Andy’s belief around growing a business lies heavily in providing excellent customer service and always under promising and over delivering with great results. More here http://www.prioritymanagement.com.au/
Mal Emery (May 2010) – If you don’t know who Mal Emery is, then you need to read this http://www.malemery.com/about/ This session with Mal will be a half day workshop that will destroy all your existing paradigms on marketing. Prepare to be challenged, shocked and pleasantly surprised. This session is indeed a real treat for the mentoring group members because to get a half day with Mal would normally cost you a small fortune!
Wayne Bubb (June 2010) – With over 30 years experience as a business coach and financial planner, Wayne Bubb has assisted his clients in diverse sectors such as manufacturing, the travel and mining industries and the media to achieve effective Strategy, Best Practice Operations and meaningful Performance Management, tax efficient earnings and cost effective business growth.
From a background of guiding and assisting business and professional people establish and achieve their financial security Wayne identified the value of the coaching process. From the clarity and speed which succinct Strategic plans could be developed and implemented using coaching principles, Wayne saw an opportunity to help clients develop their business opportunities with cost efficient and effective process.
Don King (July 2010) – Don is qualified and experienced enough to present on a multitude of topics based upon his varied career in the military, business and entertainment world. At 75 years of age, Don works as a debt collector, private investigator, singer, entertainer and sales trainer. Just to mention a few. Don has qualifications in Psychology, Transport Administration and Hotel Catering & Management. He served in the Army Intelligence Corps in Korea and then as Special Intelligence Investigator in the S.A. Police. Then followed a colourful career in entertainment and hospitality before becoming the top sales person in Australia 10 years in a row for National Utility Services Australia. Don will be presenting to the group on “Debt Prevention and Debt Collection”. Trust me, it will be very entertaining as well as great information.
Karen Robinson (August 2010) – Karen Robinson is the Managing Director of Mango Leadership Group Pty Ltd and on the Board of Directors of Women’s Forum Australia. Mango Leadership was originally created in association with Priority Management Perth to provide customised training solutions.
Inspired by the work of Michael Gerber in E-Myth Revisited, Karen brought the Mango team together to focus on assisting SME’s to establish simple, effective document management processes to improve productivity. Since then, Mango has worked with a variety of businesses to sort out the ‘dog’s breakfast’ that most businesses have when it comes to the management of their electronic documents as well as other business processes.
As a self confessed ‘process-challenged’ person, Karen will share some practical insights into how to effectively bring people and processes together in your businesses to increase productivity and ultimately its profitability and saleable value. For more on Karen and Mango Leadership CLICK HERE
Jean-Jacques Lasm (September 2010) – Jean-Jacques, better known as JJ, is a Management Consultant & Business Coach who trained as an Electronic Engineer and progressed into business consulting and coaching after several years in senior management positions including as Chief Engineer, Service Director, Director of Client Fulfillment, Director of Marketing and Chief Executive, Board Director and Chairman. He also served as a Mentor on the Queensland government’s Mentoring 4 Growth Program and is currently working on an exciting venture with The Small Business Gurus at pointing executives and small business owners in the right direction for better management, bigger profit and better life balance.
One thing is for sure, being well trained in NLP, JJ’s session will be lively, energetic, fun and extremely valuable in helping all of us business owners to get the best out of our selves and others! Don’t miss this one!
Alan Nelson (November 2010) – Alan was our first presenter back in October 2009. You can read his profile above! Now that the group has grown to a membership of 25, it was great to get Alan back to remind us of the importance of setting goals in business. You can see Alan’s current business at www.dreamhost.net.au
Glenn Cardwell (December 2010) – With Christmas coming on and the tendency to over indulge in the good things in life, it is time to get some good input on how to look after our bodies better. Glenn is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 30 years in clinical and public health nutrition. For 14 seasons he was the sports dietitian for the West Coast Eagles, and for five years worked with the Perth Wildcats. He was the nutrition and performance adviser to the Western Force for their first two seasons, the Perth-based team in the Rugby Super 14s competition. In 2002, he was fortunate enough to travel to Chicago with Australian fast bowler Brett Lee to conduct fluid loss and sweat testing profiles.
His company, Terrific Trading, works on these areas with a diverse range of clients. Recent WA examples include Rottnest Island Business Community, WA Salt, Pike & Skinner Accountants, Crispair, Muzz Buzz, Go Graphics, Bouvard Cruises, Wheelchair Sports, Elite Technology and Xpresso Delight.
Terrific Trading is also responsible for the acclaimed Swan Service Excellence Program developed in conjunction with the Swan Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Centre and Tourism WA and conducted throughout May 2009 and 2010. Jurek writes regularly for small business magazines and newsletters in Australia and New Zealand. He is author of a number of publications including ‘52 Terrific Tips Guaranteed To Improve Your Selling And Service’ and ‘Terrific Telephone Techniques – the ultimate guide to excellent service over the phone’. Terrifc Trading web site is www.terrifictrading.com/
Tony has a Bachelor of Commerce from UWA, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Registered Tax Agent and an accredited Mindshop Consultant.
Tony will address the group on sound financial management practices designed to help business owners grow their businesses. See www.brentnallswa.com.au
Alan Hewitt (April 2011) – Alan is a business partner of Bill Harris, founder of Centerpointe Research Institute and creator Holosync® meditation system. Entrepreneur Alan Hewitt from Perth has something which is rare amongst entrepreneurs – a constant aura of calm and serenity.
He has a highly success business which has sold tens of thousands of high-tech meditation programs – yet he retains a high level of personal peace and tranquillity. He has a highly success business which has sold tens of thousands of high-tech meditation programs via an online and off-line marketing system. Alan has become the master of the “sales funnel” process of driving sales through smart marketing online via a website and off-line through conventional mail.
Alan will explain how you integrate the whole process and set up ‘sequences’ to automate your marketing process.
Paul D’Angelo (June 2011) – is the Legal Practitioner Director of D’Angelo Legal. Paul is a diligent commercial solicitor practising primarily in commercial law matters.
Paul graduated from the University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle) obtaining his bachelor of laws. He is a member of the Law Society of Western Australia and is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the High Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia.
Paul completed his articles in one of the largest privately owned Western Australian law firms and then completed his restricted practice with a national law firm in their Perth office.
Paul furthered his legal career with a well respected boutique commercial law firm in Perth’s CBD before opening his own legal practice.” www.dangelolegal.com.au
David Osborne (July 2011) – of Profitable Personnel. David developed his selection talents from his experiences in the Military, as a State Coach, as a University lecturer and as a training co-ordinator for a mining company. David has worked with:
· The Perron Group
· ibms,
· Momentum Wealth,
· CBRE,
· Jones Lang La Salle,
· Marketing Results,
· The Property Presenters,
· The Property Wizards,
· Advanced Laser
David is passionate about assisting ethical entrepreneurs achieve their business dreams, and believes if you are relying on training to rectify your team issues then this is a indicator your recruitment and selection procedure needs to be urgently reviewed. www.profitablepersonnel.com
David Deane-Spread (August 2011)
David is the founder and chief education officer at Metattude and leads the team of specialists who
are available to help you have the right people in your organisation, including helping those there to
engage properly or move on and be replaced by the right people. David’s topic for the members is “Making Sure You Have The Right People”. http://www.daviddeane-spread.com/
Sue Papdoulis (September 2011)
Sue Papadoulis is an inspirational entrepreneur, media coach, engaging speaker and best-selling author who empowers and motivates others to take their game to the next level by using the power of free publicity.
Sue is Australia’s leading specialist in helping entrepreneurs generate free publicity. She has taken her popular seminar, “How to Generate Free Publicity for Your Business” around the country and has spoken to sell-out audiences in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and London.
Sue provides publicity tips at her facebook page www.facebook.com/SuePapadoulis
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