Starting out
Startup business mentoring
From idea to paying customers. Your offer, pricing, systems and first hires, with guidance from someone who has mentored 500+ startups.
Start your business rightFor business
Clear the complexity. Protect your people. Grow on solid ground.
Coaching, training, compliance and people services for business owners and leaders — from someone who has run operations from the worksite to the boardroom.
On stage · Strategy & Leadership
Delivering keynote address, practical strategy & leadership sessions
Who I work with
Startup founders and business owners
Executives and leadership teams
HR, operations and safety managers
Builders and subcontractors
See how I help each group
Does any of this sound familiar?
You're overwhelmed. Everything runs through you and you can't see past this week.
Your team is working hard but pulling in different directions.
You're not sure you meet the new psychosocial safety rules, or could prove it.
Hiring is hit and miss, and performance reviews keep getting pushed back.
Who I work with
Different roles, different pressures — same goal.
Tap through each group to see exactly how I help. Every engagement starts with understanding how your business actually runs.
Mentoring and coaching
You don't have to carry the business alone.
Whether you're just starting out or you've been at it for years and feel buried, you get someone in your corner who has built, run and rebuilt.
Staying on track
Accountability coaching
Regular check-ins that turn plans into action. We set clear priorities, you commit, and I hold you to it — kindly but firmly.
Get accountableFeeling overwhelmed
From overwhelm to clarity
For owners running on empty. We clear the noise, decide what matters, and take things off your plate so the business works without burning you out.
Find some breathing roomHow I can help
Use one service or combine them. Every engagement starts with understanding how your business actually runs.
Business and executive coaching
For startups finding their feet, and established businesses dealing with growth, complexity or a business that no longer fits.
- Strategy, priorities and direction
- Leadership and team alignment
- Systems that don't depend on you
Training and workshops
Practical, plain-language training delivered on site, in the office or online.
- Psychosocial safety: trades and corporate
- Burnout prevention for leaders
- Neuro-inclusive workplaces
- Customer experience
Compliance reviews
An independent look at key parts of your business to find the gaps before an incident, claim or client audit does.
- Psychosocial risk review
- WHS policies and procedures
- Sexual harassment prevention plan
- HR documentation
People and recruitment
Find the right people and keep them performing, without a full-time HR team.
- Job ads written and placed
- Application screening and shortlists
- Candidate interviews
- Performance review systems
Templates
Ready-to-use documents you can put your logo on and start using this week.
- Psychosocial risk register
- Mental health and WHS policies
- Incident reporting forms
- Performance review packs
AI back office
When you're ready to take admin off your plate, AI tools that handle the repetitive work.
- Enquiry and booking automation
- Chat assistants for your website
- Follow-up and reminder workflows
At work · Trainer & Mentor
In the room, on the screen, with your people.
Whether facilitating workshops, delivering high-impact strategy sessions, mentoring 1:1, or training whole teams — I meet your people where they are.
1:1 Mentoring
Online & In-Person Mentoring
Direct, compassionate, confidential guidance for founders, executives, and leaders navigating transition or pressure.
Facilitation
Interactive Table Workshops
Getting down onto the floor with teams to work through real problems, communication friction, and accountability.
Team Culture
Team Training & Morale
Building connected, supportive teams where people feel valued, heard, and equipped to collaborate without burning out.
Keynotes & Stages
Keynotes & Industry Seminars
Addressing industry conventions, company-wide rollouts, and multi-team forums with practical, inspiring perspective.
Why work with me
I've sat in your seat.
No theory from the sidelines. 25+ years running teams, operations and compliance, from the ground up to the C-suite. No fluff, just honest advice and practical next steps.
Ground up to C-suite
Director and executive roles across aviation, insurance, property, construction and more.
Compliance and improvement
Years of compliance and continuous improvement leadership.
Certified Mindshop Advisory Coach
Proven business improvement tools for small and medium businesses.
Government program mentor
Mentor for a Queensland Government industry innovation and growth program.
MBA
Australian Institute of Business.
500+ startups coached
Clients in Australia, the US, UK and New Zealand.
How it works
1Free call
We talk through what's happening and what you need.
2Review
I look at how your business, team or documents actually work.
3Plan and deliver
A clear plan with a fixed quote, then coaching, training or documents delivered.
4Follow up
We check what's working and adjust, so the change sticks.
Industry experience
ConstructionAviationInsurancePropertyAsset managementMarketingUniversitiesStartups and small business
Let's make your business easier to run.
A free, no-pressure call to work out where to start.