Coaching

Specialty areas

Linda's industry specialty areas for consulting are:

Finance (mortgage broking and financial planning)
Having managed over a billion dollars in home loans & knowing what it takes to build the second largest franchise in Australia from the Sunshine Coast (MPA 2016, Ranked #2 ), Linda has extensive experience in long-lasting business success. She is now retired from her mortgage business and now helps her peers with her scaling and growth strategies.

Linda and her partner have also developed a business providing back-end loan administration for mortgage brokers and helped transform businesses all around Australia for the last 16 years, Insight Processing.

Real Estate
Linda comes from a long line of property developers and real estate investors. Linda purchased her first property at 18 years old and went on to accumulate a portfolio of more than 20 properties over the subsequent ten years.

Linda and her husband went on to develop property in both Queensland and New South Whales, with Linda project managing the developments.

Linda's exposure to the real estate industry as a purchaser, seller, developer and Mortgage Broker has given her the skills to evaluate, help automate, systemise and establish growth strategies for real estate practices.

Software Development
Linda's husband is a software developer; Linda and Matt worked closely on a software development program called Prime Software. They were able to start and scale the business in 12 months to over 300 users and successfully sell the program to an Australian listed company.

Matt and Linda are scaling a new software program called Flowjo which is specifically built for small to medium businesses and is a drag and drop CRM, workflow platform. They have successfully built custom environments for one of Australia's largest travel groups and are currently building custom environments for several other Australian industries.

Linda and Matt have a proven track record for strategy and promotion from launch to scale of software platforms.

Small Business
Over the last 17 years, Linda has built and sold six businesses. In 2014 Linda and her partner sold one of their companies to an Australian listed company. She has had businesses in the finance industry, retail start-up and ran a yoga studio, one of her passions.

In addition to Linda's own business, here is an example of some other small businesses Linda has assisted:

Online Service based business/es
Coaches
Financial Services
Real Estate
Trade business/es
Travel agency
International Online Education
Beauty Industry
Body Talk Therapy
Accountancy
International Teacher/Trainer
International Best Selling Author
Ecommerce

In 2010 Linda was awarded the Sunshine Coast young businesswoman of the year and has since taken a keen interest in helping others achieve their business dreams. Linda is a big believer in having the right mindset to achieve anything. She once ran a 42km marathon with no practice or history of long-distance running.

If you're interested in finding out more, we'd love to connect with you to discuss your vision.

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Introducing Linda

Linda was financially retired at the young age of 33 after building and selling several businesses coupled with a keen interest in property investment and development with her husband, Matt.

After taking some time off, Linda has since returned to work part-time, consulting, and in her latest startup, BodFood.

Linda has a solid and proven background in the following areas:

Extensive business strategy
Performance & growth experience
Franchise (Greenfield and established)
Lean start up's
Business Culture
Licensing models and structure
Mindset for long-lasting business success

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Consultant, Mentor or Coach?

There are three main areas that small to medium business typically look for support in. Here are the three categories and their descriptions: :

Consultant
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is employed to give advice about it to other people. Oxford Dictionary

A consultant will look at quantitative data to come with answers to problems. A consultant will be predominantly focused on the businesses performance.

Mentor
An experienced person who advises and helps somebody with less experience over a period of time. Oxford Dictionary

A mentor is a trusted guide who uses their past experiences. A mentor asks purposeful questions to the business owner to find answers and solutions. That can be for problems or growth strategies and everything in between. A mentor realises the business owner has all the answers; it's a matter of asking the right questions.

Business Coach
A person who supports and guides the business owner and helps them gain clarity, direction, and a vision for the business. A business coach will work with the business owner to understand their personal and professional goals, a way to get there and keep them accountable along the way.

How do I know if I am ready for help?

If you're in the start-up phase of your business, we believe a strong focus at this point is education. Upon a quick assessment, we can work out if you're ready for coaching, mentoring, or consulting. Don't be disappointed if we share with you that we think you're not ready yet. Typically at this stage, we would only do a one-off, 1 or 2-hour session to create an education road map. The more you can build your knowledge and education, the better your business foundations will be and the more you'll get out of your mentoring, coaching or consulting once you're ready.

Suppose you're at the stage in your business where you are growing and don't know what next steps to take to continue to grow, manage growth or systemise your business operation. In that case, you are more than likely ready to enter into a three-month program to focus on your one main, immediate goal.

Suppose you're in the consolidation phase of your business. In that case, it's time to shine a spotlight on your systems, processes, operational procedures, finances, people and build a strategy in preparation for your next growth cycle.

If you're in expansion mode or planning to expand, nows the time to think critically about the next steps and check the business model with your team coach/consultant/mentor, solicitor, accountant and financial advisor.

This brings us to maturity; most people don't think about engaging a coach or consultant once the business is at maturity; however, it's a great time to assess if you, as the owner, want to step back from the business part-time or all together. Linda successfully stepped out of two companies before selling and has one company that runs successfully without her.

How do I get started?

First, we need to establish if you require consulting, mentoring or coaching.

If you're looking for specific consulting, Linda is only available to consult in areas that she is comfortable in offering sound technical advice. If your business falls out of this scope, we can support you as a mentor or coach and call on industry-specific consultants to cover off any gaps in technical knowledge for your industry.

If you engage Linda as a consultant, she will require access to the balance of your strategic team and is experienced in working with accountants, financial planners, solicitors and digital experts to establish strategies. This is only relevant to consulting and not necessary for mentoring or coaching.