Specialised Solutions
I have had the pleasure of working with Sean and mutual clients. Sean is a passionate and inspirational facilitator, business coach and leader. His approach is to develop his clients into autonomous learners. He achieves this through teaching them the skills required to problem solve, not to become dependents. Under Sean’s coaching, clients are encouraged to think...
Donaghue Property Valuations & Consultancy
We recently had a directors retreat with Business By Design in Coffs Harbour . . . Wow! Sean showed us a very different perspective on our business, he didn’t hold back on asking the tough questions and he had us questioning why (a lot). It was the best investment we have made in our business....
Farmers Bakehouse
I’d certainly recommend Business By Design to anyone in business that was considering using a coaching service or a service to improve their business, if they’re at a stage where they’re very operational or they want to grow their business. I certainly got the results from the engagement with Sean and Business By Design.
Resource Design and Management
Sean has been instrumental in assisting the partners at RDM understand the difference between running a ‘practice’ and a ‘Business’. By holding us accountable and guiding steady improvements in core profit drivers like marketing, sales, staff productivity and internal systems we have seen a significant turnaround in morale and profitability over the last 12 months. We understood and accepted...
JTMEC
We engaged the services of Business By Design to assist our business during a significant growth phase. JTMEC operates across most states in Australia and teams do significant travelling, which is a challenge when managing people. When we started coaching, I didn’t realise we had such a big communication problem. It was not long before...
Galambila Aboriginal Health Services Inc
We were having a lot of meetings and not getting a lot of output from them. So, Sean was brought in to look at our meeting rhythm and to introduce a better way to have those meetings…. We still hold to that meetings structure. It’s still a highly successful meeting structure for us. It hasn’t...
MBT Lawyers
Sean’s unique and practical approach to assisting his clients is a refreshing point of difference in a crowded advisory market. A willingness to work side by side with business owners is where those savvy enough to engage Sean and the team at Business By Design are gaining the value. I have had the opportunity to...
Bank of Queensland
Sean is a real driver of change, challenging the status quo, asking the hard questions, and is results oriented. I can recommend Sean to anyone that wants to make fundamental changes to improve their situation, is open to be challenged and is ready to act on those challenges.
Kelly Grains
Sean was engaged as our “business coach” to formalise the structure within the existing business at Kelly Grains with directors & senior staff. His brief was to implement regular reporting by Executive and Departmental mangers with action based meeting outcomes. As a result we now have an improved professional approach to all aspects of the...
Coddington Constructions
Sean has a remarkable capacity to see what is sometimes hidden from the business owner/manager, I highly valve this trait; and we have successfully solved some difficult issues together. . . business has grown substantially, we have attracted new staff, highly desirable clients and projects, acquired new assets and our profitability has improved.
Coffs Harbour City Council
Coffs Harbour City Council utilises an Enterprise Facilitation model for economic development. Business By Design has the resources and capacity to assist us in this endeavor of growing local business by supplementing a business owner’s skill with their management capabilities.
Dowd Group
All decisions facilitated by Sean . . . are aligned with goals and vision of the family unit . . . accountability is critical to success in a family business. Sean can quite often see risks that the family and management have not foreseen and help to manage those risks.