Could your business work better for you?
Sometimes running a business gets a bit much.
You might be feeling overwhelmed, thinking about work more than you'd like, or second-guessing decisions that once came more easily.
Perhaps you're frustrated with your team, uncertain about where you're heading, spending too much time on work you don't particularly enjoy, or simply feeling like you've lost a bit of your mojo.
Other times, nothing is particularly wrong. You just know something needs to change.
It's easy to keep going and hope things will sort themselves out. Sometimes they do. Other times we simply get better at carrying things that aren't really working for us.
Over time, you might find yourself becoming more irritated or snappy, questioning decisions that once came easily, or wondering whether you need to walk away from what you've built. You might even start questioning whether you're in the right industry at all.
Ultimately, you want your business and life to work well together.
The way I think about mentoring
I've spent more than 20 years working alongside business owners, and I've experienced business from a few different angles myself - working solo, working in partnership, developing services and products, building and selling a business.
That experience has taught me that there isn't one right way to run a business. What works brilliantly for one person can be completely wrong for another.
I’ve never believed mentoring is about telling people what to do.
The answers usually aren’t what’s missing. Often they’re just buried beneath the noise.
My job is to help you see things more clearly and work alongside you to find what’s right for you.
Sometimes reaching out can feel like an admission that things aren’t going well.
I see it differently. You’re simply putting someone in your corner who can help bring out the best in you.
With the right support, it becomes much easier to shape a business and life that genuinely suit you.
What can change?
The aim isn't to turn you into a different kind of business owner.
It's to help you become clearer about what works for you, and make changes that help your business and life work better together.
My job is to understand you, and then help you shape the business around who you are and what matters to you.
Sometimes that means working through very practical questions. Do you need more management support? Is a business partnership right for you? Are you working with the right kinds of clients? Is the industry you're in somewhere you genuinely want to be for the long term? And if you'd like to sell the business in a few years, what needs to happen between now and then?
The answers will be different for everyone. What matters is making decisions that work commercially, but also make sense for you.
With greater clarity and someone in your corner, you can make decisions with more confidence, change the things that aren't working, and get back some of the energy and enjoyment you may have lost along the way.
You can feel proud of the way you're turning up at work, and proud of the way you're turning up at home.
A business that works better
“Since working with Matt, I've made some significant changes to the way I run my business. I've brought in an operations manager, restructured my team, opened another service, and become much clearer about what to say yes to and what to say no to. The business is performing better financially, but just as importantly, it feels much more aligned with how I want to work.”
Renee Burgess
A business that fits you better
"Working with Matt has been a game-changer. He has an incredible ability to pinpoint what matters most, guiding me to structure my work and life around my own values and personality. Simple changes in perspective have led to profound improvements in my life balance and effectiveness."
Chris Keating
Confidence to move forward
“Matt enabled me to gain clarity of what's important and the confidence to take action. The path I'm taking now feels right and I consider myself extremely fortunate to have found his guidance.”
Raz O’Connor
A calmer way of working
"Working with Matt has helped me maintain a calmer approach to life and business. He guides you, but also gives you the tools to guide yourself. The biggest asset he brings is his empathetic and curious mind."
Anthony Campbell
How mentoring works.
Mentoring is one-to-one with me, either in person or online.
We generally meet once a month, with sessions lasting between one and two hours depending on what we need to work through. You can also contact me between sessions, with up to half an hour of additional support each month at no extra cost.
Most people begin with the intention of working together for around six months. Some find they don't need that long, while others choose to stay around for longer.
There are no contracts and you can stop at any time. I only want us to keep working together while it's genuinely useful to you.
Mentoring starts from $330 AUD per month.
I work with a maximum of 35 mentoring clients at any one time. This allows me to know the people I work with well and give each relationship the attention it deserves.
Let me know what’s going on…
Share a little about yourself, what prompted you to reach out, your current situation, and what you're hoping could be different in the future. There's no need to have it all figured out.
I'll personally read what you share and come back to you. If I'm confident I can help, we can start with an initial conversation at no cost and see whether mentoring feels right for both of us.
Sometimes I might suggest that mentoring isn't the best place to start. You may get more value from starting with Kill The Chameleon or Settled.
