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More than 30 Years Experience

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The benefits of working with your own Business Mentor

A Business Mentor allows you to ask questions and get the right advice

The biggest benefit of having a business mentor is having someone you can ask questions and get advice. As a new business owner, you are likely to get more advice than you ask for from people like family members, friends and the people who own the store next door. While some of their advice may be sound, your mentor can help you sort out which you should follow while advising you on more complicated business matters that your friends or family would not know how to solve.

A Business Mentor will give you a different perspective to your business

Business mentors can help you look at problems and situations from perspectives that you would not have thought of on your own. For example, as a new business owner, you may have trouble looking at your business through the eyes of a customer, potential investor or government official. Your business mentor, who has dealt with these people often, can help you understand how your business will look to these individuals.

Mentors are not like advisers and consultants, who care only about the business venture. Instead, business mentors help you develop your business skills. For example, if your employees are constantly complaining that they don't understand project directions, your business mentor can work with you to help you improve how you communicate with your staff. This way, you will have a better understanding of how to communicate with your staff both now and in the future.

A Business Mentor helps to improve your key skills

A Business Mentor is someone with whom you can vent and still trust

Owning a business can be stressful and frustrating. As a business owner you'll often need to vent with someone you trust. Business owners cannot vent to their partners, employees or customers without causing instability in the structure of the business. However, once you vent to a mentor, you can often start the process of working with the mentor to solve the cause of your frustration. For example, if lazy employees are plaguing your business, you may need to vent to your mentor before you can think positively enough about the employees in order to develop a plan to motivate them.

A Business Mentor is someone who can help you expand your business network

Business mentors can put you in touch with contacts who can help you make your business more successful. The more networking you do, the more people you meet. And the more people you meet, the greater the odds are that you will have someone in your database who can help you solve business problems. For example, your business mentor may introduce you to another of his mentees, an award-winning recent college grad who is looking for an entry level position in web design. Perhaps you are looking for someone to help you design your new company's website. Thanks to the mentor's contact, your search for a valuable asset may have just become easier.

A Business Mentor assists you to develop methods and strategies behind your business

In addition to simply giving advice and helping improve your personal business skills, business mentors can prepare you with a library of methods and strategies that you can pull from throughout your career as a business owner. They can not only tell you, from experience, how important it is to create a positive environment and boost morale, but they can also give you strategies for doing so. For example, mentors can help you learn strategies for observing employees to see if they are happy at work, dealing with irate customers or handling financial problems.

A Business Mentor becomes a long-lasting business relationship

Although some mentor-mentee relationships are short-lived, if you hit it off with your mentor, you can foster a long-lasting relationship through which you and your mentor can continue to collaborate for the rest of your career. This will give you the consistency and resources you need to maintain a successful business.

A Business Mentor gives you the confidence to make better decisions

Knowing that you have a credible mentor to turn to can give you confidence when facing difficult business situations. Similarly, good mentors will praise you when you have made good decisions. Praise can enable you to see yourself as a wise and experienced business person. Seeing yourself confidently this way will help you stand your ground when you must defend or stand by your business decisions.

A Business Mentor will give you a gentle or strong nudge when needed

Starting a business is difficult, and many business owners face challenges early in the process. However, many business owners go through the same types of struggles. Hearing first-hand from your mentor about her experiences will help you realize that the struggles you are going through now will prepare you to be a better businessperson in the future.

About Your Mentor

John Morrow commenced his career managing Australian businesses more than 30 years ago.

On leaving the Defence Force back in the early 1990s', John pursued a career within the private sector, capitalising on his management and leadership experience. With his tertiary qualifications and training within the Institute of Company Directors, John establish a business mentoring network of current and former CEOs and Managing Directors.


Decades later, John has successfully mentored hundreds of small to medium sized business owners across Australia as well as overseas.


John now lives with his family and travels extensively working with boards and business owners.


John Morrow

The Support the you will receive

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Planning

Strategic and business planning, and business structural improvement based on your growth objectives or plan to sell..

Corporate governance advice and compliance with current state and federal laws and regulations. Including requirements for sole traders, partnerships, company’s or family trusts.

Governance

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Business wide sales and marketing strategies including both online, print media, as well as business to business sales strategies. This may include telemarketing, direct marketing, sales staff training, proposals and tenders. Additionally, the development of sales tools for the collection of metrics and reporting.

Sales and Marketing

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Finance and Accounting

Advice and guidance on internal accounting, budgeting and cash flow management. This is to ensure the business is maintaining profitability, through an understanding of Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss reports and well and creditor and debtor reports. Also included is advice on debt and equity financing options.

Human Resource management including, compliance to the relevant Acts; recruiting, employment and termination of staff; performance management of staff and contractors; change management implementation; leadership skills development and communication strategies

Human Resources

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Business operating systems, processes and procedures development, improvement and implementation of quality assurance in order to maximize the businesses efficiency and therefor profit

Operations and Business Systems

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Negotiations

Discussion / negotiations with business 3rd parties such as legal and accounting services, as well as contractors and other service providers.

Drafting and review of business contracts, leases and agreements with 3rd parties including but not limited to: employment agreements; Heads of Agreement; commercial property leasing; shareholder agreements etc.

Contracts and Agreements

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Although it may seem like a simple idea, a sounding board can actually have a myriad of benefits for your business

Sounding Board and Advice

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“John provides the advice, stability and outside perspective that I regards as critical in our growth and regional expansion!”

Greg Anderson

Ben Pulham

“John guided us as we changed our shareholding and then worked with us as we built a strategy to grow the business!”

Rudy Labordus

"I've worked with John for over 10 years and I have to say he is one of the most important people in my board. His strategic experience at a board level has helped shape the business over many years"

Mark Robertson

“John has always constantly delivered the right solutions at the right time for our situations as they arise. He is a highly valued member of our team ”

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John Morrow

Manager & Directors Pty Ltd

ABN: 43 082 518 778

M: 0407 900 234


380 St Kilda Road

St Kilda,

Victoria