Testimonials

TMA Group

Cherilyn Brown, Director, TMA Group

“I am so grateful that WMS chartered accountants pushed me to attend the Stratacore Business Academy. I have 40 staff, and despite being successful with a background in accounting, I couldn’t quite identify exactly what areas needed to be addressed. I have undertaken individual courses on various business essentials during my business career spanning 20 years - the Stratacore Business Academy differed however in that it amalgamated expert advice on a myriad of business fundamentals into two days of presentations. The topics all interrelated which made it a lot easier to understand my business as a complete, functioning unit.

The presentations simplified a lot of complex issues – I found them easy to follow and practical, with a lot of welcome informal adjuncts that kept the material interesting and interaction high. I was personally made to feel very comfortable and all material was informative and relevant.

The course has enthused and motivated me to improve some neglected areas in my business and I thoroughly recommend the course to any business owner or key employees. The knowledge I gained will influence my business decisions for years to come.”
 

TAF GROUP CONSTRUCTION

Jody McMullen - General Manager, Taf Group Construction Pty Ltd   

"I recently attended the Stratacore Business Academy Seminar in Sydney and wish to express my gratitude for the learning material and seminar structure.

Taf Group Construction are a major walls and ceilings subcontractor undertaking works to commercial and governments projects of Queensland and Northern New South Wales. As an accountant with a public practice background, I thought I understood the fundamentals of business and had the skill set to manage a medium sized company within the construction industry. However, after attending your seminar, I learnt that there were vital aspects of our business that I hadn’t considered, but were essential to the success of the business.

I now view our business from a new perspective and have begun implementing strategies developed using the knowledge gained from your seminar. I believe we are now armed with the knowledge to prepare for the future and work towards ensuring growth rather than reacting to today's market, in essence, working proactively.

The seminar has given me confidence in areas where I would not dare to go, such as Marketing and Intellectual Property. The information the presenters provided have allowed us to make decisions about how to identify our needs and how to attract our market audience.

I believe the Stratacore Business Academy is a necessity for any company wanting to get the best results from their business. We get so caught up in the day-to-day operations that it's so easy to lose track of the big picture. Your seminar will definitely adjust their focus allowing them to achieve business success!"


 

BLUE CHIP WEALTH & INSURANCE MANAGEMENT

Graham Slip - Managing Director - Blue Chip Wealth & Insurance Management   

 

"Thank you so much for your Stratacore two-day course. My wish is that every one of my business clients does the course (and particularly their accountants!) Every module creates the most important ‘to do’ list you could have for your business. This course is particularly relevant in today’s business paradigm, with key understanding of intellectual property, web marketing, succession planning and strategies. My clients would have more wealth for my business to manage!”

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICS

Craig Copeland & Vaughn Watkins - Directors, Industrial Electrics

"Since first stepping into a training room with Stratacore in 2007 to complete their business training our whole world has changed and our new found knowledge of business has proven its worth time and again. Once a very reactive team, we are now competent and confident steering our business forward.

Stratacore has played a significant role in the success of Industrial Electrics, in addition to their training they provided us with the opportunity to participate in a tendering for government workshop and then assisted us in getting a grant from Enterprise Connect which has allowed us to put ISO 9001 Certificate in Quality into our business. All of these factors combined have projected our business forward at an incredible rate of knots. We are now one of the largest second tier providers in our industry and provide; industrial commercial, communications, air conditioning, energy management and solar installation."
 

HOLMANS

Greg Holman, founder of the Holmans Group and Managing Director of Accountants Insurance Services.

                       

"A number of Holmans staff have attended the 3 day Stratacore Business Advisor Training program to provide them with the required business development and consulting skills to assist clients grow and improve their businesses. The directors of Holmans are now running their second seminar in conjunction with the Stratacore team titled “25 Traits of a Successful Business”. Over 40 business owners attended the first seminar. These seminars are a great way of not only adding value to your existing business clients but also a means of attracting new business clients to your accounting firm. Whilst I am no longer involved in the day to day operations of the Holmans Group the directors see their association with Stratacore as a means of assisting current business clients to improve their businesses as well as attracting new business clients who require and expect this high level advice."

WMS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Leschen Smaller - Partner, WMS are the largest Gold Coast based 2nd tier firm, offering specialist tax and corporate advice to network of accountants and clients.

 

"The Stratacore Business Growth Program has provided us with a well structured tool to assist our clients in ensuring their business continues to operate smoothly. In particular the Business Health Check has provided us with a framework to formulate a proactive and comprehensive plan to ensure that all critical areas of our clients business are attended to and are well considered. The outcome is a win- win situation, our clients are able to put aside some time (which we know is a scarce resource) to think about all aspects of their business, to ensure it runs efficiently and effectively, and we get an opportunity to take our understanding of our clients personal and business goals to another level. As you can imagine this process has proven to be invaluable during the GFC."

ULTON GROUP

Daryl Corpe, Senior Partner – Ulton Group one of Queensland’s largest and most dynamic Accounting and Business Advisory firms.

"A number of Ulton’s partners have recently completed the STRATACORE Maximise Your Business Growth course. We see the Business Growth Programme as a useful tool in helping us to help our clients. Our aim at Ulton is to ensure our clients achieve what they want in life and business, by ensuring that everything is planned appropriately.

The STRATACORE Business Growth Program has had a twofold effect on Ultons’ business and clients. The Business Health Check Report has stimulated good conversation with clients, which has provided us with avenues to allow us to identify a number of potential risks and opportunities within our clients business. Thus, allowing Ulton to develop a systematic, comprehensive and detailed business action plan that we can work through with our clients to ensure their businesses long term growth and prosperity.

STRATACORE has provided Ulton with the framework to ensure that we explore all facets of our clients business and has helped Ulton offer helpful solutions, strategies and ideas to our clients to develop their business. STRATACORE has improved our service offerings to clients and we are happy to recommend STRATACORE."

 

BCP GROUP SERVICES - SYDNEY

Peter Campbell - Partner - When the experience of a Sydney CBD firm is required in the unique setting of Macarthur people turn to BCP.

"We have been offering the Stratacore Program to our clients for over 6 months now. What is most pleasing to us is the positive feedback from clients and business owners who in the past did not believe in planning for their business or the critical areas the Program covers. Clients now see huge value in how they manage their business, what strategies they need in place and the importance to have compliance requirements attended to and completed on time. It’s now not just about the day to day grind of working “in the business” but the importance of planning for the future and working “on the business”. A definite requirement for the serious business owner, irrespective of the size of their business.”

PLAY HARD SPORTS EQUIPMENT

"Since our business growth program with Stratacore, we have completed a manufacturing microscope with QMI and the Dept. of State Development and Trade. This led to a government subsidy for a Lean Manufacturing program by QMI which we are just about to complete.

Our turnover is up, staff levels have increased, "delivery in full on time" has improved, productivity has improved, and we have a better production model in place.

And all this came from the "Maximise Your Business Growth" program."

Trevor Bowman, Director - Play Hard Sports Equipment

SEA PEN

Mark Barber, Managing Director of the high growth manufacturing business Sea Pen, who has 15 employees and also received a COMET grant states:

"I have recently completed the Maximise Your Business Growth course facilitated by STRATACORE. It has been a very valuable experience for our company.

At Sea Pen we are leaders in our field of expertise, we have exceptional products for our customers, however running a business is not just being good technically about what we do. There are so many issues facing business owners and managers and there is no way to know about every issue that may come up.

We found that by doing this course it has uncovered some potential risks and weaknesses we have in our business. By being aware that there are potential issues we can then plan and take action to minimise the effects of these risks.

The course created awareness covering Marketing, Succession planning, necessity of a Corporate Will, Intellectual property, Financial Management, compliance issues and many other risk management strategies. What was exceptional about the course was we then went beyond this simple awareness by developing and implementing a detailed action plan for our business (with assistance from STRATACORE).

We are now armed with not just the knowledge, we have a powerful action plan to implement the learning and turn our business into a much more valuable enterprise and one that is more profitable because we are avoiding costly business mistakes.

I would highly recommend this course for any business owner or manager that wants to improve their business."

 

Mark Barber

Managing Director

Sea Pen

ANZCRO

Debra is a meticulous accountant and possesses that rare quality of being able to combine complex compliance knowledge and accountancy ability with commercial wisdom. Her advice and wise counsel was invaluable as we grew, and I am very grateful for her support over the years.

Owen Eagles – Managing Director
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BURKES PEERAGE & BARONETAGE – UK

I would without hesitation commend Debra as a workplace colleague and as an ambassador for any organisation. Her judgement and advice are shrewd and her mastery not just of the financial facts of a situation but of their potential, and wider still for the organisation at large – are remarkable.

Dr Gordon Pestoungrange - Baron of Prestoungrange

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LINKCOM GROUP

As a small business owner I went to eight potential advisers to assist me on my personal business before I was introduced to Stratacore International Pty Ltd and specifically Debbie Crowther.  Debbie clearly had extensive experience in numerous facets of business having built and operated her own business and assisted hundreds of clients.  In addition I was aware of and have now accessed a network of other business associates of Stratacore. Stratacore prepared a business diagnostic on a segment of our businesses and assisted in the development of the strategy for growth. We were delighted with the results of that diagnostic as it identified not only the massive opportunities we had and the optimum means of capitalising on them, but also the weaknesses in certain areas and advice on how to address each area.

Debbie Bruce – Director of Business Development