Greg Aleckson Email & Phone Number

Bellmere, Qld, Australia

Residential Aged Care...but not as you know it. Our MICRO TOWN is a world-first in residential aged care built around our 5 human values INDIVIDUALS coming together to create COMMUNITY through MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS based on RESPECT and EMPATHY and underpinned by our vision, to deliver a NORMAL LIFE where the FREEDOM of HOME follows you.

Brisbane, Australia

I developed the Square Watermelon Innovation Program to help businesses of all sizes, across every industry, to disrupt their industry from within and become the new industry standard.After the better part of 10 years working in senior roles in small and mid-tier businesses, business turnarounds and in my coaching work, I had achieved a lot but nothing remarkable. I was frustrated at the increasingly "Same same but trying to APPEAR different" approach to Marketing, rather than a genuine… Show more I developed the Square Watermelon Innovation Program to help businesses of all sizes, across every industry, to disrupt their industry from within and become the new industry standard.After the better part of 10 years working in senior roles in small and mid-tier businesses, business turnarounds and in my coaching work, I had achieved a lot but nothing remarkable. I was frustrated at the increasingly "Same same but trying to APPEAR different" approach to Marketing, rather than a genuine attempt by traditional businesses to stand up and stand out for doing something NEW, something completely unique, something better and more valuable than what everyone else was doing.I realised that it wasn't so much that nobody wanted to be DIFFERENT (I've never met a business owner who didn't want to be different, better than everyone else in their industry) but moreso that they had fallen into the trap of getting the Marketing horse before the "Something Worthwhile to Market" cart. Most traditional businesses (in traditional industries) either didn't know HOW to INNOVATE their product/service offering OR they didn't think about INNOVATION as a viable option for their business ("Innovation is for technology, IT, creative industries"), and so they instead focussed on how to Market their products/services better, rather than making a markedly better product/service that could much more easily be marketed.So I set about solving the problem and in the process Square Watermelon was developed as a simple system to help any business, of any size, in any industry, to innovate and create a completely new benchmark in their industry...just like the Square Watermelon that turned the "Round" Watermelon industry on its head. Who could have possibly dreamed that the humble old watermelon could (or even should) be INNOVATED to make a BETTER watermelon...and one that sells ups a storm and demands prices more than 10 times it's poor country cousin the round watermelon. Show less

New Farm, Queensland, Australia

Margin Matters focusses exclusively on assisting small and mid-sized family business owners to implement FAST, SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE strategies and tools to enable them to GROW and THRIVE.While many small and mid-sized businesses continue to simply survive and many more simply close the doors in what has been described as "the worst business conditions in Australia in living memory" there has never been a better time (or a more pressing time) to CHANGE, to become SMARTER about how we do… Show more Margin Matters focusses exclusively on assisting small and mid-sized family business owners to implement FAST, SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE strategies and tools to enable them to GROW and THRIVE.While many small and mid-sized businesses continue to simply survive and many more simply close the doors in what has been described as "the worst business conditions in Australia in living memory" there has never been a better time (or a more pressing time) to CHANGE, to become SMARTER about how we do business and about how we manage our businesses.Margin Matters can help you to not only improve profitability and cashflow but to also free up time to spend working purely ON the business, not to mention time to enjoy the benefits that come with a truly successful business.Ever since I was a youngster working for my father in businesses he either owned or managed, my early interest in family business has developed into a real passion for understanding how successful business succeed...those critical factors that differentiate MOST businesses that simply survive compared with those FEW that really thrive and create real wealth and satisfaction for their owners.With knowledge developed from a career spanning more than 25 years working from "the shop floor", moving through various junior management and senior management positions in large corporate organisations, a number of senior roles (CFO and General Management) in both small and mid-sized family companies and as a business owner myself, my passion for helping family businesses has never been stronger and has been the driving force in establishing Margin Matters Show less

Banyo

Watkins Steel is a mid-market family-owned steel fabrication and installation company based in Brisbane's northern suburbs and servicing a diverse customer base in a broad range of industries. It has operated for more than 40 years and employs approximately 50 staff. A sample of projects completed in the last few years include the refurbishment of Brisbane City Hall and the steel structure supporting the dome, King George Square, Chinatown Mall, numerous State Government and Private schools… Show more Watkins Steel is a mid-market family-owned steel fabrication and installation company based in Brisbane's northern suburbs and servicing a diverse customer base in a broad range of industries. It has operated for more than 40 years and employs approximately 50 staff. A sample of projects completed in the last few years include the refurbishment of Brisbane City Hall and the steel structure supporting the dome, King George Square, Chinatown Mall, numerous State Government and Private schools, various Woolworths, ALDI, Oxygen and Centro shopping centres, refurbishment works at 17 QR National stations and base frames and related metalwork for numerous demountable housing projects for various mine sites throughout Queensland. Show less

Clontarf, Qld

Funatical as an importer and distributor of a range of highly-awarded games, puzzles and crafts from Europe (including UK, Spain, France and Scandinavia), USA and China, wholesaling predominantly into the independent retailer market around Australia.

Brisbane Area, Australia

Lorna Jane is a Brisbane-based family-owned fashion house with more than 130 stores throughout Australia and now in the USA.

Mba, Grad Dip Business Administration

Bbus, Accountancy

Senior Certificate