I get it that running a small to medium-size business can be tough. You have the demands of customers, employees and your personal/family life. And you HAVE TO stay on course. So much depends on you. You are tired, frustrated, and don't know what to do next.I’ve been coaching small to medium size businesses for 10 years. I am the founder of NxtLevel™ Business Coaching and have developed a sure-fire method to double your company’s revenue in 3 years.

Results from the research Gallup concluded, indicating that only 30 out of every 100 people are engaged at work. What is probably more concerning are those that are actively disengaged!In South Africa, however, this is much lower. Here is a link to a three-minute video summary of the Gallup 122 page State of the Global Workplace Research Report that reflects the South African engagement rate as only 9%. The other 91% are either disengaged or actively disengaged!http://www.lmi-smi.co.za/employee-engagementWith LMI we increase staff engagement through the alignment of personal and company goals. It's the only way. Conduct your employee survey today and set your goals to increase it.https://www.lmi-smi.co.za/gauteng

The Business Book Club was founded with the purpose to inspire through knowledge. When knowledge is available to all, it levels the playing fields for the games to begin. Knowledge about business is imperative to uplift the economy of South Africa. We hope to play a part in it. We meet monthly at different and amazing venues to discuss with South African business authors their latest book. To attend our events you don't need to read the book beforehand. All we ask is a donation of a pre-loved book, which we donate to libraries in need. Check out our website for details www.thebusinessbookclub.org

Golden Gavel is an advanced speakers only club

My love for obtaining new knowledge and sharing it has brought me to the doors of the dynamic Da Vinci Institute. As a guest lecture, I present strategic management as a thinking tool to students on all levels in an organisation. To be able to think about the future and anticipate its outcome, helps businesses to be more pro-active in driving our country and the economy forward. It is my honour to play a small part in helping South Africa succeed.

NXTmove has captured all business practices across the world into a single map of business practice. These business practices can be condensed into 20 design areas each contributing to the success, neutrality or failure of your business. The critical contributors to each of the areas is mapped and the resulting Global Best Practices are packed into the NXTmove tool. The NXTmove tool act as a filter to assess how well your business matches Global Best Practices. By answering a set of questions about your business NXTmove uses Fuzzy Logic and AI to map your business practices. Your business practices and the Global Best Practices Benchmark are then compared. NXTmove compiles this into a visual view of your business, the business “Heartline”. NXTmove creates a detailed report on all aspects of your business, highlighting future development opportunities. NXTmove identifies gaps in your business and recommends projects that, successfully implemented, will close those gaps. The NXTmove package provides a detailed roadmap to help the leadership team design their business for success!

Shadowmatch is a sophisticated, user friendly, internet based worksheet. It enables companies using the Shadowmatch system to precision recruit new employees and to develop new and current employees optimally for that specific environment. Shadowmatch creates a benchmark profile or shadow of the behavioural habits of the top performers doing the same job within a given environment. It then matches the habits of potential or current employees against this profile.

• Initially assumed overall responsibility for all business support services which include IT infrastructure, HR, Marketing, Project Management Office, Finance and Office Administration. As company and my portfolios grew I initiated focused and become responsible for only Finance, Office Administration and Human Resource functions; • Develop and implement internal processes and systems with specific focuses on finance and human resources;• Responsible for the overall budget and cash management of the company. • Responsible for all reporting to group with regard to month end flash numbers of e-Logics and its subsidiaries, monthly management accounts, EE reports and various other types;• Responsible for all human resource initiative and policies and procedures; • Responsible for all marketing and branding initiatives; • Responsible to provide support service to US company, e-Logics Inc;• Part of executive team and responsible for input into strategy and growth. This includes defining and developing offerings, maintaining current clients and growing market share;• Assisted CEO with purchase of subsidiaries from initiation to finalisation of deal, including managing change and other key issues with mergers.

I am currenty heading an Specialised Accounting business unit within the IQ Risk division. We provide various accounting services performed by chartered accountants.

• Developed and implemented effective payment and capital purchase procedures. The company had focused on acquiring the operations of other ambulance services and the back office could not cope with the additional workload and transactions. Designed and implemented various systems to counteract the resultant problems;• Implemented and maintained an IT infrastructure, which was previously hosted by Medi Clinic. I contracted with a service provider to install an exchange server, network cables and points, firewalls, backup processes and to perform monthly maintenance;• Consolidate all accounting data and utilised only one accounting software system as transactions were processed on 3 different systems. Centralise accounting and admin departments by relocating and retrenching staff;• Attend Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Exco meetings. Present annual financial statement, monthly financial reports, budget, forecasts, cash flow projections, ratio analysis and variance reports. Compiled minutes of all meetings. Also responsible for all statutory compliance;• Provisionally approved operational feasibility studies. Provided financial input, reviewed ratio analysis and evaluated whether return on investment was in line with shareholder expectations. Developed feasibility costing model templates used;• Responsible for managing risk. Initiated and conducted a workshop at managerial level to identify and rank risks;• Chaired various disciplinary hearings. Initiated a gross negligent disciplinary against an employee. Case successfully heard and an immediate dismissal issued. Initiated a fraud investigation involving an ex-employee; • Assisted and advised CEO on the pricing of capitation products sold to medical aids and corporate groups. Also assisted CEO in developing above- the- line and below- the- line marketing strategies. Assumed position of CEO when he was on leave or travelling.

Co-founded the company and started from a zero client base providing accounting and IT services. I headed up the accounting division and my partner the IT division. Gist was registered as a Pastel value added reseller and sold and implemented accounting software solutions. Also see www.gist.co.za.