Melbourne Business Coaching

While consulting solves a specific problem for you, coaching empowers you to solve them yourself. The greatest advantage of coaching is the lasting development of your own skills. You will learn to become a more effective leader and manager, gaining the confidence and knowledge to overcome current and future business challenges.

Your Personalized Path to Growth
We begin by taking stock of your unique situation. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. Together, we'll conduct a honest assessment of what's working well in your business and what areas need refinement. From this clarity, we will build a actionable, step-by-step plan for your development.

Your Partner in the Process
My role is to be your strategic partner and guide, providing expert insight and holding you accountable to keep you on track. While the results—increased profits, a stronger team, and greater personal freedom—can be transformative, this is a collaborative journey. It requires your commitment and effort to implement new ways of thinking and operating.

Think of me as your business coach: I provide the game plan, the training, and the motivation to boost your performance, but you are the one on the field making the plays.

Ultimately, business success isn't about how busy you are—it's about how effective you are. Business coaching gives you the tools, strategies, and mindset to ensure your actions are always driving meaningful growth.

We start by discussing your goals and the issues you face. What you’d like to get from your business and what’s standing in the way. We look at the options for bringing about change and set a 90-day action plan.

Once the plan is in place, we set up regular meetings. At each meeting, we review progress, set goals, and agree specific action steps. You can also contact me between meetings if you have questions.

Though I look for early results, it will likely take 6 to 12 months to transform how you manage your business. We start by implementing the 90-day plan. Then, in month 3, we reassess and make a new 90-day plan.

I highly recommend speaking with Ian. His insight and experience are valuable and he's great at helping you realise the solutions you need for the challenges you face as well as holding you to account in driving your business forward. 

(David Darkin)

Since working with Ian in September 2022, the company has continued to go from strength to strength. The team has grown, and a structure formulated along with a plan of attack for business growth. Ian is there with firm guidance and his approval, or in some cases, "wise" disagreement with what paths I consider to take. I value his input immensely considering his own business history to date. Ian in my opinion is someone who has been there and got the t-shirt so enables me to take the decisions, without making the mistakes that I have over the last 4 years, albeit good lessons learnt. I don't see my relationship with Ian being short term, but to play a significant part in its growth over the next few years. I would thoroughly recommend getting a business coach/mentor and that using Ian of Terrafirma would be a great choice. 

(Katie Young)

Ian from Terrafirma was excellent. He took the time to understand my business and gave me a 90-day tailored action plan to get the ball rolling on our business growth. Highly recommend! 

(Marc Bristowe)