Make great decisions <br> execute faster

Leading a startup to scale demands making a mind-boggling number of decisions across all disciplines. There’s never enough time or resources.

We’re repeat founders who’ve navigated this environment and achieved life changing exits. We credit advice we got from global business titans as transformative in making that happen.

We leverage our experience, powerful psychometrics and ‘80% tools’ that accelerate execution. We empower founders to focus on what truly creates impact, execute like never before and make their life changing outcome a reality.

Are you ready to feel focused, energised, and execute like never before?

Make great decisions <br> execute faster

Leading a startup to scale demands making a mind-boggling number of decisions across all disciplines. There’s never enough time or resources.

We’re repeat founders who’ve navigated this environment and achieved life changing exits. We credit advice we got from global business titans as transformative in making that happen.

We leverage our experience, powerful psychometrics and ‘80% tools’ that accelerate execution. We empower founders to focus on what truly creates impact, execute like never before and make their life changing outcome a reality.

Are you ready to feel focused, energised, and execute like never before?

What We Do

We’re coaches, advisors and psychometrists. Each client works with the same person who is able to switch between all three modes, depending on what’s most effective for the challenge at hand.

This model is uniquely suited to startups.

Sometimes you need specific advice on how to get it done. Sometimes you need to clarify your own thinking. Sometimes you just need the right tool to do a job because you don’t have time to start from scratch. The three modes in one advisor is incredibly effective for the founder scaling their business when you don’t have the resources or time to hire multiple advisors and keep them up to date.

We’re equally comfortable operating at the highest strategic level or getting our hands dirty with execution to make sure shit gets done. We’ve operated across all disciplines as leaders and focus where it’s most critical for your business at the time. 

We help founders in four ways:

Nailing the key pillars of scale

Our FASST © model captures the four pillars any business must nail to scale. We apply this to your context to drive focus on where it maximises impact. We get in the trenches with you, leveraging our experience to enhance execution on your most critical challenges.

Coach and Confidant

We’ve done this before and can quickly identify the crux of an issue, give you perspective and confidence when you’ve taken some hits, hold up a mirror when needed and support you emotionally through relentless challenges.

As a repeat founder and CEO I’ve experienced the clarity and brilliant execution that drove me to a $43m+ valuation and attracted globally revered investors. The coaching, counsel and hard truths I received from these mentors was transformative in my success and development as a leader. 

Psychometrics

Our psychometric tools optimise hiring, internal selection, talent development and leadership effectiveness. They are empirically validated as being the best in the market at predicting work performance.

‘80%’ tools

80% of the activities in scaling a company are the same. We bring our suite of ‘80% tools’ to speed up execution, allowing you to focus on tailoring the remaining 20% to be effective in your context.

Most of all we’re the first call you make when it really matters.

How We Work

We engage in rolling four week blocks, targeted at delivering clearly identified value with each block.

We don’t take on short term engagements. We partner with founders to get through their biggest challenges and out the other side. Achieving these life changing results takes more than a project.

Psychometric tools are available as part of a four week block or stand alone.

Key Benefits Of This Model:

Accountability

Frequent accountability to results for both parties.

Deep Contextual Knowledge

Long term relationships create deep contextual knowledge. That allows advice to be highly tailored to your circumstances, not what works generally.

Balance

Strikes the right balance between planning and execution in the fast moving scale up phase.

Agility Within Budget

The certainty of planned blocks allows us to build in the capacity to respond to unforeseen challenges as they arise, without adding fee pressure.

Flexibility

Flexibility to increase or decrease commitment with each block.

Adapts To Your Natural Cadence

Allows blocks to be tailored to the natural cadence of your business.

The Results You Can Expect

  • Absolute clarity on how to execute and why, that stands up in uncertainty
  • Significantly faster progress
  • Enjoying the process of building your business
  • Reassurance that comes from support for any challenge being one phone call away
  • To be the best version of your authentic leadership self, ahead of the needs of your business

Testimonials

What Our Clients Say

While leading my first start up I was unexpectedly required to take an additional CEO role. The workload was overwhelming.

Grant took time to understand then brought insights and ready made tools that allowed me to quickly identify what was truly important, align my time and focus our teams.

I went from snowed under to focused on a small number of critical execution challenges. It felt fantastic to be so focused and clear

John Tooth, CEO @ Flomatika & Remote:AF
Grant is a rarity in Australian leadership circles, someone who’s willing to take the kind of risks necessary to truly innovate and create value rather than replicating what exists.
He’s someone that I’ve relied on for advice and guidance, both in setting strategy, in building the organisational systems necessary to execute on it, and in navigating venture capital markets to fund it.
Andrew Blain, Founder @ Elabor8, Remote:AF, Flomatika
One of those ‘out of the box’ leaders who can bring systems and processes to any business discipline, whilst still keeping two eyes focused on what actually needs to be achieved.

In the time I have worked with Grant I have greatly appreciated his clear thinking and openness to dive deeper into a problem below the obvious surface level issues.

A leader I highly admire and would work with again in a heartbeat.

Ben Wright, Founder @ Echo Group, SiteTech Solutions, Stronger Sales Teams
Grant knows how to build tight knit teams that get results. I worked closely with him to put together an executive development program, and it was clear to me he knows how to cultivate a commitment culture.
He didn’t sit back and assume all would be fine. He got his hands dirty to make sure it was money well spent. He’s also very geared to knowing if/how a given initiative, or idea is linked back to the org strategy and competitive edge.
There are plenty of people who have the answers, few have the results to back up their assertions. Grant is one of these people. If you get the chance to work with him, expect to be better, during and after.
Terry Condon , Founder @ Cash Flow Co.
Working alongside Grant has been a privilege, and the mentorship I received from him shaped my professional journey in the most positive way. Grant’s steadfast dedication to professionalism, his unwavering commitment to diligence, and his remarkable depth of experience have all had an enduring impact on me.

His guidance is a catalyst for entrepreneurs to reach their fullest potential. Grant possesses not only the wealth of knowledge but also the exceptional ability to seamlessly impart that knowledge to others.

Adam Blizzard, Partner @ Pitcher Partners Advisors
Having had the chance to work alongside Grant for many years I can truly say that he changed the course of my life inspiring me in aspects both professionally and personally.
He guided me in a way where I felt supported but never managed and taught me personal ownership in the truest sense.
He never wavered from a candid dialogue even in times when it was uncomfortable or unfavourable.
He gave me the confidence to experiment, gave me guiding principles on how to bring structure into an unstructured task and challenged my need for perfection which was one of my biggest obstacles. It was after this that I felt the most focused and proud of my contributions.
One of the most refreshing and unique things about Grant is his genuine care, compassion and empathy towards others which is a testament to the many leaders he shaped.
Steph Guerin, Product Manager @ Reform Clothing

Ready to execute like never before?

Get the right experience in your corner. Talk to us to see how our proven FASST © model, psychometrics and 80% tools empower you to lead your business to scale, with life changing results.