Business Seminar Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaking at Business Growth Seminars
I am experienced in running business growth seminars for CEO’s, business owners and senior executives. These programs can be run as a complete business growth seminar program over 5 days, or they can be run as stand-alone sessions of 2 hours, 4 hours or a full day with topics based on the audience’s needs.
Common topics include:
- How to build a $10M+ business
- Building a long term crystal clear vision
- What is your 10 year ideal life plan?
- What is your organisations superpower?
- High Performance People Leadership- Do I have the right people, in the right seats, doing the right things?
- Do you have the ‘Courage for Profit?’
- Lessons from a fire-fighter turned entrepreneur…how do we stop fighting fires and start building firebreaks
- How do you ensure organisational alignment in growing businesses
Five Day Seminar Program
The complete business growth seminar program that I teach in full is 5 days. The 5 day course is a very intensive course that runs for 50 hours (10 hour days).
I break the 5 day full program into the following 5 core topics (each of which takes 1 day in total):
How do I recruit retain and lead the best people, what are our company core values, employee feedback, performance vs. core values employee analysis, performance related discussions and key metrics.
How do I ensure that: the organisation is systemised, measuring the right things, communicating effectively internally, and running effectively and efficiently to hit our strategic goals.
Business finance basics, cashflow measurement and improvement, labour productivity, Profitability analysis and improvement.
Unique Selling Proposition, landing strategic customers, obtaining customer feedback.
Business Vision & Strategy
How do I ensure that our business is aligned and on the same page, focussed on the things that matter, and structured for continual improvement.
The course will be tailored for your business, with a selection from the following topics
Below is a general list of management training topics that I have taught to various groups of managers and business owners which will be highly tailored for the particular audience:
Vision
What is your compelling vision for the future
Strategy
What got you here may not get you there
USP - Unique Selling Proposition
What do I do that my customers really need and care about that is different to my competition?
High Performance People Leadership
Do I have the right people, in the right seats, doing the right things?
Core Values
Identifying the core values of your business and building a great culture
Recruiting 101
Recruiting 101- Finding the right people who fit and building employee performance metrics
Marketing
Marketing principles to stand out from the crowd
Sales
Sales strategies for high growth
Productivity
How productive are the employees in my business? Is our business becoming more productive or less productive?
Business Levers
How to dramatically grow the cash flow and profitability in your business
Finance 101
Understanding financial statements and reverse budgeting
Sales Management
Sales management principles to lead a high performing sales team
Metrics
The power of weekly company metrics, communication rhythms and priorities in executing your strategy
Alignment
How to get and maintain organisational alignment
Data
Customer & Employee Data
Mindset
Psychological Strength and mindset in leading high growth businesses
Cost
Please contact us for a tailored proposal for keynote speaking at your next business seminar.
Steve isn’t just another strategy consultant. It’s like a discussion of everything he has ever read and learned, tried and tested through practice with an acknowledgement that your business has its own set of intricacies. We learn from our mistakes as much as our successes and Steve is humble enough to admit he has learnt from both. He talks from experience and that’s why I listen with trusting ears.
Andrew Hardwick
- Director
, Hard Edge - https://www.hardedge.com.au/
I have been lucky enough to be involved in both 1 on 1 and group training with Steve Mcleod and can't speak highly enough of his knowledge and passion for helping others. Working with Steve I have learnt specific strategies around growth, people, process and finance, he has given me a thorough understanding and a know how to implement the learnings with instant and measurable results. More importantly, Steve has always followed up and held me accountable ensuring I get the most out of each session. I have no hesitation in recommending Steve and would highly encourage anyone to get involved in his coaching or training.
Joe Woodham - Director,
Torii Recruitment - https://www.toriirecruitment.com.au/
Since we completed the strategic planning process with Steve, there has been an immediate and noticeable improvement in communication and alignment in our senior team. We have seen action on growth opportunities we just never got around to previously. Steve has a knack of breaking down and reverse engineering success, regardless of the type of business.
Rob Aubin, CEO LA BIOSTHETIQUE Australia & NZ - https://labiosthetique.com.au
I’ve seen Steve McLeod from Courage for Profit in action for over a year now. His business knowledge and delivery of strategy is first class. Steve also has an analytical business mind. From these seminars we approached Steve to work with us in our business Nieuvision. Steve is now conducting our annual strategy day and quarterly strategy days in addition we requested his expertise in assisting us on our advisory board.
If you have a strong desire to align you business, grow your business to the next level and make sure you are keeping the business on the right path, I would highly encourage using Courage for Profit.
Rick Nieuwenhoven, CEO Nieuvision Australia - https://www.nieuvision.com.au
We have known Steve for many years now and his passion, commitment and drive is second to none. He always goes the extra mile and genuinely cares about the success of our business. Recently we attended a workshop with Steve to discuss growing our business for the purposes of selling for the best price. We walked away feeling very motivated and inspired. The level of professionalism and constructive advice was first class. I would recommend Steve and Courage for Profit to anyone.
Terry Kershaw
- Director
, East Coast Fire and Safety - https://www.eastcoastfireandsafety.com.au/
Steve McLeod has been an excellent source of constant inspiration, positivity and encouragement. It was thanks to him and the many training sessions of his I’ve attended, that I found the courage to move out of my comfort zone and attempt to explore and conquer unknown territories. As challenging as my journey as an entrepreneur has been; Steve’s training enabled me to cope with constant stress by analyzing my goals; through an objective and prudent assessment of their merits and requisite resources. Today I am adept at keeping my emotions out of my business dealings and setting clearer and more achievable goals for myself and my company.
Diksha Khana -
Director, Amazeology - https://amazeology.com.au/
