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BusinessFrom $300 million exit to fractional CFO: How Julian built a business around what founders need most
And why the merger with Gilligan Sheppard is the next chapter in helping growing businesses succeed… Julian doesn’t own a Porsche, nor a Haines Hunter. After being part of a $300 million company sale, the only thing he upgraded was his garden shed. “I’m not that guy,” he says with a laugh. Instead, he spent […]
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A life-long journey of time management
Tick, tick, tick, tick…does this remind you anything? Time. It continually ticks, running eternally without pause. It is the most precious and finite resource. It accompanies us throughout our journey from the moment of birth to the golden years of retirement. Each different life stage presents its own challenges, opportunities, and demands on our time, […]
KPIs are dead: long live Personal Goals
KPIs are short for key performance indicator’s used to measure your employee’s performance. They can be financial, customer, or process-focused. The thing is, generationally, I believe we’ve moved away from using them, and for some businesses, they haven’t even noticed. The catchphrase used to be “work hard, play hard”; nowadays, it’s “work-life balance”. My career […]
Stop procrastinating. Be like Nike.
We are halfway through the year and about 180 days away from the next one, Christmas trees start going up in three months, and January’s intentions have been brought to my attention again. It sinks in, the thief that time really is. When you know what you want, do you immediately go for it? Do […]
Go the Fijianas!
I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved with the Women’s Rugby World Cup as a TLO (Team Liaison Officer) for the Fiji Women’s Rugby Team (the Fijianas). Having missed out on previous tournaments, it was the Fijianas first-ever World Cup tournament. For an event that is held every four years, being there was everything […]
When I changed my attitude
The world is a scary place. Two billion people worldwide still use a source of drinking water contaminated with human waste. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for 71% of all deaths annually. Over 70% of the global adult population have wealth of less than $10,000. Individually, at some point in our lives, we have all experienced […]

