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Supercharge your business - webinar series

Australia, like many nations across the globe, is still recovering from the effects of COVID-19, regional trade and war tensions, supply chain disruptions, natural disasters and inflation. Despite these challenges, the domestic outlook is positive, and weaker growth is expected for 2024. Considering this backdrop, businesses are busy managing their operations to survive in these tough market conditions. As they are busy working in their business, the opportunity to work on their business is often not possible. Working on their business, is however, important to keep costs down whilst optimising profits in an evolving marketplace.

17 September - DONE!

​24 September - DONE!
​1 October 2024 - DONE!

3.00pm - 3.30pm (AEST)


​+ 15 mins Q&A


Why should you attend?

The program is designed to help realign the focus of businesses around their purpose, people capability, and capacity to optimise their performance and deliver sustainable profits. 

Price

Complimentary

Webinar 1 - Purpose

Are you customer centric? Learn the importance of creating unique competitive advantage. In a fast changing environment, putting the customer at the centre of your plan ensures a more sustainable business model.

  • Who is your customer?
  • How do you compare to your competitors through the customers lens?
  • How can you create a smart plan in a constantly changing environment?
  • Who is your customer?
  • How do you compare to your competitors through the customers lens?
  • How can you create a smart plan in a constantly changing environment?

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Delivered by Marni Cook


Webinar 2 - People

Have you got the right team to deliver on your business objectives?

  • How leaders create or destroy value
  • The 4 keys to effective leadership
  • What are the hallmarks of ineffective leadership
  • It's the Manager, stupid
  • Building a strengths-based culture
  • How to never have a poor interaction with anyone ever again
  • Coaching 101





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Delivered by Ian Cormack

Webinar 3 - Performance

Managing the performance of people and product is critical to the success of your business. Learn about the impact on your business of changing margins and staffing using simple frameworks and metrics. Address these issues by understanding turn vs churn, setting margin targets, managing inventory and improving people performance. 


Areas to be covered include:

  • Strategic profit model and how to use it
  • Identifying your profit levers 
  • Measuring and improving performance




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Delivered by Marni Cook

About Marni

Marni's multifaceted career has focused on building strong businesses, vibrant communities, and thriving sectors by developing and empowering their most valuable asset—people. Expert in leading and working with industry and member-based bodies, her work reflects a deep commitment to fostering growth and success across multiple domains. She has had a remarkable journey from Shopfloor to Boardroom and has made significant contributions across academia, industry, and government, enjoying success and impact in various notable roles such as Industry Professor and Program Director - Wine Business, University of Adelaide, CEO of Food South Australia, Chair of McLaren Vale Grape Wine and Tourism and Chair of Wine Communicators of Australia.

About Ian

Ian is a uniquely commercial Senior HR and Strategy Executive with over 30 years experience within the fields of organisational psychology, business strategy, sales and marketing. Ian has extensive experience in the facilitation of leadership programs, team dynamics, people strategies and culture interventions. Ian has been a CHRO or Commercial Director in several notable Blue chip Companies such as Lion Nathan, Arnott’s, Commonwealth Bank, Woolworth's and George Weston Foods and has worked in over 42 countries. He also owns and runs Cormack Consulting which specialises in C-suite coaching, Leadership programs, expert HR advice and OD interventions in the name of human capital effectiveness, efficiency and change management. Ian is an excellent coach and has enabled many CEOs and HR Directors to lift their capability and realise their potential. 

Sharing Knowledge

We combine market information and insights and create relevant and practical knowledge that  can be used make informed commercial decisions.



Building Capability

We inspire growth and business confidence by providing practical skills from industry experts to develop innovative products, processes and access new markets.



Creating Connections

We connect businesses with researchers to kickstart industry investment, foster innovation and encourage new product, process, and technology development.