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Director of Gibsons Consulting and Marketing Services, a leading provider of consulting services to public and private sector enterprises across Queensland for over 35 years
Steve’s’ consulting and professional career spans 25 years and has included hands on assistance to private sector organisations in strategic and business planning, sales and marketing, financial management, human resource management including change management, leadership development and mentoring. The key drivers of all consulting assignments are to:-
- Diagnose the issues and opportunities facing the business,
- Develop strategies and plans to develop a business that addresses the issues, takes advantage of the opportunities and delivers outcomes consistent with the owners and key stakeholders vision and goals for the business and for themselves.
- Assist the owners and the management team to develop the relevant people, skills, culture, systems and structure to effectively transform the business into a high performance business and then to sustain it.
The following are representative of consulting assignments undertaken across a range of businesses and industries:
- Developed and implemented practical strategic and business plans facilitating growth and substantial improvement in financial and operational performance.
- Implemented change management and leadership development strategies and processes to successfully improve the performance of the business and the team driving that performance.
- Developed effective succession plans to assist the business to be based on systems and processes supported by effective teams rather than owners and other key individuals.
- Assisted businesses in the restructure of their business into highly profitable high performing businesses.
- Developed and implemented effective sales and marketing strategies and plans to position the business to take maximum advantage of its unique selling proposition in what is of value to the marketplace it serves.
- Financially reviewed and managed businesses to enable them to more effectively measure and manage business performance.
- Implemented key business management systems to assist businesses to sustain and improve operating performance.
- Undertaken feasibility studies on the acquisition of new businesses.
- Organised the merger of business units, operations and cultures.
- Provided effective “sounding board” advice to effectively mentor and advise owners and key management in the development of the strategic vision for the business, and in the organisational, human and systemic change necessary to implement that vision.
Key Skill Areas:
- Business Strategy
- Strategic and Business Planning
- Financial Management/Review
- Cultural Change
- Mentoring and Training
- Human Resource Management
- Management Systems
- Business Systems Review/Modelling
- Leadership Development
- Risk Management
Industry Experience:
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Services
- Local Government
- Mining Services
- Environmental
- Wholesale
- State Government