Business mentors & coaching

Make better business decisions with a Kendons coach

We pride ourselves on real relationships with clients and the expertise that our combined experience brings to the boardroom.

 

Owning and operating a business can leave little time to step back and review past performance, or clarify your future direction. 

Your business mentor or coach will encourage regular catch-ups to offer strategic advice and practical tools that help create long-term value.  We'll give you the accountability and support you need to ensure the best decisions are made for you and your business. Together, we'll develop strategies to improve performance and overcome any challenges you face. 

Business coaching isn't just about increased accountability, profitability, or cash flow. It's also about achieving your desired work outcomes to gain the lifestyle you want. Whether your business needs guiding through a major change, or you simply wish to have regular contact with a trusted advisor, Kendons are on hand to assist.

Business coaching enables you to be proactive, not reactive

 

Achieve goals

Accountability to your coach helps you achieve results.

Problem-solving

Identify and resolve your burning issues.

Key drivers

Gain an understanding of the key drivers within your business.

Decision-making

Filter ideas through an impartial coach to improve decision-making.

 

Evaluation

Understand the impact of ideas prior to implementation.

Profitability

Increase efficiency, profitability, and cash flow.

Leadership

Improve leadership and management processes.

Support

Collaborate with your coach to ease stress and pressure.

 

Kendons Registered Mentors

Kendons is proudly part of Business Mentors New Zealand, the only independent national business mentoring service provider to the small business sector in New Zealand. The service matches experienced businesspeople, the Mentors, with business owners.

Meet our registered mentors.

What our clients say about us

“We were growing at such a pace that the financial side of the business was getting left behind. And I was starting to feel overwhelmed with my workload. We knew this would start to impact our ability to continue to grow because we’d get bogged down in trying to maintain the financial side of the business. So, we knew we needed to simplify our finances, but we didn’t know where to start.

Kendons can really help support your growth. We're in the position we are today because of their support. They've kept us accountable and helped us with our business planning. They’re very skilled in that area, knowing how to plan and how to sort things out for their clients.

We wanted to grow our revenue by $20,000 a month. Ian helped us break down what we needed to do to achieve that. And he was really good at helping us keep accountable for taking action. Many people make plans, but then they don’t follow through. Whereas Ian would make us take responsibility for tasks. And then he would stay on top of us and see where things were at.

They’re also really friendly and approachable. They use simple language, not confusing financial terminology. And they go out of their way to try to empower you with knowledge, as well as doing things for you. Kendons has been great at helping us grow our business. If we hadn’t had their support, we’d be a lot further back.”

— Bradley and Marcin - F45 Christchurch City

“When we started working with Kendons we were feeling very vulnerable and frustrated. Our requests for help to our bank seemed to fall on deaf ears and it felt like all our successful years in business counted for nothing. But Lance made it quite clear that he believed that he could help our business.

Kendons have been wonderful for Andrea and me. Lance and Kate never criticized us. They never pointed fingers. They’re just brilliant. They simplified everything and it makes life so much easier. We're not accountants, we're retailers. We’ve simplified everything in our business as much as we can. The most significant change for us is that at any time of the day, we know exactly how our business is tracking because of the systems Kendons have implemented for us.

What I love about Kendons is they're always looking ahead to see what value they can add to our business, whether it's new systems or new ideas. We get an email every month tracking our progress. Their communication is very good. And we fill them in on external factors that have impacted the business, so they understand our industry. We haven't experienced this level of professionalism ever.

If we had a new idea or a new opportunity, then we'd discuss it with Kendons first. We wouldn’t make a major business decision requiring an investment without them. We've got a good rapport with them. They’re true business advisors and it's a really strong partnership, we’re very happy with them.”

— Andrea and Vern Bailey - Andrea Biani

Achieve your business goals and live your ideal lifestyle