I am writing to advise that I am delighted with the outcomes of the above programs the coaches of MENTORS AND BUSINESS COACHES INTERNATIONAL (MBCI) facilitated from June 2018 to March 2020.
Having a mentor to sound things off was really beneficial.
MBCI’s role as change agents and hands on facilitators to implement strategies has moved us to where we now have self-directed teams taking on what used to be management functions, solving problems, and
dealing with functional and people issues.
MBCI has been instrumental in their team coaching to build healthy functional relationships. This in turn led to higher productivity and helped to maintain our culture of continuous improvement in our systems. I believe this critical area has produced a win-win for our customers and our staff.
MBCI has challenged us with the concept of leadership and aiding me to become a leader-manager,
Thank you.
– Roland Templar,
Queensland Branch Manager
Control Systems Technology
As we are coming closer to the 6th Swedish Winter Challenge, we’d like to acknowledge the great impact you have had on our journey.
The Swedish Winter Challenge spin-off, Sustainable World Corporation, is a network company with hubs in some of the countries where representatives have been to the Swedish Winter Challenge.
In Nigeria they have come very far and more that 80 new companies have started.
They use coaching, mentoring and facilitation as the MBCI method and the success rate of start-ups is amazing. This year people from 8 countries have registered and some officials from Kenya are planning to come. The FLD training we have had, has been instrumental in the implementation. Thank you very much!
– Jenny Jakobsson,
Director Adlignum r
Sweden – MBCI Trained Mentor and Coach
This is a special email to you, just to thank you for the time we have had interactions over the last year. Indeed it has been a period of challenge but through your different specs of eyes, I have learned to see things through different sets of lens.
Your involvement with the company has been unbelievably life changing, not only for me, but for the team in the branch office and how the business fits in with the greater business.
Janet, Michael, what you have done is really great and please continue to build on the business and improve on, so that the company may be greater and better than what it is today.
I could not stress enough how big an impact your company has had on me personally and the business at large.
– Ganizani Banda,
Team Coaching Participant
MBCI’s professional and facilitative approach to mentoring and leadership training is about listening and asking questions to clarify issues.
I can see God’s fingerprints all over this Leadership Workshop which is very much of the Watch, Do, Learn methodology
– Joy Brunette,
Client who trained to be a Mentor and Coach
Doing the MBCI Mentoring and Business Coaching Programs has had a very significant impact on me and the way I work and approach my life in general.
It encouraged my further understanding of other people and allowed me to focus on their perceptions and needs which builds stronger relationships. The programs have made even stronger my belief that emotional intelligence and relationships are the core qualities of a successful contemporary manager.
– Tanya Egan,
City of Warrnambool
The section on self-awareness in the mentoring relationship was thought-provoking and stimulating. But most of all discovering the heart of mentoring to be empowering mentees to make their own decisionsvwas liberating!
– Sally Marks,
TTM Participant
Thanks for a most inspiring Workshop, which provided life – changing opportunities.
– Gabriela Thompson,
Regional Special Educationalist
Some time ago now, I’ve been very fortunate to come across Janet Schultz and to commence the MBCI Train the Coach program. I decided I needed a coach because of new responsibilities and challenges I came across in my new role – as manager of a small branch of local government.
My organisation, my team and I personally have benefited enormously from Janet’s wisdom and experience.
Janet helped me with team building, business planning, stakeholder group facilitation, project development, market research and many other areas of my work. Having Janet as a mentor allowed me to experiment with new ideas and sound them out. It gave me encouragement to see that these ideas become real life projects.
There are times in our working lives when we need someone external to our workplace to give us an honest opinion or assessment – this is when I turn to Janet to help me think things through.
– Tanya Egan,
Economic Development Manager
Warrnambool City Council
I revisited a number of previously presented TTM module items which really resonated after my practical experiences with MBCI Facilitators.
This material is comprehensive and the module presentation keeps me interested and keen to take the skills learned to my future mentees.
– Ian J Ahrens,
Managing Director
Ahrens Accounting and Business Consultants,
Tweed Heads NSW Australia
The TTM workshops reinforced and have started the habit of Active Listening. It (TTM) has given me much more confidence and equipped me to take my first steps Mentoring others. TTM has also increased my self-awareness and helped me to realise I take a small view of what I am capable of.
– Peter Ambrosiussen,
Managing Director
Ambrosiussen Accountants & Advisers
Toowoomba Queensland Australia
I am a middle aged business man who has had over 30 years in business and I had been accustomed to making decisions. I found such an impact from the importance of Listening Skills and the value of having a mentor. I thoroughly enjoyed the forum to share some of life experiences with others.
– Ronald J Hopkins,
CEO Retirement Plus Pty. Ltd.
I gained an oversight into the mentoring process and most importantly into myself. Such a long way to go and much to be done… BUT I would not know where to start or how to progress without the TTM skills and knowledge.
Thank you for a lovely, informative and fun day you ran a great workshop and I felt I gained a lot from your time and knowledge given to us all.
– Mandy Paul,
MBCI Business Planning Workshop
sponsored by Hume City Council
MBCI worked with the Committee for Geelong to develop a Strategic Planning process that delivered a document that the Committee is able to use to ensure strategic outcomes are achieved.
This process involved the facilitation of a Strategic Planning Workshop with key members of the Committee, corporate and business leaders including Ford Australia and Alcoa, representatives from the City of Greater Geelong, and neighbouring local Government bodies, public utilities, church and not for profit leaders.
The workshop revisited the Vision and Mission, identified the Sustainable Competitive Advantage and the key issues which were taken up by the Task Force Groups to strategise.
The MBCI facilitators were responsive and insightful, assisting the Committee to see new ways of approaching the planning process to ensure ownership across the group. They presented us with a professional process that has enabled us to move forward into the future implementing our vision.
– Peter Dorling,
Executive Director
Committee for Geelong
Mentors and Business Coaches International has provided excellent and successful executive coaching and business coaching to our team at LIASACOM.
We can attribute a significant part of our success in gaining TELSTRA’s Fixed Net Dealer of the Year Awards for 1999, 2000 and 2001 to the processes and the care provided by MENTORS and BUSINESS COACHES INTERNATIONAL . .
– LIASACOM
The partners of this practice committed to a Business Coaching Program resulting in a strategic plan to establish a separate division of the company to specialise in Business Coaching Programs. This company has also become a strategic partner of MBCI..
– Searless Accounting
This company is a large wholesale and retail nursery and landscaping business. The directors of the company decided that a strategic business planning process would enable a re-focus of resources and a clarifying of core competencies.
The Business Coaching program utilised the team approach and resulted in cultural change including an empowering of the staff. Results included: a re-structuring of the organisation, clarifying of job roles and the implementation of systems. This allowed a smooth relocation of premises and greater customer focus.
– Boyds Bay Garden Centre
“I was amazed when I was included in the workshop. For the first time I was able to contribute and not have to leave my brain in the carpark!”
Shop Steward, Email Ltd.,
Whitegoods Manufacturing Conglomerate,
Adelaide, South Australia