Fighting ‘Assumed Knowledge’ for business leaders - On-demand video sessions now available for purchase

In boardrooms and offices across the country, we’ve seen it time and again, business owners and managers burdened by the invisible weight of assumed knowledge. You're expected to understand financials, directorship obligations, and workplace safety regulations and so much more, often without ever having been taught. Asking questions might feel risky, and no one wants to look like they don’t belong in the room.

That’s exactly why we created our practical business seminar series: to unpack the complex, often overlooked essentials that every leader should know - but few are ever intentionally educated on.

Delivered in engaging, real-world sessions from 40 minutes long, each video is made for time-poor professionals who want insight without the fluff. No jargon. No judgment. Just actionable knowledge from people who’ve walked the walk and practical, checklist-style take-aways.

Why is this for you, or your team?

• The seminars are made for people who may have been promoted based on their craft or expertise, and now find themselves managing responsibilities outside their wheelhouse
• They’re for owners who started a business to do what they love, and have ended up stuck in the mud of ‘running the business’ with no roadmap
• And for leaders who are too busy to sit through dry, outdated lectures

Several sessions are now available to purchase on demand - watch from anywhere, anytime.

Discharging Your Director Duties 

Consenting to act as a Company Director without a full understanding of the key responsibilities and obligations imposed is risky business.

Do you wonder whether obligations exist that you’re not even aware of – and are keen to educate yourself, without being buried in legislation? 

And more than just knowing your obligations – would you value hearing a veteran Director of 30+ years share experiences of what discharging your duties as a Director looks like in real-life?

Are you confident that your personal interests are fully protected as you carry out your duties?

Did you realise all the same obligations apply to non-executive Directors, and family investment vehicles?

Presented by Simon Rutherford, with 30+ years’ experience as a Director of both private and public companies, our “Discharging Your Director Duties” session is designed to give you:

• an overview of Director Duties
• an understanding of common concepts and terminology
• pragmatic, real-life examples and ‘war stories’ around what discharging those duties looks like
• practical steps you can take to ensure you are meeting your obligations and are personally protected
• an ‘action list’ to take back to your desk
• a broad understanding of health and safety in the workplace, and your obligations / duties under the Work Health & Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
• an understanding of the basic terminology and roles under WHS, including PCBU, Officers, Workers and Others
• a checklist of fundamentals common across all industries, as a place for you to start, and / or be confident you have the basics nailed
• practical steps you can take to discharge your primary duty of care and other duties, without getting tied up in red tape
• where to seek ongoing support and / or industry-specific guidance
• Understand key accounting terms and ratios
• Interpret common financial reports
• Have confidence in 'numbers' conversations and your financial responsibilities
• Provide practical and pragmatic insights into finance and accounting

What the Heck of WHS 

Ensuring you and your team arrive home safely each evening is more than a worn-out cliché, throw around by those in the Work Health & Safety (WHS) arena.

Benevolently, everyone of course wants others to be safe and healthy.

 Legally, a WHS breach is a criminal offence for a business owner, operator or manager of any kind.

 You know this.  But where do you start?

 And if you tug at that thread, are you going to end up buried in paperwork and bound up in red tape?

 Are you cautious of WHS consultants who might have seemed dogmatic and completely impractical in the past?

Are you nervous that you’ve had your head in the sand for too long – and want someone to take you through the basics of your obligations, and into practical and pragmatic actions; to walk away with a checklist of the fundamentals and a clear idea of what to do next, and who to lean on for support?

Presented by Kathy Clarkson, Director of Key Consultation Solutions, our “What the Heck of WHS” session is designed to give you:

Finance Fundamentals for Decision Makers (but not boring, we promise)

Whether relevant for you, or your Management / Leadership team: ever wondered why 'finance and accounting stuff' is treated like assumed knowledge?  Especially if you’re in business or a management position and haven’t done a commerce / finance / accounting degree?

 Ever felt a little in the deep end; caught thinking now you’re in a more senior position, it’s ‘too late’ to ask finance questions that might make you look silly; or maybe had a vague feeling there's things you should know, but have never been taught?

 Considered trying to up-skill, but not even sure what you don't know?  

Or wanting your team to up-skill, but not sure where to point them?

And worried that if you do, it'll be boring and dry as heck, chew up a day of your time and deliver nothing practical?

 Well: we’ve got you.

 Our "Finance Fundamentals for Decision Makers" session will help you:

• Understand key accounting terms and ratios
• Interpret common financial reports
• Have confidence in 'numbers' conversations and your financial responsibilities
• Provide practical and pragmatic insights into finance and accounting