Happy new financial year!

As business leaders, the 1st July is a wonderful time of year! Every line item in the profit and loss resets to $0. Representing a clean slate and a new start line. Happy new financial year!

Effective planning for FY24, requires reflection on FY23 and a good cuppa! At this time of year I am often working with clients to help them celebrate their wins, look for areas of improvement and map out the year and years ahead.

As I do this for our business, I have a full heart as I think about all that has been achieved around me during FY23. Some of the highlights for the clients I have worked with include:

• Achieving record revenues
• Realising record net profit results
• Growing their Queensland footprint
• Continuing to grow their international operations
• Handing more responsibility to the next crop of leaders with the business
• Achieving expansion goals
• Achieving work-life balance goals
• Identifying the next area of growth
• Managing cashflow carefully to move it from an area of worry to a signal of strength
• Employing more people
• Servicing more clients
• Clarifying what work they really enjoy and focusing on that
• Re-structuring for growth
• Getting all advisers on the same page (me included in this adviser pool) - it helps when we are all rowing in the one direction
• Re-branding ready for expansion
• Being honest with what they really want from the business
• Continued to develop an enviable reputation in their marketplace
• Aligned all operational activities to a clearly articulated strategic plan
• Retired
• Taking on a new partner 
• Exiting the business 
• Developed and registered a new product design
• Rolled out an operational project that will enable the organisation to operate efficiently and become more competitive in the future
• Hit capacity and decided not to expand further but stay in this sweet spot

When I reflect on some of these achievements of my clients I feel a sense of pride and excitement! I have held a privileged position to see first hand what it takes. What tough decision are made, what sacrifices are made, what values have guided them and what a journey they have been on to achieve these results.

Sometimes it has felt immediate and for others it has been 5+ years in the making. 

I applaud every single one of you for your perseverance and accomplishments!

As a collective, you have taken me from Brisbane to Townsville to London to Leeds to Hobart and back again. I've certainly racked up from frequent flyer points this year! But I have loved every single minute of it. 

As I make another cup to tea and start to think about what $0 on the P&L represents for FY24 and what it might mean for my business, I thank you all for an incredible journey.