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    I educate business owners in what it takes, and to be confident, in running a successful business, to accelerate profits and to avoid the pitfalls of going it alone

    About Me

    “As a business coach, I believe in the power of innovation and resilience. If you want to generate significant profits, you need to dare to challenge the status quo and embrace change, the possibilities for success are endless.”

    — David Lockwood, Business Coach

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    Unlock your business' full potential with personalised insights from an experienced business coach. Overcome challenges and seize opportunities for growth.

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    Developing leaders at all levels in your business is a commitment to growth. Through self awareness and team dynamics, learn how to leverage your people assets.

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    Refine your leadership skills with tailored executive coaching. Develop strategic thinking, effective communication, and decision-making abilities.

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    “David is…refreshingly honest…a strategic thinker…very valuable counsel to me”

    “I am more aspirational now towards my business now that I have David’s guidance”

    “Over a 6 year journey with David the improvement in our leadership team has been amazing”

    “We are growing and evolving as a company with David’s support”

    Profit driven business coaching for business owners & entrepreneurs

    Aspirational Business Owner Wanting to Rapidly Accelerate Sales

    One of my business coaching success stories. Growing a business revenues by $5.3 million in 3 years though strategic  planning, understanding inherent value to customers and having clear organizational values and KPI’s.

    151%

    Growth in Sales Within 3 Years

    $1.8M

    Net Profit Growth

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    David has been instrumental towards my businesses success, I've doubled my profit in the last year alone.As a young entrepreneur, it was important that I had wisdom and experience behind my back to support me through roadblocks that impacted growth.With David, I've been able to narrow down my "ideal client", revise my pricing structure and improve my work life balance.David is a coach and advisor for many businesses, and has a wealth of experience. I was able to draw knowledge from his past endeavours. More importantly, even though David is much older than me, he is super relatable, easy to get along with and has a young heart and mind :D.
    Paul Dykman
    Paul Dykman
    11 July 2023
    I have been working with David for almost 2 years now and in that time I have gone from an engineer learning to become a CEO to a CEO of a fast growing company with both our earnings and revenue up around 200% since we started working together.David's expertise and experience have been invaluable to me in my journey to become a better CEO as he has taught me to keep my head at a higher level and the power of thinking big.
    Matt Long
    Matt Long
    15 August 2022
    During 2021 I engaged David for some one on one coaching and advisory services. He is a true professional, he listened, understood my issues and helped me plan a way forward. This resulted in achievable initiatives that added significant value to our business and how we provide professional services to our customers.No matter how skilled anyone is we all need support at some stage. I know this as I run a very successful Business Consulting services delivering strategies, business unit service reviews and the sourcing of corporate business systems. The advice we deliver has a huge impact on organisations and the services they deliver. For the duration of the engagement with david it was great to be on the customer side for a change.
    Mark
    Mark
    10 December 2021
    David has been our Business Coach since 2019. His services have been invaluable as he navigated us through many issues. He really "gets it" and was on the same page at all times adding value to my business. Lately he assisted me in negotiating the sale of my business achieving a very satisfactory result. I would highly recommend David as a Coach as he not only has excellent accounting skills but his past experience in business will be an asset to any business.
    Jeff Slabe
    Jeff Slabe
    3 September 2021
    Since we started with David at Unlocking Your Future 6 months ago, he has been instrumental in providing myself and my leadership team with sound strategic advice, assisting us to make informed business decisions. We are on track to increase revenue by 30% in the next FY and we are on target to reach our 12 month business goals. On a personal level, as the business owner, David has inspired and helped me to understand my customer, be goals orientated and know my numbers. David provides me with peace on mind and I am so grateful for his support. I can highly recommend David, as a 'real deal' business coach and mentor.
    Jeremy Djurovich
    Jeremy Djurovich
    19 July 2021
    MVA Bennett an Accounting Practice with 7 partners has been working with David Lockwood of Unlocking Your Future for approximately 5 years.David has a very inquisitive approach to coaching businesses and the leadership team, he is engaged in the journey of his clients and focused on achieving their objectives.On a personal note David is a trusted mentor who I call regularly to get a true independent perspective on more challenging decisions.I would have no hesitation in referring business and those leading business or wanting to be a leader in engaging with David.
    Andrew Ellem
    Andrew Ellem
    18 July 2020
    We have worked with avid for a couple of years now and he has become an integral part of our business.Before starting with David we had previous experiences with consultants and quite mixed feelings and results.We're a complex business and finding someone who could understand our product and industry well enough to provide value advice had proven hard.David has been a vital sounding board and advisor to Optimising and will continue to be.If you are looking for someone to help you take the next steps, I could not recommend David enough.
    James Richardson
    James Richardson
    11 May 2020
    I would just like to say how much help and assistance David has been to me within my business over the last 4 years and most importantly, through this period of COVID crisis. He is very experienced and has a calm head. I can share my business problems with David and he provides a commercial and yet experienced answer to deal with complex business issues.David has great strategic insights and understands how to create win win situations for both me and my business. Whilst I am worrying about day to day operational issues, David is thinking for me about positioning my business so it can perform to its best potential. David is a great sounding board for my ideas and provides valuable feedback to me. I would highly recommend David as a business mentor and as a business coach.
    Helen Ni
    Helen Ni
    14 April 2020
    David initially presented a team workshop for my business so I could leverage my staff to grow my business. Subsequently, David become my business coach and business mentor. I can’t tell you of how much of a difference it has made to my business; revenues up over 30% in 12 months and a consistency of profits that I had never had before. David helped me gain clarity on the value of my role as a leader rather than always focusing on doing the work myself. I can’t recommend David highly enough as a business coach and business mentor. Darren
    Darren Sanicki
    Darren Sanicki
    12 February 2020
    My review is based on a 4 year relationship meeting David inside a business to business networking group in 2015 where I found him to be honest and someoneone who I could work with with and that's saying something.. I have now been working with David for 2.5 years as my Business Coach and haven't looked back. David is someone who I rely on heavily, he is a sounding board with an understanding temprement who listens to what I'm saying provides sound and considered advice. As my business is growing I needed someone to help with the roadblocks and provide clarity, I now have that. We work through the issues that come up on a day to day basis sometimes or weekly, whatever is required normally. We are now planning months in advance, we know where we are at the touch of a button. David rovides support acquiring new staff and ongoing support with our team, sitting in on team meetings etc. Business to business has also changed as we work with suppliers and clients commercially. I am a better business person and a better family man for having David in my life. I now have my time back which is one of the most important changes in my life as a small business owner. As a family man I can spend more time with my wife & children. I'm lucky to have you as my coach David and I appreciate evrything you do. Sincerely Andrew Cain.
    Andrew Cain
    Andrew Cain
    21 December 2019

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