Are your profits impeded by the struggles that many business owners face?
Being a business owner is a journey full of unique challenges, are you feeling overwhelmed by business demands? You’re not alone, and there is a solution for each of your problems.
Endless Workdays
Do you clock endless hours with no time for yourself or your loved ones?
Stagnant Growth
Does your business growth seem to be stuck on a plateau, unable to move up?
Cash Flow Challenges
Are you constantly worried about cash flow, and financial stress is creeping in?
Team Management
Do you face difficulties managing and motivating your team or retaining talent?
Lack of Strategic Vision
Do you feel like you’re navigating your business blindfolded with no roadmap?
Customer Retention
Does keeping your existing customers engaged and loyal feel like an uphill battle?
Accelerate revenue & profit growth with my one-to-one coaching
With my one-to-one coaching, you get my focus and commitment to your business. I bring years of coaching and business experience and a deep understanding of the unique challenges entrepreneurs face in making a business successful.
We’ll dissect your business, build a roadmap to success, and tackle every facet, from sales to staffing, finances to customer relations. I’ll challenge your ideas, listen to your frustrations, and celebrate your victories.
How my 1:1 coaching can help your business profits grow
Strategic Vision
Strategy is the one critical thing that sets a great business apart. Let me help you obtain clarity around the goals and objectives that are essential in driving the business forwards towards success.
Effective Systems
Without systems, we can't leverage information, people or guarantee we will make the best decisions. Let's match critical levers and numbers with the right systems for growth.
Growth Acceleration
Growth for growth's sake will probably burn cash and risk the viability of a business. Let me show you how to focus on profitable growth.
Find out the keys to driving profits higher with David Lockwood
“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
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 Dykman11 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 Long15 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. Mark10 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 Slabe3 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 Djurovich19 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 Ellem18 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 Richardson11 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 Ni14 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 Sanicki12 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 Cain21 December 2019
Meet David Lockwood, your catalyst for higher revenues and profits
With over 40 years of coaching and business experience in multiple industries and roles, I bring a wealth of knowledge and practicality to help you transform your business. My personalised approach ensures that you receive tailored guidance to unlock your business’ full potential.
Each owner’s business journey is unique. Let me help you take the pressure off yourself as your trusted sounding board.
My Business Brain™ System
Unlocking business profits with My Business Brain™
My Business Brain™ is a transformative system that I have developed to empower my clients profit growth and propel their businesses to new heights. With this powerful tool at your disposal, you can unlock the full potential of your entrepreneurial journey.
Building a game plan, setting long term aspirational goals, and aligning culture with winning strategies
Business model, systems and processes, productivity and people – let’s optimise how your business is to grow
Understand your target audience so we efficiently attract, convert and then retain customers; building long term sustainable revenue streams
Am I the business coach for you?
Unlike a lot of business coaches, I work with businesses across a range of industries such as financial services, online marketing, real estate, engineering, accounting, legal, health, manufacturing, wholesale businesses servicing the construction & infrastructure segments, and retail.
Whether you're looking for your first or next phase of growth, or understanding your competition and how to best position for growth, it isn't as scary as you think
Time can create significant conflict or overwhelm for business owners - from investing in more and more hours in the business, trying to get ahead and the sacrifices you need to make in your personal lives. The good news is - it doesn't have to always be this way
Sick of losing good people or have teams who don't deliver work or customer service the way you do? There are ways around this so people become your biggest asset instead of the headaches that come with being a business owner.
A business owner who is responsible for everything and everyone can be a lonely job - an experienced yet external perspective can be a valuable addition to any business owner's journey
Download my guide on how to stop profits from slipping away
Uncover the critical mistake that’s costing your business 43% in lost revenue. Our exclusive ebook reveals the secrets to preventing profit leaks and driving sustainable growth.
Book a free 30-minute consultation session with me
Take the first step towards unlocking your business’s true potential. Book a complimentary 30-minute consultation and let’s explore strategies for overcoming challenges and achieving success.
Frequently asked questions
The specifics of one-to-one business coaching is that is time exclusively spent with you and your business coach. In context of your business, we confirm and then align your business goals with wealth creation, working on the business rather than in it, your business coach will teach you how to build a valuable business through optimising not only business strategies but educating you on management styles and getting the best out of your team.
Quite often one-to-one business coaching will include coaching of your leadership team, both individually or as a group. One-to-one business coaching is goal orientated, Group business coaching occurs when you share your coach with other business owners and you do not get the same focus or clarity of outcomes from using a one-one business coach. Life coaching is associated with personal challenges and development of your relationships with yourself and family and friends. And mentorship is associated with your career and life aspirations some of which may be through business and broader networks of people.
Achievement of tangible results from one-to-one business coaching will improve profitability, build a stronger cashflow, and have an engaged workforce that does some of the heavy lifting for you within your business,
A one-to-one business coach utilises their experience to create stable building blocks for your business; growing customers that you love, leveraging people and systems so you can accelerate growth, and positioning your business to beat your competition. These attributes build long term value and wealth.
One-to-one business coaching sessions occur every week, fortnight or three weekly depending on your circumstances. Meetings last between 1 – 2 hours and we work through setting goals, reviewing implementation of plans, and reflecting on what worked and what didn’t work so we can change the habits and behaviours within the business. Between meetings, the business owner has a list of things to do or consider, and the business coach helps you have a sounding board for you ideas and strategies.
Qualifications of a business coach are based on practical experiences in running a business, the theories of how to run a business and understanding people and risks that occur through growth.
I have over 40 years of business experience, from Chartered Accountant, financier (working in a bank), being Managing Director or General Manager, and working in large, medium and small entities both here in Australia and in the United Kingdom.
My testimonials and case studies provides a broad picture of my skills, results and approach.
effectiveness of your business coach should be results; higher profits, stronger cashflows, more time outside of the business and with your family, and a team that wants to help your business win. Business coaching of a business owner is a journey that evolves over time. To improve profits for example, decisions have to made and some of these take time to implement. Communication at all stages of growth is essential as we need to take customers, employees, suppliers and financiers along the journey.
David Lockwood Business Coach has many clients still with him as their business journey has evolved over 5+ years. ROI from the business coaching programs have been tenfold or more just from increased profits let alone the increased value to the business itself.
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