Building Resilient
Businesses
Strong Leadership ・ Strategic Governance ・ Strong Financials
Building Resilient
Businesses
Strong Leadership ・ Strategic Governance ・ Strong Financials
Great leaders, clear vision and good finance are at the heart of any successful business.
I support leaders and owners of private and family-owned businesses to build a more resilient and financially sustainable business — one that goes beyond you and can thrive without you.
Welcome to dhm Coaching & Consulting with Debbie Millard.
My purpose is to empower you to lead a better business through strong leadership, strategic vision, great teams, efficient systems, and robust financials.
I bring to you my 30 years of experience in professional services, business finance management, executive leadership, governance and coaching to support the enduring success of your business.
Financial Literacy Training
For business owners, non-executive directors, leaders and managers.
Business Coaching
& Strategic Planning
For large established SMEs, private and family businesses.
CFO Consulting Services
For large established SMEs, private and family businesses.
Professional Coaching
For finance professionals
Debbie is multi-talented and has had to employ many of her talents to help us out in a time of great need
I would happily recommend Debbie as a great coach and think her multiple talents and skills would be a great addition to any organisation trying to improve their leadership abilities.
Debbie is a master of finances, numbers and accounting, as well as strategic business growth.
She’s able to provide the highest quality of strategic advice to grow your business – and not only that, she’s a pleasure to work with, a great communicator and patient in explaining financial concepts to non-financial people. I’ve had the pleasure of attending her Financial Literacy workshops as well as work alongside her in a leadership role. She’s a rare gem and I can’t recommend her highly enough.
We recently engaged Debbie to conduct a review of our Finance function, systems & processes.
Her vast experience and ability to ask the important questions helped to identify opportunities for efficiencies and a better way of doing things has helped with producing a clear pathway for future success. Thanks again Debbie.
Thankfully, Debbie came along a few months ago and has been having a big impact.
We are a 55 year old family business and have grown significantly in the past ten years. This has come about through a strategic focus on sales, marketing, HR and operations, however, we hadn’t taken a strategic approach to finance.
With Debbie’s excellent coaching and understanding of what it means to grow from a small business to a medium sized entity when it comes to reporting, financing, policies, systems and risk, we are now in excellent shape and can move forward knowing that we a strategy and guardrails in place. It has been a real pleasure to work alongside Debbie to draw on her insights and to observe the empathy that she shows when working alongside the long term members of our finance team.
Do any of these sound like you?
Your business has survived so far more by accident than by design. To get to the next level, you need more clarity on your strategic direction and rigour around your finances.
You’re running a successful business but it’s highly dependent on you. You want to get “off the tools” and win some time back for things that are important to you.
You want it to be more efficient and profitable, without requiring your constant involvement.
Your business’s governance structure needs strengthening to support sustainable growth.
You want to improve financial literacy for yourself and across your leadership team to inform better decision-making.
You’re stuck in your business because there is no succession plan. You want to develop the future leaders to hand over to but are struggling with how to go about it.
You need a trusted advisor who understands both the financial and leadership aspects of running a family or privately owned business.
You’re looking to build a more resilient business model that can weather the storms and build a legacy you’re proud of.
IF THIS RESONATES YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!
After working with me you will…
Lead a more resilient business with strong governance and financial oversight.
Have confidence in your strategic direction and financial decision-making.
Build and empower high-performing leadership teams who are self-motivated to drive business success.
Create sustainable systems and processes that reduce reliance on you and your staff.
Develop a succession thinking approach to protect your business legacy.
Transform from being “on the tools” to strategic owner/leader, with time to focus ON the future of the business. Get some time back for yourself and your family to focus on life beyond work.
Maintain strong financial control while delegating day-to-day operations.
Foster a culture of financial literacy and accountability across your organisation.
Let’s have a chat
Reach out for a FREE discovery call so we can see if we’re a good fit to work together.
Why Debbie of
dhm Coaching & Consulting?
As a Graduate of Oxford University, a Chartered Accountant, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Telstra Business Women’s Award finalist who has enjoyed a successful 30 year career primarily with large private family business, I understand the nuances of your business.
30 years as a Chartered Accountant
10 years professional services experience as an auditor with one of the Big 4 professional advisory firms, across the UK and Australia. Involved with hundreds of businesses, their people and their accounts.
15 years in executive leadership within one of West Australia's largest family businesses, leading a team of up to 40 people across the finance and corporate services functions.
15 years of strategic governance experience as a non-executive director, Chair and Chair of board sub-committees
I’m a qualified and experienced coach which means I am not going to lecture or patronise you. I create a safe space to partner with you and your business for success.
A holistic understanding of business. I know what it’s like at the ‘coal face’ of business leadership and I understand the specific nuances of family business.
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Finalist in the WA Telstra Business Awards
My achievements in business were recognised
as a Finalist in the WA Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
Let’s have a chat
Reach out for a FREE discovery call so we can see if we’re a good fit to work together.