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This page is reserved for my online network of clients, friends and colleagues.

As is commonly known ... you can tell a lot about me by the friends I keep and the clients I work with.

None of these people asked to be on this list; in fact they might be surprised to learn that this page even existed.

Alice Wojcio , is a trainer and consultant in conflict resolution and has also been dubbed 'the Queen of DiSC' and a great trainer and consultant in the areas of communication, conflict resolution, her business is called Advantage Training and Development. Alice is very well read, has a great memory, takes great notes, and is a deliberate, caring coach. Alice is based in Endicott, New York.

Jean Haas , is an incredibly creative and talented sewer and entrepreneur, her business Class Act Designs educates sewers with her unique Dress Form concept. She lives near Chicago, USA.

Ian Crafter is an entrepreneur based in Dubbo, NSW. I've known Ian since we were both seven and in primary school. Ian's company Atlex Stockyards is at the forefront of design, construction and operation of livestock management facilities. Ian's energy and enthusiasm are contagious and this energy sees him constantly reviewing and changing his business focus and structure to meet changed circumstances.

David Murphy challenges our thinking in the way in which we view municipal garbage by turning it into a soil remediation product and as a "renewable resource" for power generation with his Powerhearth process

Lolita and Nick Keyte are the driving force behind Smallaire who really can claim that they are the air movement specialists. Industrial, agricultural, domestic and commercial areas are able to benefit from some internationally leading innovations that are deceptively simple.

Lynton Perry is the Head of School at Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education with an extensive background in business development especially the interface between industry and enducational research primarily focusing on food refrigeration and storage.

Terry Allen is known as Mr Waste Not. Waste-Not Stockfeeders are the simplest of tools to eliminate hay wastage when feeding cows, sheep horses and deer. Terry has been challenging stock owners for more than 20 years to stop wasting hay.

Lou Winter, Annie Dwyer and John Harvie are three of the people behind the Deni Ute Muster. This is a great example of what can be achieved by a community based approach to promoting and running an event in regional Australia.

Jodee Bock is a Life and Career Coach who supports individuals and teams in succeeding in whatever they are committed to accomplishing. She has spent more than 15 years in many facets of Corporate America, including newspaper editor, sports information director, corporate communicator, PR manager, corporate trainer, and management consultant. With endless energy and clear focus her clients regard her business Bocks Office as an integral part of their strategy to move forward.

Trevor Gay's passion in business, management and leadership focuses on Simplicity as the Key. He loves communicating and networking and is totally miffed as to why organisations fail to understand that the people in a business are where the competitive edge is and indeed where the greatest talent is.

Jason Holden is not only a qualified accountant both in the UK and Australia, but he is also a qualified Business Adviser, something that helps his business Holden Associates stand out from the crowd. He works in a small family run accountancy and business support practice with a very personal and hands-on level of service.

Simon Kneebone has been a illustrator and cartoonist for almost 26 years and I've worked with him for nearly all that time in a number of organisations. He is well known in Australian regional, community and business circles through his drawings in publications and more recently as graphical provocateur at conferences and other public gatherings.

Ankesh Kothari is a serial entrepreneur and a part-time writer based in Mumbai, India. He publishes a marketing newsletter and has other online presences that have received rave reviews from business owners all over the world. Ankesh has a never ending supply of stories and unique observations with needle sharp focus when it comes to marketing and communicating value in your business.

Malcolm McClean is passionate about passion, and focuses on how to bring love and passion into the workplace by rediscovering your true talents and adopting a series of unorthodox yet simple approaches. He spent the first twenty three years of his life living in one of Britain's toughest neighbourhoods, before he noticed something which was to become a central theme of his work and the key to his success. The fact that small things can make a big difference. Malcolm is more recently known from his book The Bear Hunt

Bob Janes coaches professional people through life transitions: new, job, new career, and new business. Bob lives at the north-western tip of France and in London. He is an inveterate learner who says he spends far too much time reading, surfing the internet or playing with technology and far too little sailing.

Susan Dean is a naturopath and herbalist with a difference. What's the difference? Clarity, accountability, simplicity and focus on the causes, not the effects of the symptoms are what sets her apart. Her no fuss cut to the issue approach has also seen her as a national leader in the complimentary medical sector in Australia.

Adam Gordon is a Profit's Leak Detective, sniffing out the constant drips that erode the profits of small business. For a guy who cut his business teeth in aerospace, marine, farm machinery and retail industries he also decided that his Ag Eco qualifications weren't enough so an MBA and International Marketing qualifications followed.

Greg Balanko-Dickson is a business coach based in Edmonton, Canada, with clients throughout the Canada, the US, South Africa and the UK. He's the author of two books on business planning and has coached, consulted, or facilitated seminars with more than 3,000 entrepreneurs in more than 30+ industries. Greg has his core online presence at Small Business Transitions