Tony Ozanne

I am married with two kids, Madi and Josh and have been based in Canberra since 2009. I love this city as it’s a great place in which to establish and grow my family and my business.

Prior to this I spent time in numerous Australian cities, as well as a 6 year stint in the Middle East based in Dubai, covering an area from Pakistan to Morocco working with a global franchised restaurant organisation in various roles. Having had enough of the corporate world, constant travel and time away from home, the chance to settle in the nation’s capital and eventually do something which can be both rewarding and enjoyable came about, hence the move to Small Fish. The values and culture within the Small Fish group had strong appeal, which convinced me to join the team to work with fellow business owners. This resinated strongly with my passion for helping others achieve their goals and objectives.

I have had more than 20 years’ experience in the retail hospitality field working with a multinational company which helped develop the business skills of operations execution, people management, marketing and sales growth initiatives of organisations, as well as developing strategies to execute and ‘get things done’ via a structured and process driven system.

Many years ago I completed a Primary Teaching degree, but never taught, and recently in July 2011 graduated with distinction from a Masters of Retail Management course at the University of Wollongong. This further developed the necessary skills and processes which can be applied to current and potential clients. The desire to continually develop my personal skills whilst finding a balance between work and family needs is high on my agenda. As I have now moved from the corporate world to become a small business owner myself, I have a first-hand understanding of your goals and your wants, and the need to keep these as commonly shared ideals.

I am keen to work with business owners who have a desire to not only improve their business, but their work-life balance and to realise the true rewards that enticed them into business in the first place. Business Coaching offers the chance to have that ‘independent’ person come to your business and work with you to develop your plan, not mine, and to hold you to account for it. Whilst the basic business model is consistent across all sectors, given my background those in the food or franchised systems would be of great interest to me, but my current experiences have been with sectors in everything but this!

The Small Fish coaching process provides the necessary system for a collaborative approach to achieving your goals (which should include making more money!). In today’s world no elite athlete or sporting team enters into competition without a coach and in tomorrow’s world every successful business will have one too! So isn’t it time you considered the benefits of working with an experienced business coach?

If your business is ready for that next level and you are open to change and are interested in exploring the benefits of what coaching has to offer, contact Tony on 0447 610 279 or click here to email him.

Looking forward to working with you to help you achieve your dreams.