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Welcome to the Kleinhardt Bulletin Welcome to the first edition of the Kleinhardt Bulletin. Our team at Kleinhardt brings a depth of experience and expertise that enables us to offer hands on advice and direction to small, medium and large companies across a broad spectrum of industries and government instrumentalities. This our first newsletter is a further commitment to our fellow colleagues and clients to deliver to deliver both quality service and a tangible benefit. |
Kleinhardt Launches New Business Broking Services  Kleinhardt Business Consultants are pleased to announce the launch of a new trading Division; KLEINHARDT BUSINESS BROKERS with fully accredited capability to assist your business clients in both business sales, and acquisitions. This exciting new business brokerage initiative enables Kleinhardt to fully deliver on our culture of assisting clients on a truly "whole of business life" basis; throughout all phases of that life from start-up or acquisition, to business and market planning, growth and performance enhancement initiatives, through ultimately to succession and exit planning, and even sale. For over 20 years we have developed an excellent reputation for delivering top quality and personalised professional services and products that help businesses, and people to successfully grow and prosper. Now that same level of professionalism, proactivity and genuine client care and satisfaction can be assured in relation to business sales and acquisitions. Selling a business can be complex and sensitive. Kleinhardt can now help your clients to sell their business by using our comprehensive "5 Ps" approach to deliver the results they deserve. We will help prepare the business for sale, create professional documentation, make targeted approaches to potential buyers, handle all enquires, qualify buyers, obtain confidentiality agreements, deliver offers and negotiate results. All sales activities will be handled with professionalism and discretion.
Kleinhardt also has extensive experience in sourcing possible acquisitions that fit within your clients areas of expertise or which can add value to their businesses. Kleinhardt can act discreetly or overtly and can provide genuine added value in working with you and your client in conducting due diligence examinations, negotiating terms and price, and assisting with business planning and change management.
Bottom Line: We don't collect listings. Kleinhardt is a true whole of business life service provider.
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Kleinhardt Brisbane Office Opens  As a Cairns-based firm, Kleihnardt has bucked the usual trend by 'invading' the South East Queensland market. Kleinhardt has established an office in Brisbane's CBD offering the full suite of Kleinhardt's services in business performance enhancement, economic development and "Going Green". The office is run by Client Services Director, Michael Otago, who adds to Kleinhardt's bank of skills his specialist knowledge and experience in public sector performance enhancement, and in accessing markets in the Middle East (see next article). Michael has had successful careers as an Australian diplomat, a senior executive in the Queensland Government, trade representative and private sector consultant. He has lived and worked in the Middle East for a total of ten years. The Brisbane office can be contacted on (07) 3221 1661 or
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Accessing Middle Eastern Markets  Countries like Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are spending most of their record oil revenues on large infrastructure projects on their own soil. They are also spending record amounts on improving their "soft" infrastructure - their education, health, and public and private sector governance systems. The majority of the skills, material and labour needed to achieve these goals has to be imported. Australia is no longer an unknown quantity to Gulf nationals. Thousands of families from the Gulf holiday in Australia during the northern hemisphere summer (July/August). The Gold Coast is a favoured destination. Gulf airlines like Emirates and Etihad now fly to Australia frequently. There are substantial numbers of Australians living and working in the Gulf region and many well-known Australian companies operate there. Many business opportunities exist in the region for Australian companies. Accessing opportunities in the Middle East requires a sound business approach including an informed view of the potential risks and rewards. Success in the Middle East depends on good networks, strong relationships, long-term commitment, choosing the right clients and partners, and of course a good product. Kleinhardt has the knowledge, experience, expertise and networks to assist companies to evaluate and access the markets. Call Michael Otago 07 3221 1661 to arrange a consultation today.
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| Featured Book Summary 
Calm at Work Breeze through Your Day Feeling Calm, Relaxed and In Control by Paul Wilson Work can often be one of the most stressful situations in our lives. We have to work with people that we don't necessarily have anything in common with and perform boring and repetitive tasks. In the United States and other parts of the world, you are supposed to look busy at all times. This can add to the stress since you feel like you are being watched constantly. Calm at Work offers over 100 practical exercises and techniques to help you remain calm at work. Here are the main ideas offered in both Calm at Work, along with Wilson's condensed Little Book of Calm at Work. Key ideas
Act calm - When you pretend you are calm, and adopt the characteristics of a
calm person, you'll convince yourself you're calm in no time.
Go bonsai - Sometimes, even the smallest glimpse of nature is all you need to escape the pressures of life. Add plants to your office and try to take your breaks in nature as often as possible. Carry a notebook - Write down your worries and watch them diminish. Have a half-hour worry session where you deal with all of the concerns in a concentrated
and focused way.
Worry when the time comes - Worry always relates to the future. So if you devote your full attention to what is going on now, not only will you feel calmer, but also the future will take care of itself.
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Leadership - a much maligned word! By Cam Charlton Director, Kleinhardt Pty Ltd Business Consultants  Much has been said about what makes a great leader and what is leadership, but little is really understood. Leadership is often confused with management. Even the Thesaurus puts both words together as synonyms (the Oxford Dictionary does not even define the word). But, there are many great managers who are bad leaders. There are great leaders who are bad managers and, of course, there are those special people who are both.
Leadership is often confused with stridency, strength of character, height, and male. In fact, many world leaders are small - look at Hitler - and even others are small inspirational women such as - Mother Teresa, Aung San Suu Khi, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, , and Hillary Clinton to name a few. The list goes on forever.
So what do we mean by the word 'leadership'. Perhaps the best way to illustrate this is to use a local home grown example - Tom Hedley.
Tom started off as a local plumber in 1969. He loved his work because his customers appreciated him and his ability to turn up on time, charge fair price and do a good job. Tom has grown this business into the largest construction company in Far North Queensland. In addition he has not been afraid to take risks which allowed him to step into unfamiliar and diversified fields such as hotels, gaming, child care and of course his passion for horses. He has not achieved all this from having a high profile, being outspoken, or seeking the limelight. Quite the opposite, Tom is essentially a shy man. What Tom does have is a natural leadership quality.
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| Going Green Workshops  Do you want to improve your business's profitability? Are you concerned about rising operating costs? Are you operating a small or medium sized business? If you answered Yes to these questions, then here is your opportunity to control your Energy, Water and Waste Management costs! A group of local experts are delivering a special workshop programme which includes 12 months of specialised coaching to help your business become more profitable by identifying practical and often low-cost methods using "green" business practices to lower your costs. You will also reduce your environmental footprint. The programme is funded through the Federal Government's Building Entrepreneurship in Small Business (BESB) program and it's coming to Cairns!
We guarantee that by implementing some of our strategies, your organisation can improve its bottom-line profitability!
Participants of the program will receive:
· A 2 hour interactive workshop, tailored to conditions in North Queensland and your
industry
· Assistance and tools to identify your current energy, water and waste management
situation
· Practical methods to optimize your operational costs and your environmental
footprint
· 12 months of coaching and monitoring of relevant data and benchmarking within
your industry
This program is valued at over $3,000 but thanks to the
Federal Government subsidy we're offering nominal registration fee of $27.50!
Contact Graham Poon at Kleinhardt or
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We hope you have enjoyed our first edition of the Kleinhardt Bulletin and we look foward to touching base with you again soon. All the best. Cheers Cam PS. If you would like to you can unsubscribe from future newsleters you can do so by clicking the SafeUnsubscribe link below. |
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| | Quote of the day... "As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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