Coaching & Advisory

Spot opportunities, overcome challenges, and focus on what truly matters with a business coach at your side.

With real-world experience in running businesses and leading teams, our coaches offer the expertise and understanding you need to grow smarter and faster.

What is business coaching?

More than just guidance, working with an Icehouse Business Coach is a partnership. With their expertise and your drive, you'll tackle obstacles, seize opportunities, and elevate your business to new heights.

Matched with someone whose experience, attitude and approach suits you, together you'll dive deep into your unique challenges, and work towards a common goal.

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Business Planning

Identify desired outcomes and related business goals
Risk assessment and mitigation planning
Clarify the skills and capabilities that you will need to achieve the goals
Identify priorities and create an action plan for the business

Finance

Understand the financial drivers of your business
Implement key financial measures and reporting
Optimise cashflow and funding

Sales & Marketing

Identify your strengths and "secret sauce”
Deepen your understanding of your target customers’ needs
Create marketing and communications plans
Develop sales strategy, structure and process

Governance

Build sound decision-making processes
Put an advisory board in place
Chair advisory board

People & Structure

Organisation structure
Refine HR processes
Team performance and leadership development
Build the culture and resilience of your team

Technology

Digital capability review
Digital transformation ideation
Streamlined processes
Develop a digital strategy

Discovery & Needs Analysis

Talk with one of our team about your business and goals.

They will recommend one or more coaches that could help you based on location and topic expertise.

You can review their bio's and credentials, then a preliminary meeting is setup between you and the coach.

Intro & Agreement

You'll have a no-obligation meeting with your preferred coach to ensure their experience and approach suits you. If you'd like to look elsewhere, we'll repeat the process for you.

Once you've found someone you click with, a contract will be drawn up and signed before any costs are incurred by you.

Kick-off & Renewal

Your first engagement will be minimum 3 months of regular catch-ups with the coach focussed on the actions agreed in steps one and two.

Near the end of the engagement, we'll start discussions around whether a renewal is needed - this is often the case if there's still work to do, you enjoy the accountability and external perspective, or you've found additional things you'd like to focus on.

Kevin D'Ambros-Smith

Auckland Central

I specialise in

Business Development
Business Strategy
Exit Strategy and Planning
Sales
Services
People Development
Marketing & Brand Strategy
Digital Marketing
Retailing
Operational Technology

Get in touch

About

Entrepreneur and Business Growth Expert. Kevin has started, developed and sold multiple businesses across a number of industries, growing these from start-up into multi-million-dollar companies. These span from multi-award-winning ecommerce stores in the grocery, pet, pharmacy, toy, and baby categories;through to a specialist digital media and influencer marketing company and a healthcare logistics business. Kevin has also worked at advertising agencies DDB, Ogilvy and Saatchi & Saatchi and helped grow the businesses of major clients like Telecom (Spark) , Lion Breweries, Unilever, NZI, GSK and McDonald’s. He currently works as a Business Coach The Icehouse and has coached over 100 businesses to improved prosperity and success. Kevin also sits in advisory roles for a number of companies and organisations.

I have previously worked with

Telecom Mobile
NZ Dairy Foods
Lion Breweries
IBM
Foodstuffs

I have experience working in

New Zealand
Australia
United Kingdom
Europe

Kevin D'Ambros-Smith

Auckland Central

Specialises In

Business Development
Business Strategy
Exit Strategy and Planning
Sales
Services
People Development
Marketing & Brand Strategy
Digital Marketing
Retailing
Operational Technology

Get in touch

I can work in these locations

Wellington
Manawatu Whanganui
Auckland North
Auckland South
Auckland West
Waikato
Canterbury
Hawkes Bay
Otago
Marlborough
Nelson
Bay Of Plenty
Auckland Central
Gisborne
Northland
Southland
Taranaki
Tasman
West Coast

I have industry experience with

Retail trade

Media

Travel and Tourism

FMCG

I can work with you

In person & online

I can make the most impact on businesses with annual revenue currently

$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
$3,000,000 - $4,999,999
$5,000,000 - $9,999,999
$10,000,000 +

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Kevin D'Ambros-Smith

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