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.
Rich work alongside business owners, particularly family enterprises, when succession, ownership clarity or long-term transition becomes important.
His background spans 30+ years across ownership, strategy and advisory thinking, including:
Building and exiting his own company, selling to a Fortune 500 business
Lived experience in a multi-generation family enterprise
Advising more than 150 owners and leadership teams across New Zealand
Rich focuses on helping businesses reduce owner dependency, clarify governance thinking and build transferable value - whether or not a sale is imminent. He doesn't step into management's seat but helps owners think clearly, make sound decisions and strengthen the long-term resilience of their business. Many engagements begin with structured strategy conversations that bring alignment and discipline to succession and leadership planning, often well before a transaction is completed.
“Having Andy working alongside us is perfect for us right now. He’s helping with the big picture stuff and the core alliance model which is a hybrid between franchising and licensing -it’s more like a partnership with other builders around the country.”
"We probably booked in for an hour session, and he ended up giving us three and a half hours of his time. We nearly missed our flight afterwards, but we were almost in the mindset of, ‘the flight doesn't matter, we need this’."
"Even if I try to take a step back and look at things objectively, or look at things from a different perspective, it still wouldn't be some stuff that I'd pick up on… His knowledge and intellect on all things business – no matter what industry it is – he just seems to find gems that you can focus on."
“Having Andy working alongside us is perfect for us right now. He’s helping with the big picture stuff and the core alliance model which is a hybrid between franchising and licensing -it’s more like a partnership with other builders around the country.”
"We probably booked in for an hour session, and he ended up giving us three and a half hours of his time. We nearly missed our flight afterwards, but we were almost in the mindset of, ‘the flight doesn't matter, we need this’."
"Even if I try to take a step back and look at things objectively, or look at things from a different perspective, it still wouldn't be some stuff that I'd pick up on… His knowledge and intellect on all things business – no matter what industry it is – he just seems to find gems that you can focus on."
1-on-1 isn't everyone's cup of tea. In addition to business coaching and advisory, we run a number of programmes for owners and leaders within Kiwi businesses.
