"Ray has worked with us for the past six months and apart from some significant shifts in our business, a recent consulting proposal we submitted to a client resulted in a 70% revenue increase. Ray has demonstrated that by providing options with increased levels of value, we could get paid accordingly."
"Ray Hodge is a rare individual who, as a Business Consultant, has the talent to hone in on the true innate strengths of a business in order to increase bottom lines and improve productivity. This is a man who knows his stuff and could easily rest on his laurels. However Ray maintains a constant vigil on new technologies, methodologies and systems so that his clients have access to the latest opportunities. Dedicated to excellence, when Ray works with you in your business, you are in the very best of hands."
"This is a testament to the services of Ignite Business Consulting and more particularly Ray Hodge.
I have worked with Ray for in excess of 18 months for a combination of one-on-one coaching as well as participation in his course, Business in the Cellar. I chose to do both the one-on-one and group coaching to give me a broader range of skills. Rays individual consulting work has assisted in keeping me focused, setting up systems and reviewing budgets to keep my firm’s ‘producers’ accountable. Ray has also assisted greatly in providing advice and support during a transition period where the previous business owner left under unfavourable circumstances.
The result for this last financial year is an approximate 25% increase in turnover when compared to the previous 2 financial years. Prior to working with Ray, the business had seen no growth or increase in staff performance.
I would not hesitate to recommend the services of Ray and Ignite Business Consulting to any business owner looking to increase productivity and profitability through the services of a supportive and knowledgeable coach."
“I have been working with Ray for the last 6 months and in that time have seen continual growth of our business. Increase has happened in actual jobs, revenues and the corresponding staffing to keep up with the growth. We are more fully utilising our internal systems, keeping on top of invoicing and debtors and now starting to monitor the business in terms of numbers."
"Over the past 6 months working with our family business, Ray has shown great patience and persistence. He has helped us to look AT our business and identify where to start when it all seemed to much from a day to day perspective. I am excited to be moving into the next phase of working with Ray and can see the business and personal benefits ahead."
"Ray has worked with us now for approximately three months. While he has a number of specifics on his agenda to complete with us, the initial task he completed is probably the most important from my perspective. Given the task of interviewing my department managers, (who I had offered a percentage of ownership to within the company), we discovered through the process that they were best suited for non management/ownership roles. What a relief! The other thing I have appreciated is that Ray continues to put my interests first. His work has potentially saved me well in excess of a million dollars (and the grief that goes with having the wrong people on board) for which I am incredibly grateful".
"As a company working within the energy sector in a high growth environment, we felt we needed some objective assistance to ensure that we were heading in the right direction. We felt it best to do this now rather than find we had to repair things down the track. Ray has been enlisted by HEQ to help continue our growth in a sustainable and structured way. Doing this, we are more readily able to take on more work through having the right people in the right places with the corresponding structures and plans in place for the future.
Ray’s work in identifying the strengths and weaknesses, in both the processes/ procedures and also through the interviews he has conducted with key staff and management has been pleasing to say the least. Collating and regularly reviewing the numbers and performance for the different divisions has also been invaluable. We continue to see progressive and positive change as he continues his work with us."
"Ray's raw talent, energy, presence, professionalism and commitment to me through the financial coaching has been phenomenal. He goes way beyond expectations and delivers what he promises – and some. And as a Master Certified Coach, I am very fussy who I engage to be in my space. Thanks Ray, you rock!!"
“I've started sub-contracting out all the work I don't like doing as per your advice, which is freeing me up for more family time, to work on and promoting the things I do enjoy and more time to develop other services.”
"Ray's simple and effective strategy ultimately turned my business around and doubled my profits."
"Ray has taught me to take my business to the next level, by linking my passions and strengths with the right strategy and action. Ray's uncanny ability to help you discover the ‘Why' is the key. And it's little wonder why Ray has achieved great success himself – he actually practices what he preaches."
“Ray coached me as a finance broker and has helped me make the transition to being a ‘business owner.' Ray has always encouraged continual self-development to achieve abundance in life; he encourages people to take accountability for themselves and their finances. He has a great knowledge of finance, investment structures, wealth creation, cashflow management, and business practices. He uses this knowledge along with his friendly persona to reach the core issues and to guide change in people and in business. Ray is a true professional who can be trusted, and I would have no hesitation in recommending Ray's services to anyone who has a desire to make significant steps forward with their life, business."
"I have known Ray in both a personal and business capacity for over 5 years now. From a business perspective, Ray has always been acutely aware of the critical aspects of making a business work, and further doing whatever it takes to make it work. He continually questions his own business practices to ensure no stone is left unturned with respect to improving his business results and his client’s experience. As long as I have known Ray he has had a passion for helping others achieve their financial goals. His mortgage broking business was a great example of this. Ray carved his own niche with in this space and built a nearly 100% referral based business through client care, consistently providing above and beyond client expectations and having a strong understanding of his products and how they best suited his clients. This is just one example, his other ventures into property development and his current business further quantify his drive and expertise in relation to owning and running successful businesses."
"Coaching Ray over a period of time was a great experience. His determination, discipline, skills and commitment to grow personally, set him apart and are foundational to his success as a businessperson and investor. I was so impressed with his achievements that I'm now one of his investment clients. His business success and his insights into people make him a great Mentor/Coach for anyone who wants to go to the next level of fulfilling their dreams."
"When I first started working with Ray I had one house and was earning $45,000 p.a. I have subsequently purchased another 5 properties, making more money than my annual income in just one of the properties I built and sold."
"I have been working with Ignite now for approximately three months and in that time we have experienced the following...
- an annual profit increase of $80,600 from a simple tweak to one of our accountants charge out rates (and this is just the start)
- focus and a personal increase to my own billable hours
- understanding of my highest paying work and directing my ongoing activities to that end
- increased focus and strategy around cashflow and outstanding debtors
- analysis of work flow
- gaining an understanding of our core business and where the key economic drivers are
- understanding the grading of clients and where our focus needs to be as we go forward
- strategic implementation of a customer service strategy based on a client research satisfaction survey that we conducted
- team training in DiSC behavioural profiling. Helping my staff understand themselves, how to work together and how to better relate to our clients
- team training in Time Management and focusing on converting time waste to billable hours
- beginning to look at the business as a system that ultimately won't be reliant on my personal contribution I can thoroughly recommend the services of Ignite, and am more than happy for to be contacted as a reference."
"... everyone whom I have referred to your business has been 100% satisfied. More importantly from my point of view you offer a broad knowledge and experience, which gives you far more credibility and knowledge than most others."
"Meeting with Ray has been beneficial in many ways. Last week for example, he gave me on idea that added $24,000 directly to my bottom line that I was able to implement the next day. They will remain part of my business / wealth advisory team for many years to come."
"As a business owner and director myself, I realize the importance of the following 3 things to succeed and grow in any business: Knowledge and experience; Ambitious and self motivated staff & team around you; Excellent customer service. I believe you and your team possess everyone of these qualities and would not hesitate in recommending your services to others."
"Ray came to work for me on contract as a General Manager for a period of 12 – 18 months. In that time he guided and managed the day to day accounts of the company and helped bring the business out of a very deep and serious financial hole to ride a wave of success for another 3 years. My big mistake was to not keep him connected with the business for regular checkups and strategic consultation…more fool me."