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Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement

Lean Processes for Productivity Improvement Processes run the business. People run the processes. Raffino will assist you to ‘lean-up’ your business by helping you to identify and remove inefficiencies. Not having clearly defined and followed processes is a recipe for...

Leadership Training & Team Performance Improvement

Do you have the right people, in the right roles, working on the right things, the right way, with the right resources? The reality is that many family business owners don’t have particularly good leadership skills, which makes it difficult to build a high-performance...

Profit Improvement

Are you happy with your ‘hourly rate’? Unfortunately, many family business owners in Australia could be earning more as a salaried employee. When you take into account the hours they work and the return from the business, it’s a pretty dismal ‘hourly rate’. We see...

Not Enough Sales

The only way to grow sales is to first clearly understand why the current sales strategies and activities are not producing the desired results. It’s never one reason, which is why we developed The Revenue Generation Model below. This model looks in detail at the...

Clarity on your strategic direction

Will your business still be relevant in 5 years from now? All family business owners must have absolute strategic clarity to survive and prosper. Working through a well-defined process ensures all my clients are thinking broadly about the key issues. It also ensures...

Leadership – Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your People?

I have identified 12 key leadership criteria to have top of mind and continuously work on. These are required daily behaviours to implement, not personality traits. Everyone will have a slightly different leadership style based on their personality type, that’s fine. The behaviours listed below are independent of personality type. Good leadership is largely about confidence and believing that you can be a good leader. As with everything in life, to be good at it takes practice and dedication to the cause.

About Raffino

Raffino is a business coaching and consultancy firm that specialises in enabling the Australian manufacturing sector to thrive. Raffino has more than three decades’ experience in all facets of manufacturing improvement, from lean manufacturing, to operational efficiency, staff management, sales growth, and financial management. It’s fair to say that Raffino knows manufacturing inside out and backwards.

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