Hear From People Who’ve Benefited
“Thank you x 10,000!”
“Really good things to think about - this have given me the lift I needed.”
“Thanks for the really helpful session. It has spurred me to get on with some proper networking.”
“Really helpful”
“You’ve given me the words and a way to ask for work that I feel comfortable with.”
“Really good! Especially the idea of ‘stacking’ - something I can do right away.”
“I am a long time reader of your newsletters and I love them because they are always so practical. And speaking with you is exactly the same - practical! Thank you for being so responsive. ”
“You’ve given me personalised advice I can use. ”
“You nailed the brief. Short and sharp. Just what I wanted.” ”
“Really, really useful. The ideas came flooding back! Just what I needed.”
“I feel 1000% better!”
“Totally fantastic!”
“Phenomenal!”
“Brilliant! You’ve given us a way to ask for work which is sensible not salesy. ”
“Fantastic! Good to learn I’m on the right track and you’ve given me ideas on how to crack the next stage.”
“I’m terrified of self-promotion. You’ve given me actions I can take.”
“Very, very useful. Being able to bounce ideas with someone who knows the industry so well is really helpful”
“Awesome.”
“In my experience, Sue-Ella Prodonovich is by far the best business development adviser in Australasia.”
“You make perfect sense. Love it.”
“Really, really helpful. It’s given me focus. It’s given me useful questions to ask.”
“Incredibly useful. It’s re-set my thinking about asking for work.”
“Incredibly useful. Good to be able to talk with someone outside the Firm .”
“Incredibly practical. Exactly what I was looking for.”
“Really thoughtful insights. Incredibly valuable.”
“Really helped a lot”
“Fantastic.”
“Fantastic. Much more than I expected.”
“Super helpful.”
“Amazingly good.”
“It was really good to sound out ideas for our client communications - to have an outside view.”
“Fantastic. You’ve given me ideas I can really sink my teeth into.”
“I enjoyed our discussion and am pleased to have some very useful take aways to put into action. ”
“Brilliant!”
“Thank you Sue-Ella for your words of wisdom. I do come away feeling more invigorated after our conversations.”
“Amazing. You nailed it. I couldn’t articulate the problem - you saw it straight away. I always learn from our conversations.”
“I’m looking forward to my next BD45. So helpful - you’ve given me things I can crack on with.”
“This was genuinely great! I got a lot of information and got to test my approach with a target client.”
“Amazing! I wasn’t sure it was the right time to speak with you but this was exactly what I needed. I can’t thank you enough.”
“I am so glad I booked a BD45. I wanted an external view and you have been worth your weight in gold. ”
“Very useful. My BD45 conversation focused on the practical things I feel comfortable doing.”
“Just want to say that could have been a huge project but being able to work with you so succinctly was excellent. I reckon we have knocked out something very good that has impact. So good working with you.”
“My BD45 session was wonderful, helpful and useful. Thank you.”
“BD45 is precisely what I wanted.”
“Love it! The BD45 talk is practical and very useful. It’s inspiring.”
“Our team really values our Business Development discussions with Sue-Ella. Having these in a virtual format is now the norm and works well for both our time zones. Every minute of our regular sessions is valuable, from the beginning to the very end.”
“Our discussions have been very useful - even revealing in some aspects. I’ve been practicing long enough to know what I’m like - I didn’t need a coach telling me to change my style. You worked with my strengths and gave me new ideas I was comfortable to try. Just what I was looking for.”
“I’ve consistently turned to Sue-Ella for BD support since 2013. Heading up the BD and clients function for a firm with more than 40 Partners over multiple locations with a small in-house team means we are busy with the day to day operational activities and often don’t have the bandwidth or capacity to stand back and really evaluate if we are still aligned to deliver and add value on BD priorities. During this time it has been invaluable having an experienced and confidential adviser to test ideas, keep us accountable, bring an external perspective to our thinking, and provide our Partners with an extra assurance that we’ve done our due diligence.”
“I’ve worked with Sue-Ella for ten years in various capacities and I always look forward to having our Business Development discussions. Sue-Ella skilfully guides me through the challenges of BD. She is an exceptional resource, her knowledge and experience is unparalleled. Practical, professional, implementable advice. I reach out to Sue-Ella at least once a year, but that’s enough to help me re-focus on and achieve strategic priorities.”
“[Your advice] was genuine and real when so much of the other tosh I read at the moment is entirely superficial.”
“I found it super useful and had some ‘Oh Shit’ realisations. It’s given me renewed energy to focus on a few core areas.”
“Having Sue-Ella guide us was like having a cross between Mother Theresa and Margaret Thatcher. It was just what we needed.”
“Sometimes you get consultants who are pitching for business or have been consulting for years and have lost touch with reality or what the legal landscape looks like, but you can tell that absolutely isn’t the case with Sue-Ella. Very real and relevant examples and stats.”
“[After our meetings] I got great traction with many Partners who came up to me after my preso and told me that this is what they needed to hear. Others told me I was absolutely on the mark and I was continually being stopped by Partners introducing themselves in the next two days saying how good they thought my preso was (even at the baggage carousel at Sydney airport on the way home). Many thanks for your guidance and support.”
“Sue-Ella you’re a gem. Thanks so much for working with our senior associate. He has shown considerable renewed focus and vigor in recent days.”
“Genius recommendations!”
“Thank you for all your BD words of wisdom. The discussion was invaluable. Your ability to adapt the session to perfectly match my needs made it easy to immediately apply the newly learned skills.”
