TESTIMONIALS
Alisha Dunsford
Studio AD & Co.
Brand Strategist & Graphic Designer
Thank you Tamara and Elaine for sharing your time and expertise with me, I found our coaching session immensely beneficial and I have already taken action on a number of your helpful recommendations. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to learn from your experiences which have added immense value to the future direction of my business.
Josephine Pezzimenti
Owner & Manager Cinque Ristorante
My sister Maria and I just completed the 8 week boot camp program and were so happy with the amount of information, advice and expertise that was given to us by Tamara and Elaine.
They have set us up with the right tools we need to progress our business and our personal leadership skills.
Tamara and Elaine went out of their way to speak to us one on one and we cannot recommend their services highly enough !
Lesley Murcutt
Founder - Le Soul
I want to say a massive thank you to the team at Business By Design Duo. I was in need of some guidance with my business. I was struggling with my Socials, website, and the professionalism of them. Tamara's direction and knowledge on what I needed to do was perfect. I have managed to gain new followers by learning how to create content in reels and posts that is in line with my audience and Introducing myself to my clients with my journey and professional photos of myself for my website made a huge difference. I have also organised to go to a networking event with the encouragement I received from Tamara.
Thank you again for your help. I highly recommend Business by Design Duo!
Angie North
Director - AT Home Style
Working with Tamara and Elaine has given me a better understanding of the true potential of my business. With their engagement and support along with guidance and expert knowledge I am continuing to improve and grow all aspects of my business. Business by Design thank you for empowering me as a Small Business owner. I am now accountable with systems in place and ready for the next step in business and life. My Creative Flair and motivation is back and I am excited to pursue the continued growth of my business. You are both a pleasure to work with.
Kirsten Jones
Director - She Studio
It’s been fabulous working with Tam and Elaine Business Coaching to get my 4th business up and running. Each time I’ve started a business I’ve
had a coach to guide me through the next level and working with Tam and Elaine has helped me go further faster. Being a sole owner there is always a lot of overwhelm with the volume of tasks to be completed while needing to be creative, entrepreneurial and visionary. The girls helped me stay focused on the most urgent tasks while taking my business to the next professional level so that a new evolution has emerged, one that I’m very proud of. I can’t wait to see how my business evolves from here
with their guidance.
Annette Hunter CPA
Financial Controller
Edison McGrath Real Estate
Elaine and Tamara built an extremely successful real estate business and are now sharing in their success by coaching and mentoring business owners with their vast experience in this space. They are very passionate about what they do and our business has benefited and continues to grow as a result of their consulting.
Kallie Walsh
Book Keepper
Elaine and Tamara have been very insightful with their knowledge and experience in building and growing a business. I’ve found the 8 week course to be very informative on so many levels. The information has helped me in my current employment but also as I build my part time bookkeeping business. I would recommend anyone who has a business to contact Elaine and Tamara to help them grow into the professional, successful and profitable business they strive for.
James Wilson
Director, Ray White Croydon
Tamara and Elaine are exceptional business leaders and highly respected in the Ray White group and real estate industry in general.
My business partner and I purchased Tamara and Elaine's Ray White business in Croydon and coming from another highly successful Ray White business, we were instantly impressed by the quality of the systems they had put in place and the quality of their rent roll. It is quite unique to have such a large rent roll in the condition in which they had built it to, which is a credit to their business style.
Many of the staff, including over half of the sales team, have worked at the office for over a decade and speak extremely highly of Tamara and Elaine. The culture they had built is quite unique and something we aspire to maintain and grow. We wish them all the best and know that they will be extremely successful in their next venture, and will be highly beneficial to those they work with.
Ross Hunter
Director Edison McGrath & One Degree Business Consulting
Elaine and Tamara built an extremely successful real estate business and are now sharing in their success by coaching and mentoring business owners with their vast experience in this space. They are very passionate about what they do and our business has benefited and continues to grow as a result of their consulting.
Being a great business owner is like being a parent, there is no handbook to guide you through the tapestry of challenges that will be thrown at those that decide to traverse this rocky yet rewarding road. Those that occupy the space of "great business owner" are limited, enter Tamara and Elaine.
Over the years that I have worked with Tamara and Elaine, they have built a business that from the foundations up epitomises what leadership is all about. Their focus was on building strong relationships, a great culture and continued personal development for both themselves and their team. Their tenacity led to a business that grew year on year and thrived in an harmonious way as a result of Tamara and Elaine being focused as business leaders and never being afraid to do what needed to be done.
Stephen Dullens
CEO, Ray White Vic/Tas
Ray White is Australia and Victoria's largest real estate group, with over 110 offices and 2,000 members throughout Victoria and Tasmania. Tamara and Elaine operated the successful Croydon office, which Tamara purchased in 2010 and Elaine became a Principal in 2017.
Throughout the time of ownership by Elaine and Tamara, this business has gone from strength to strength. Recognised over multiple years, Ray White Croydon was the recipient of numerous awards in an array of areas. The office and team members were particularly recognised amongst the strongest across Victoria in property management, rent roll growth and customer satisfaction results, as well as many individual agents sales awards.
Tamara and Elaine have done an excellent job at growing and retaining their team. In an industry that often sees high staff turnover, the Ray White Croydon team have amongst the highest average tenure throughout Victoria. This was seen particularly in the sales team, with almost all sales agents having been with the business for in excess of seven years. A testament to the fantastic job they have done to build a close-knot team and strong culture, all these members remain with the business as the time of writing in the next generation of business ownership.
Well recognised for their strong leadership skills, Elaine and Tamara were often sought out by the other Ray White Principals and leaders for help and assistance with their own business, something Tamara and Elaine were always happy to assist with.
