Testimonials

I had the pleasure of working with Christine as Commercial Manager at Pacific Brands for four years, during my time she made a remarkable contribution to the business utilising her wide ranging skill base from corporate accounting, commercial reviews and project management. She displayed an ethical, quick learning and hard-working approach, as well as being passionate about the people, process and performance of the business. She is still the best Commercial Manager I have had the pleasure of working with in my 20+ year career and believe that her services will definitely become a very valuable asset to your company like she was to ours.

We engaged the services of Christine Petrie from Shifting Focus Business Consulting to complete a funding application for a new business initiative. We found her to be very professional, working with integrity and maintaining confidentiality. She related well to all members of our organisation and was quick to understand the concepts of our project. She contributed some great ideas and completed a well-researched application on time and on price.

 

We have no hesitation in recommending Christine and Shifting Focus Business Consulting to you.

I have been working with Christine for the last 12 months and truly, Christine is a very rare gem that I cannot speak highly enough of; at our AGM in September2015 Christine was not only re-elected as our Secretary she was also elected as Treasurer.

Christine works with the utmost integrity in everything she does, she has turned our business association around from being a small group of overworked and stressed out business people, to being a really well functioning organised team. I have found her to be honest, reliable, hard working, conscientious and courteous at all times.

Christine has taken on the role of CBA’s funding co-ordinator; Christine has secured additional funding streams that have enabled initiatives to occur; initiatives that would never have got off the ground if Christine hadn’t doggedly researched and then strategically targeted certain funders.

Christine has a wide range of skills; accountancy, secretarial, business development, mentoring, and strategic and business planning; she is an asset to our business association; she is always cheerful and willing to assist me and the rest of the executive members with any task that will forward the CBA with what we are trying to achieve.

With her wealth of knowledge and experience, Christine taught me everything I need to know about running and growing my own business successfully.

She provided me with a fine tool-box full of strategies, formulas, good advice and tips and tricks. In explaining the many choices available, the possible consequences for each choice and how to stay in control of the situation, she gave me a clear sense of direction and the confidence to meet every challenge on my way.

I was impressed with her flexibility in adjusting the learning-by-doing lessons to the actual needs of my business at the time, as well as with her foresight into future needs and the practical ways in which she supported my endeavours. The warmth and patience of her teaching style put me at ease. At no time did I feel under pressure, I found my homework useful and interesting and enjoyed very much working with her.

I would not hesitate to consult her expertise again and I highly recommend her service. She got me from an anxious state of “Did-I-bite-off-more-than-I-can-chew?” to a confident “Of-course-I-can-do-this!”