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Elephant Advisory's business advisory helps Melbourne founders grow with confidence through business coaching, budgeting and cash flow forecasting, business funding, and support buying or selling a business, all grounded in your real numbers.
Led by Shehan Wijayasinghe, Managing Director · Founder, est. 2016
Everything pulls on you. The business, the family, the world.
If these problems sound familiar, you're not alone.
Every business hits a ceiling. The good ones reset.
Growth isn't a straight line. It's a climb, then a plateau. The plateau is the business telling you what got you here won't get you further. Reset there and you climb again. Push on without one and you drift.
Each reset shows what the next climb needs, and the projects that get you there snap on, colour-coded by lever. Illustrative.
The business outgrows you
What worked at $300K breaks at $1M. What worked at $1M breaks at $3M.
The world keeps moving
AI, wages, interest rates and how customers buy are all shifting. Last year's plan was built for a different world.
Your life changes too
Kids arrive, priorities shift. What you want from the business at 35 isn't what you wanted at 28.
Your business runs on four things.
Leadership, commercials, operations and financials. Sixteen smaller drivers sit underneath them. You don't need to fix all sixteen. You need to find the one that's holding the rest back.
They multiply, they don't add. If one is close to zero, it drags everything else down with it. That's why leadership sits outside the brackets, and why every Reset starts with you.
Illustrative scores for a typical owner before the Reset. A free diagnostic call maps yours.
L1–L4 · Lever 1 of 4
Leadership
How much of you is left for leading the business, after the day-to-day has taken what it needs.
When it's weak, it feels like: You're the bottleneck. Nothing moves unless you touch it, and you're running on empty.
- L1Goal Definition & AlignmentA clear 12-month goal you and your partner both believe in.
- L2Capacity RedesignYour week rebuilt around the work only you can do.
- L3Org Redesign & Board BuildClear roles, so decisions stop defaulting to you.
- L4Performance ManagementFive to seven numbers that tell you how the week went.
C1–C4 · Lever 2 of 4
Commercials
How the right clients find you, say yes, and stick around.
When it's weak, it feels like: Feast or famine. Most work comes from referrals you can't control.
- C1Positioning & MarketKnown for one thing, by one kind of client, priced on value.
- C2Sales SystemA simple path from first chat to signed that doesn't need you.
- C3Lead AmplificationEnquiries and referrals that keep coming in a quiet month.
- C4Client Success & RetentionClients who stay longer, spend more and send friends.
O1–O4 · Lever 3 of 4
Operations
How the work gets done, week in, week out, without you in every detail.
When it's weak, it feels like: Same mistakes, same questions, same fires. Delegating feels slower than doing it yourself.
- O1Head Office RhythmOne weekly meeting and one place for priorities and numbers.
- O2Team & PeopleThe right people in the right seats, who know what good looks like.
- O3Systemised Delivery & ProcessWritten-down ways of working, so quality isn't luck.
- O4Technology & AITools that take admin off your plate instead of adding to it.
F1–F4 · Lever 4 of 4
Financials
Whether the business makes good money, keeps it, and builds something worth owning.
When it's weak, it feels like: Revenue is up, but the bank account doesn't feel it, and you're not sure why.
- F1Margin & PricingCharging what you're worth and knowing which work pays.
- F2Cash & CapitalKnowing what's coming in and going out, weeks ahead.
- F3Revenue ExpansionGrowing from the clients and services you already have.
- F4Business Value & WealthA business that pays you and is worth something if you step back.
Two ways to find your next step.
More than an accountant. A genuine business partner.
Advice that starts with your numbers and ends with a plan you can actually follow.
Business coaching
Coach or operator? An honest guide to what you actually need.
· Goals tied to your financials· Practical next steps every sessionExplore business coaching → FORECASTINGBudgeting & forecasting
Budgets and rolling cash flow forecasts built straight from your Xero data.
· 12-month budget· What-if scenariosExplore budgeting → CAPITALBusiness funding
Find the right funding option and get your numbers lender-ready before you apply.
· Loans and asset finance compared· Grants and incentives checkedExplore business funding → TRANSACTIONSBuying or selling a business
Price, risks and structure checked before you sign anything.
· Valuation and price check· Financial due diligenceExplore buying or selling →Four weeks. One thing fixed. Properly.
One working session with me each week. We build it together in the session, so you finish every week with something done, not more homework.
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Week 01
Diagnose
We score all 16 drivers and look at where your week and your money actually go.
You leave with: Your score, and the one thing holding you back, named.
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Week 02
Decide
We set a 12-month goal you believe in, and agree what to stop, keep and hand off.
You leave with: A clear target and a stop list.
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Week 03
Build
We build your Head Office together, live: priorities, numbers and a weekly rhythm.
You leave with: A Head Office, set up and in use.
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Week 04
Accelerate
We put the next 90 days of projects in order, with an owner for each one.
You leave with: A 90-day plan you can actually follow.
Then a Day 30 check-in. We look at your first month on the new system together and fix anything that's slipping.
Everything you get. No lock-in.
- Four 1:1 working sessions with Shehan
- A Day 30 check-in
- Your 16-driver Growth Formula score
- Your Head Office, built with you
- A 12-month goal and 90-day project plan
- A direct line to Shehan between sessions
Talk to us.
Every Reset is scoped to your business on a free call, so you know exactly what is involved before you commit. Shehan runs every Reset himself, so only a few owners start each month.
Contact usOr book a free 30-minute diagnostic callI take the risk. You keep the result.
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Not for you? Full refund.
If it isn't right after session 2, tell me and you get every dollar back. No awkward conversation.
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Not finished? I keep going, free.
If your Head Office, score and project list aren't delivered by the end, I keep working with you at no cost until they are.
You show up to the sessions and do the work between them. That's the deal.
Shehan Wijayasinghe, your business adviser
Managing Director · Founder, est. 2016
Leader of the herd. Shehan's career has spanned professional services, finance, banking and strategy. He started Elephant to connect busy, ambitious people with the proactive financial advice he always wished existed, and still runs it today, so every session connects to your cash flow, margins and tax position.
