BUSINESS EXCELLENCE MEMBERSHIP

Stop Working in Your Business.
Start Leading it.

The Business Excellence Membership for NZ SME owners who want more profit, more time, and the confidence to lead like a CEO.

90-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Zero risk. Real results. Or your money back.

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE MEMBERSHIP

Stop Working in Your Business.
Start Leading it.

The Business Excellence Membership for NZ SME owners who want more profit, more time, and the confidence to lead like a CEO.

90-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Zero risk. Real results. Or your money back.

You're Working Too Hard for Too Little

Most business owners are:

Overloaded

Reactive

Tired

Unclear

You're not yet thinking like a manager or CEO.

You know your business could be better. You just don't have the systems, structure, or confidence to make it happen.

It's time to change that.

They join because they want:

People Don't Join a Gym to "Access Resistance Equipment"

Energy

Confidence

Health

Fewer Aches

Better Sleep

A Body That Works

What If You Could...

Lead With Confidence

Stop second-guessing yourself. Make decisions with clarity and authority. Step into your role as CEO.

Build a Self-Managing Team

Create alignment, accountability, and productivity. Stop being the bottleneck in your own business.

Grow Predictable Profit

Implement proven sales systems. Increase conversion. Build a business that generates cash consistently.

Get Your Time Back

Build systems that work without you. Spend time on what matters: strategy, family, freedom.

People Don't Join a Gym to "Access Resistance Equipment"

They join because they want:

Energy

Confidence

Health

Fewer Aches

Better Sleep

A Body That Works

What If You Could...

Lead With Confidence

Stop second-guessing yourself. Make decisions with clarity and authority. Step into your role as CEO.

Build a Self-Managing Team

Create alignment, accountability, and productivity. Stop being the bottleneck in your own business.

Grow Predictable Profit

Implement proven sales systems. Increase conversion. Build a business that generates cash consistently.

Get Your Time Back

Build systems that work without you. Spend time on what matters: strategy, family, freedom.

Every manager and business owner who joins the Business Excellence Membership shares a common goal: to lead with confidence, empower their team, and free up time.

Here’s what happened when they did.

What Members Reliably Get Over Time is RESULTS

People don't stay in gyms because of the machines.

They stay because: "This is where people like me go."

More Time (first felt win)

  • You stop being the bottleneck

  • The business runs when you're not there

  • You can take a day, then a week, without stress

You're no longer trapped in daily firefighting.

More Control

  • You know your numbers

  • You know what matters this week

  • You know what to say "no" to

The business stops feeling chaotic.

More Certainty

  • Systems work without heroics

  • Standards are clear

  • Problems repeat less often

You trust the business to behave predictably.

More Output (with the same effort)

  • Jobs flow smoother

  • Fewer mistakes

  • Less rework

  • Better use of people and resources

You get more done without working harder.

More More Money

(as a consequence, not a promise)

  • Margins improve

  • Capacity unlocks

  • Growth becomes intentional

Money increases because the business works better — not because you push harder.

What Members Reliably Get Over Time is RESULTS

People don't stay in gyms because of the machines.

They stay because: "This is where people like me go."

More Time

(first felt win)

  • You stop being the bottleneck

  • The business runs when you're

    not there

  • You can take a day, then a week, without stress

You're no longer trapped in daily firefighting.

More Control

  • You know your numbers

  • You know what matters this week

  • You know what to say "no" to

The business stops feeling chaotic.

More Certainty

  • Systems work without heroics

  • Standards are clear

  • Problems repeat less often

You trust the business to behave predictably.

More Output

(with the same effort)

  • Jobs flow smoother

  • Fewer mistakes

  • Less rework

  • Better use of people and resources

You get more done without working harder.

More More Money
(as a consequence, not a promise)

  • Margins improve

  • Capacity unlocks

  • Growth becomes intentional

Money increases because the business works better — not because you push harder.

This Isn't Fantasy

It's What Our Members Reliably Achieve Over 12 Months:

(The equivalent of "treadmill, bikes and weights")

Think of this as your gym membership — but for building a business that works without killing you.

36 Weeks of Live Coaching

(Weekly training sessions)

  • Leadership Capability Mastery

  • Management & Team Performance

  • Sales Engine Development

  • Structured Implementation Months

  • All sessions recorded for replay

30X Programs Access

(On-demand library)

  • 160+ weeks of premium content

  • 30X Business, Life & Wealth

  • Mindset and execution training

  • On-demand learning library

Quarterly GrowthCLUB

(90-day planning)

  • 160+ weeks of premium content

  • 30X Business, Life & Wealth

  • Mindset and execution training

  • On-demand learning library

36 Weeks of Live Coaching

(Weekly training sessions)

  • Leadership Capability Mastery

  • Management & Team Performance

  • Sales Engine Development

  • Structured Implementation Months

  • All sessions recorded for replay

30X Programs Access

(On-demand library)

  • 160+ weeks of premium content

  • 30X Business, Life & Wealth

  • Mindset and execution training

  • On-demand learning library

Quarterly GrowthCLUB

(90-day planning)

  • 160+ weeks of premium content

  • 30X Business, Life & Wealth

  • Mindset and execution training

  • On-demand learning library

Business Owner Book Bundle

(Curated reading)

  • Curated leadership books

  • Group discussions & application

  • Turn reading into results

Peer Accountability

(Structured support)

  • Weekly check-ins with peers

  • Hot-seat coaching sessions

  • Shared KPIs and problem-solving

  • Accountability partners

Global ActionCOACH Network

(Proven systems)

  • Access to 80+ countries

  • World-class frameworks

  • Proven business systems

  • International insights

Every Membership Includes:

Monthly Business Owner Meet-Ups

(Our "physical gym floor")

  • Peer learning

  • Shared language

  • Real-life examples of "people

    like me are doing this"

Clear progress markers

(Our "physical gym floor")

  • More time

  • Fewer decisions

  • Cleaner numbers

  • Calmer weeks

Access to the Business Owners' Club

(For qualifying business owners)

People don't stay in gyms because of machines.

They stay because: "This is where people like me go."

By taking action, you are becoming a business owner with control.

You are no longer winging it.

"This business can work without killing me."

Not Just for You — Transform Your Entire Team

The biggest growth happens when your team develops alongside you.

Team Benefits

✔ High alignment across the business
✔ Shared language of performance
✔ Ownership and accountability culture
✔ Leadership at every level
✔ Less reliance on you as the owner
✔ Higher productivity and confidence

Every Membership Includes:

Monthly Business Owner Meet-Ups

(Our "physical gym floor")

  • Peer learning

  • Shared language

  • Real-life examples of "people

    like me are doing this"

Clear progress markers

(Our "physical gym floor")

  • More time

  • Fewer decisions

  • Cleaner numbers

  • Calmer weeks

Access to the Business Owners' Club

(For qualifying business owners)

People don't stay in gyms because of machines.

They stay because:

"This is where people like me go."

By taking action, you are becoming a business owner with control. You are no longer winging it.

"This business can work without killing me."

Not Just for You — Transform Your Entire Team

The biggest growth happens when your team develops alongside you.

Team Benefits

✔ High alignment across the business
✔ Shared language of performance
✔ Ownership and accountability culture
✔ Leadership at every level
✔ Less reliance on you as the owner
✔ Higher productivity and confidence

Every Membership Includes:

Monthly Business Owner Meet-Ups

(Our "physical gym floor")

  • Peer learning

  • Shared language

  • Real-life examples of

    "people like me are

    doing this"

Clear progress markers

(Our "physical gym floor")

  • More time

  • Fewer decisions

  • Cleaner numbers

  • Calmer weeks

Access to the Business Owners' Club

(For qualifying business owners)

  • Earned based on Revenue,

    Profit and Growth ambitions

    and achievements

  • Belonging, not content

People don't stay in gyms because of machines.

They stay because:

"This is where people like me go."

By taking action, you are becoming a business owner with control. You are no longer winging it.

"This business can work without killing me."

Not Just for You — Transform Your Entire Team

The biggest growth happens when your team develops alongside you.

Team Benefits

✔ High alignment across the business
✔ Shared language of performance
✔ Ownership and accountability culture
✔ Leadership at every level
✔ Less reliance on you as the owner
✔ Higher productivity and confidence

The Real Value of Your Investment

Total Value: $7,395

Originally $7,395

$97/week

That's just $5,044 per year

Save 46.6% + Get Transformational Results

Less than a coffee per day to transform your business and your life.

Early Bird Pricing

Early Bird 1

$67 + GST/Week

Available until 6 February 2026

Early Bird 2

$87 + GST/week

7 February - 13 February 2026

Is This Right for You?

✔ Ambitious SME owners ready to grow
✔ Businesses needing better systems and structure
✔ Owners wanting team alignment and accountability
✔ Leaders tired of firefighting and reactive mode
✔ Entrepreneurs seeking structured, proven development
✔ Owners ready to step into CEO-level thinking

If this sounds like you, you're in the right place.

If this sounds like you, you're in the right place.

The Real Value of Your Investment

Total Value: $7,395

Originally $7,395

$97/week

That's just $5,044 per year

Save 46.6% + Get Transformational Results

Less than a coffee per day to transform your business and your life.

Standard pricing applies from 14 February 2026

Early Bird Pricing

Early Bird 1

$67 + GST/Week

Available until 6 February 2026

Early Bird 2

$87 + GST/week

7 February - 13 February 2026

Early Bird Pricing

Early Bird

$87 + GST/week

7 February - 13 February 2026

Is This Right for You?

✔ Ambitious SME owners ready to grow
✔ Businesses needing better systems and structure
✔ Owners wanting team alignment and accountability
✔ Leaders tired of firefighting and reactive mode
✔ Entrepreneurs seeking structured, proven development
✔ Owners ready to step into CEO-level thinking

Is This Right for You?

✔ Ambitious SME owners ready to grow
✔ Businesses needing better systems and

structure
✔ Owners wanting team alignment and

accountability
✔ Leaders tired of firefighting and reactive

mode
✔ Entrepreneurs seeking structured, proven

development
✔ Owners ready to step into CEO-level

thinking

If this sounds like you, you're in the right place.

If this sounds like you, you're in the right place.

Meet Your Coach: Chris Whelan

Chris Whelan is a seasoned business coach, leadership mentor, and former global executive with over 25 years’ experience helping ambitious business owners grow profits, build high-performing teams, and reclaim their time. He’s worked in boardrooms across Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Australasia - and now brings that global insight to the heart of small and medium-sized businesses across New Zealand and beyond.

Before becoming a business coach, Chris held senior leadership roles at Ernst & Young, BHP, and as Chief Executive of Wellington’s Economic Development Agency, where he led teams of up to 130 staff and oversaw $25 million annual budgets. While consulting for BHP in 2018–2019, he realized he no longer wanted to operate in a world where real change moved at glacial speed. He wanted to help business owners make meaningful change today - changes that would show up in profit, performance, and peace of mind tomorrow.

That decision led him to ActionCOACH. After reviewing different methodologies, Chris chose ActionCOACH because of its practical, results-driven frameworks. A conversation with a friend in South Africa - who, thanks to his coach, had built a self-sustaining business and was now flying his private plane and travelling the world - sealed the deal. That’s what Chris wanted to help others achieve: more life, not just more work.

Since 2015, Chris has coached business owners in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Canada - particularly in trades, manufacturing, and professional services.

Meet Your Coach: Chris Whelan

Chris Whelan is a seasoned business coach, leadership mentor, and former global executive with over 25 years’ experience helping ambitious business owners grow profits, build high-performing teams, and reclaim their time. He’s worked in boardrooms across Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Australasia - and now brings that global insight to the heart of small and medium-sized businesses across New Zealand and beyond.

Before becoming a business coach, Chris held senior leadership roles at Ernst & Young, BHP, and as Chief Executive of Wellington’s Economic Development Agency, where he led teams of up to 130 staff and oversaw $25 million annual budgets. While consulting for BHP in 2018–2019, he realized he no longer wanted to operate in a world where real change moved at glacial speed. He wanted to help business owners make meaningful change today - changes that would show up in profit, performance, and peace of mind tomorrow.

That decision led him to ActionCOACH. After reviewing different methodologies, Chris chose ActionCOACH because of its practical, results-driven frameworks. A conversation with a friend in South Africa - who, thanks to his coach, had built a self-sustaining business and was now flying his private plane and travelling the world - sealed the deal. That’s what Chris wanted to help others achieve: more life, not just more work.

Since 2015, Chris has coached business owners in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Canada - particularly in trades, manufacturing, and professional services.

Meet Your Coach: Chris Whelan

Chris Whelan is a seasoned business coach, leadership mentor, and former global executive with over 25 years’ experience helping ambitious business owners grow profits, build high-performing teams, and reclaim their time. He’s worked in boardrooms across Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Australasia - and now brings that global insight to the heart of small and medium-sized businesses across New Zealand and beyond.

Before becoming a business coach, Chris held senior leadership roles at Ernst & Young, BHP, and as Chief Executive of Wellington’s Economic Development Agency, where he led teams of up to 130 staff and oversaw $25 million annual budgets. While consulting for BHP in 2018–2019, he realized he no longer wanted to operate in a world where real change moved at glacial speed. He wanted to help business owners make meaningful change today - changes that would show up in profit, performance, and peace of mind tomorrow.

That decision led him to ActionCOACH. After reviewing different methodologies, Chris chose ActionCOACH because of its practical, results-driven frameworks. A conversation with a friend in South Africa - who, thanks to his coach, had built a self-sustaining business and was now flying his private plane and travelling the world - sealed the deal. That’s what Chris wanted to help others achieve: more life, not just more work.

Since 2015, Chris has coached business owners in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Canada - particularly in trades, manufacturing, and professional services.

By Taking Action, You Are Becoming a Business Owner With Control

You are no longer winging it.

"This business can work without killing me"

Our 90-Day Guarantee

Join the membership. Attend the coaching. Apply the systems.

If within 90 days you've done the work and cannot see measurable value — more confidence, more capability, more control, clearer leadership, more profit — you get 100% of your money back.

No risk. No fine print. No hesitation.

Ready to Build a Business That Works Without You?

This is the smartest investment you can make.
Not in property. Not in shares. But in YOU.

Questions? Contact Chris Whelan

Email: [email protected]
Phone:
+64 222 332 669

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