Discover how B1G1 businesses are making a difference-transforming their companies, engaging their teams, and creating meaningful change in the world.
Talk to Dawn McGeachy about B1G1 and she’s likely to get a bit emotional. And that’s rare — you don’t often think of accountants as people who wear their emotions on their sleeves.
You can tell just by talking to them, the Landts, owners of Ken Landt Diesel Repairs are a dedicated couple. As we toured their Scotland Street facility, we realized the symmetry of it all – a company that deals with repairs and maintenance, helping to fix the world at the same time!
Looking back on it, it was almost a natural progression. Beginning with the onset of the economic crisis in 2008, Los Angeles accounting firm Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman significantly increased their involvement in community service.
Kerrie Phipps is a well known speaker, author and coach. She’s usually on the road doing presentations and meeting clients, and that’s where she met B1G1 Chairman Paul Dunn, at a seminar in Sydney last May.
Michelle Clarke heads up Talent Dynamics; she’s also its co-founder. She met B1G1 Chairman Paul Dunn at a business school for entrepreneurs in 2006.
Rob O’Byrne knows a lot about logic and business. His company – Logistics Bureau – has offices in Australia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. He told us, “We really get a buzz out of helping people succeed, both with their businesses and their careers."
Raymond McLennan owns several successful ‘niche’ businesses in the UK. And he traces that back to 1999 when his accountant invited him to attend a ‘boot camp’ where the guest speaker was B1G1 Chairman, Paul Dunn.
“Open Wide.” If that got you thinking about a visit to the dentist, 10 out of 10. I had a visit not to one dentist but to a very large group of them over the weekend in Newcastle, UK at the weirdly out-of-the-box named ‘Marketing Pirates of Dentistry’ Conference.
Seems like great B1G1 entrepreneurs who give are getting awarded more and more. The latest to join the group is Annette Lasek, the delightfully titled Chief Energy Officer at LaserZone on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Jon Mailer and his wife Danyelle own and run one of the most extraordinary business training companies on the planet — Queensland-based National College of Business. And together with an amazing team, they’re rapidly becoming not just a hub for great businesses but a hub for great giving too.
Recently, a team member for one of B1G1'S newer partners, LaserZone on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast wrote a touching letter to his boss. Read more.
Fredrik Härén is an extraordinary speaker. And he’s an amazing giver too.
