Recently I joined Family Business Australia and had the opportunity to attend a Workshop in May titled, "Change and Challenge for Families in Business".

Roger Simpson and Tom O' Toole facilitated the 3 sessions covering Self, Leadership and Goals; each area was very relevant to everyone present and delivered in a most unique way. Tom is an outstanding speaker and although his delivery is comical, his message is incredibly powerful. Roger and Tom both prompted us all to think seriously about how we currently run our businesses and our lives and to consider how we can improve on both. An inspirational day!

- Kerry Alderuccio, Accredited Franchise Specialist, Franchise Developments

Tom and Roger are a great team. Tom shares his business and life philosophies in his own inimitable style and Roger helps tie it all together in a way that we can adopt and apply to our own business and working life. A lot of highly successful people are full of their own sense of importance, often their egos are so big you couldn't jump over them...Tom is refreshingly different. He attributes much of his success to his team of people and doesn't underestimate the importance of his family to his life and happiness.

- Jane Robinson, Economic Development Manager, Shell Harbour City Council

I wanted to take a moment to congratulate you and your team on the recent one day seminars with Tom O’Toole. “ B Bread” I particularly appreciated the facilitating on the day; in my experience your contribution to the process was critical to the success of the day. The facilitation was the major factor between an opportunity to hear a motivating speaker like Tom and the opportunity to achieve some broad based, longer term benefits found within the hand book.
The results of the day were multi faceted and I have already seen the benefit to our company over recent weeks. Once again on behalf of our team and myself, well done and thankyou.

- David Rice, General Manager, Rice Graphic Images

Its now a week since I attended the BBREAD workshop and I have held off feedback till this point to assess whether the initial buzz of the workshop has made a 'difference'. I am really pleased to say that a week later I can still feel the positive energy that was generated in the room; I've completed all four actions captured to be done with 48 hours, I've started refocusing some efforts and energies on activities that will deliver a more positive outcome for myself, generally have taken a more positive attitude into several confronting situations and start with the personal trainer on Thursday!

Your course really helped me focus on some things that had perhaps lagged and the manner in which it was structured/designed and the way the flow worked between yourself and Tom was a large part in me ultimately changing my behaviour, not only over the past week but I think in giving me some practical tools I can use for the longer term. I particularly enjoyed Tom's anecdotal and energetic presentation style and I think your excellent natural skills at facilitation; the way in which you linked Tom's energy to the practical tools first class. There was an obvious trusting rapport between the two of you, and this will go a long way towards BBREAD being the success that it needs to be - we all need to take self accountability, a positive attitude and a clear sense of what it is we want wherever we go!

Thanks for a great day, you again showed to me the professional I know you are and good luck with taking the concept forward.

- Todd Campi, Global Alliance Channel Manager, Retail Channel Management, Shell International

Tom and Roger took up the challenge of running an afternoon training session after an already intense morning session for Shellharbour City Council's Business Forum. It was a magical session. Tom's high voltage delivery provided wonderful insights and lessons through his own refreshingly honest story and Roger's skilled facilitation helped us capture those business 'nuggets' and turn them in to action plans. It was a powerful combination that had all fifty plus businesses agreeing that it was one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable session they had been to. Exhilarating and rewarding. Thank you both.

- Bob Ashford, Lead Facilitator, Economic Gardening Program, Shoalhaven City Council