Empowering SME Owners to Thrive in Just 15 Minutes a Day

Today Shapes Tomorrow - We Help Shape Today

Welcome to Dakeyras Consulting, where we help small and medium business (SME) owners take control of their businesses and reclaim their personal time. Our unique approach, which emulates acting as your personal advisory board, enables you to strategically oversight your business at all times.  We will also show you how to effectively manage your business in less than 15 minutes a day while we provide ongoing guidance and support to drive your business forward.

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Our Approach

Why Us?

Efficient Time Management

We help SME owners to effectively manage their businesses in just 15 minutes a day. Our approach allows you to take control of your operations while freeing up valuable time for family and personal pursuits.

Comprehensive Business Solutions

We offer a wide range of services tailored to your needs, from strategic planning and operational management to cash flow optimisation and HR support. Our holistic approach ensures every aspect of your business is fine-tuned for success.

Experienced Leadership

With over 20 years of executive-level experience across diverse industries, founder Gordon Seeto brings a wealth of knowledge to your business. His expertise in projects ranging from $5M to $200M+ ensures you receive
top-tier guidance.

Personalised Approach

We believe in a friendly, approachable, and personalised strategy. We take the time to understand your  challenges and goals, crafting tailored solutions that drive your business forward while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Services at a Glance

Smarter Business Consulting

At Dakeyras Consulting, we're committed to empowering your business with these comprehensive services, tailored to your unique needs and goals. Let us help you navigate the complexities of business management, allowing you to focus on what you do best. Let Dakeyras Consulting be your partner in achieving business success and work-life balance.

Strategic and Business Planning

We collaborate with you, your leadership team, and your board to create effective strategic plans. Our approach involves identifying growth initiatives supported by cost/benefit analyses and actionable business plans. We also assist with networking, business development, strategic marketing guidance, and personalised mentoring to enhance your team’s skills.
Our services include:

  • Developing and regularly reviewing strategic growth initiatives
  • Conducting in-depth cost/benefit analyses to inform decision-making
  • Creating actionable business plans to implement strategic initiatives
  • Facilitating networking and business development opportunities
  • Guiding strategic marketing and advertising efforts
  • Preparing insightful board reports and presentations
  • Providing personalised business mentoring and coaching

Business and Operational Management

We help you identify your key business drivers and benchmark your leadership team. Collaborating with your business development teams, we align efforts with growth targets. We also monitor performance against ROI and profit targets, implementing corrective actions as needed, and assist you in tailoring staff management and development plans for your current and future human resources needs.
Our approach encompasses:

  • Aligning sales and business development teams with growth targets
  • Implementing rigorous cost control and management strategies
  • Continuously monitoring business performance against ROI and profit targets
  • Proactively initiating and implementing business enhancement strategies
  • Tailoring staff management and development plans to support operational goals

Cash Flow Management

Maintaining healthy cash flow is vital for business success. We ensure your business remains financially viable by assisting in preparing compelling business cases for project funding and developing detailed budgets for efficient fund utilisation.

We also help create comprehensive cash flow reports and analysis, providing clear insights into your financial position, and develop strategies to optimise your capital, operational, and debt funding needs.
Our services include:

  • Preparing compelling business cases to secure project funding
  • Developing comprehensive project budgets to optimize capital utilisation
  • Providing detailed cash flow reporting and analysis
  • Balancing capital, operational, and debt repayment requirements

Contract Management

Effective contract management is crucial for business success. We ensure contracts are legally sound and operationally robust. Our services include contract review, re-negotiation, supplier management, and performance reporting. We also optimise contracts for efficiency through pricing models, budget management, and workforce planning tools.

Our services cover:

  • Regular contract review and administration
  • Efficient supplier management
  • Tracking progress claims
  • Performance and variance reporting
  • Post-implementation reviews
  • Managing leasing contracts
  • Developing pricing models
  • Formulating budgets
  • Aligning workforce planning with contracts

About us

Meet Gordon Seeto - Your Business Success Partner

Gordon Seeto is the founder, CEO, and principal consultant at Dakeyras Consulting. With a CPA qualification and a Bachelor of Business in Accounting, Gordon brings a wealth of experience to help SME owners navigate the complexities of business management. As a seasoned professional, Gordon offers his expertise by joining your company's advisory board or serving as your dedicated advisory resource. His strategic insights and financial acumen make him an invaluable asset for businesses seeking experienced guidance to drive growth and efficiency.

What People Say About Us

Our Opinion

A group of people are running over a bridge with a graduation cap on it

Financial Literacy - Monetary Figures Making Sense

By Gordon Seeto • March 28, 2022
There is a huge gulf in knowledge and expertise between the so-called "bean counters", ie finance trained people, and those who have little, if any, finance training. However, everyone must still "count their beans" at regular points in time, eg, end of financial year for tax purposes, applying for loans, grocery shopping, paying your bills, etc, to better understand the state of their respective business and personal financial health. Being able to successfully bridge that huge knowledge and expertise gulf can be extremely daunting for anyone unfamiliar with the art of financial wizardry. The bridge and its structural strength analogy here, represents your level of financial literacy, competence in financial management, and the gulf is the consequential "black hole" into which you may potentially fall due to errant financial management, or even worse, intentional or unintentional financial mismanagement. When you hear terms like - budgets, balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cashflow forecasts, bookkeeping, assets, liabilities, working capital, operating capital, gross sales, cost of sales, gross profit, operating costs, net profit, return on investment, depreciation, amortization, compounding interest, taxable income, and the list goes on ... do you nod wisely because you know what those terms mean, or are you confused and then nod off in ensuing boredom? If you nodded wisely, you probably already possess a reasonable to higher level of financial literacy. If you are in the other camp, then you have much to learn to attain a competent level of financial literacy. Summing up, the key to "Monetary Figures Making Sense" is "Financial Literacy" and the key to astute "Financial Management" is "Financial Literacy". We are proudly affiliated with "The FIQ Project" which is on a mission to improve and enhance "Financial Literacy" within the general community, especially the sectors encompassing the disadvantaged. They are actively developing educational pathways and creating opportunities in association with both public and private sector organizations to foster their "Financial Literacy" for all mission. To find out more and potentially add your supportive voice, you can contact the author directly on MD-Dakeyras@bigpond.com and also click on the following links: https://fiq.net.au/our-offering/

Gunslinger of Choice

By Gordon Seeto • March 28, 2022
Does that headline and the following strongly resonate with you? You are a relatively seasoned, established professional, currently engaged in an influential, corporate role, but self-reflecting with increasing frequency over your ambition to extend your professional career into the Boardroom world and speculating on how to successfully do it? If so, then you will need to transform yourself from being a “Corporate Hired Gun (CHG)” into a “Gunslinger of Choice (GoC)", as the two roles while respectively important, influence change and outcomes in different ways. Here are three questions will likely manifest repeatedly in your transformation journey with a contextually, simplistic view on each for your consideration – What’s the difference between a CHG and GoC? The CHG is a member of the organization’s executive team and is tasked to find viable answers to questions posed by others The GoC is a Board member and is the one asking the questions How does each role influence change and outcomes? The CHG’s role is a combination of being primarily operationally focused with a strategic overlay The GoC’s role is primarily strategically focused with minimal, if any, operational overlay Why does it matter to your Boardroom aspirations? As an operational executive, the CHG is engaged by only one organization at any given time and provides their operational value-add accordingly As a strategic Board member, the GoC may be concurrently engaged by a number of organizations and provides their strategic value-add accordingly. Everyone has an inherent quantum of unique talent, with great ambitions to realixde its full potential. However, those who continuously strive with unwavering focus, dedication and leverage to advantage the collective wisdom of our earlier pioneers, will be the ones best positioned to successfully achieve their goals. In closing, trust this helps you to clarify whether you are, at the start, end or somewhere in between, of the “Gunslinger of Choice or Corporate Hired Gun” continuum. If you would like to further explore how to transform yourself from a "Corporate Hired Gun" into a "Gunslinger of Choice" in the Boardroom, please reach out to me MD-Dakeyras@bigpond.com .