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CEO Business Partner
A 6-month live strategic advisory partnership for established business owners and CEOs who want to make better decisions, lead with confidence and build a business that doesn’t depend on you for everything. We focus on sustainable finances, systems, team and leadership so you can lead a company that operates as a direct extension of your core values and vision.
9
Proprietary
Modules
8+
Years of Coaching
& Faciliating
96%
Professionals
Recommend
160+
People
Coached
THE overwhelmed business owner
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“Everything depends on me.”
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“Im constantly putting out fires instead of leading.”
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“I’m carrying the pressure alone.”
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“I’ve built a successful business, but it’s costing me my health, relationships or peace.”
THE PURPOSE-LED business owner
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“My team leads with confidence without relying on me.”
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“I’m focused on strategy, not daily firefighting.”
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“I lead with clarity, calm and confidence.”
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“I’ve built a business that succeds without sacrificing my life.”
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Is CEO Business Partner
for you?
CEO Business Partner is NOT for you if…
You want someone to handle the operations of the company
You are defensive toward feedback and attached to old-school, command-and-control tactics
You want external tactics to fix your business while refusing to look at how you show up as a leader
You blame your team or the market rather than acknowledging yourself as the primary bottleneck
You are content running a high-stress, transactional machine with no desire to lead from genuine presence.
CEO Business Partner is for you if…
You have an established business and are leading people
You want a trusted CEO partner in your corner
You know the real bottleneck is leadership and you're ready to look at that
You value strategic thinking, accountability and perspective
You want to become a better leader, not just get better business advice
You're open to feedback, challenge, and transformation
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Dedicated time to step out of the daily noise, refine your high-level strategy and solve your most pressing business challenges in real time.
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Deep-dive planning sessions align your core vision, train your leadership team, map out your 90-day strategic priorities and eliminate operational bottlenecks.
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Empower your key leaders with direct access to high-level support, keeping your leadership team aligned and moving forward without relying on you.
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On-demand soundboarding for quick decisions, fast feedback, and urgent obstacles so you're never left waiting or stuck in execution.
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Flexible support for ad hoc reviews of proposals, communications or strategy, ensuring every move you make is backed by a second opinion.
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Consistent follow-through that keeps your vision off the whiteboard and actively executed by your team, guaranteeing actual business momentum.
Most established CEOs don’t get stuck because they lack vision. They get stuck because they carry the weight of every strategic decision alone trapped in the operational weeds of their own success. As your business scales, your primary bottleneck is no longer capacity… it’s clarity.
That’s why I step in alongside you as your strategic partner. Together we refine your high-level direction, align your team, clean up your operations and expand your capacity as a leader. This isn’t about me dumping more tasks onto your calendar. It’s about us building a calm, deeply aligned company that scales predictably without demanding your constant presence so your business becomes a true engine of freedom, not a cage.
what’s included? —————
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Rebekah Turner
Founder & Designer
“Kristian has shown me how to not just talk about problems but how to overcome them, and how to take action. I feel safe. I feel abundance.”
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Dylan Rubenstein
Founder & Personal Trainer
“Kristian kept me accountable to what I actually want out of life. This is particularly important as someone who ‘works for themselves’ and is only accountable to ‘me’.”
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Andrew Green
Facilitator
"It turns out the last thing I needed was a busy-ness coach. All I really needed was someone who wanted what was best for me and held space for me to do the work."
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Lily King
Designer
“Three months in, I can no longer relate to what I was struggling with in session one. It’s helped me quit my job, move to Byron Bay, and follow a dream in a new venture I’d never have backed myself to chase before.”
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James Tissot
Founder & General Manager
“Before contacting Kristian, I was lost and scared, acting from what I thought others expected of me. I now know what it is like to live from a place of internal power.”
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Malcolm Leung
Product Manager
“The conversations with Kristian are so RAW and have allowed me to have genuine heart to heart conversations at levels I’ve never known to exist. I’ve rediscovered love in my life.”
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Emily Beggs
Coordinator & Facilitator
“I had a realisation about courage. The next day, I called my boss and resigned. I now live a life in the most beautiful location surrounded by people I love who allow me to be my most authentic self.”
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Brian Tran
Head of Strategy
"Life before Kristian was unstructured. I now feel in control. If I can achieve this growth in 3 months - wow, the possibilities of what I can achieve in 3 years. "
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Malin Perera
Personal Trainer
"My life before was bleak, dull and lacking purpose. Kristian’s coaching is specific to an individual’s circumstances and tailored to their needs. I’ve gained a sense of clarity and direction as to my goals."
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Josh Fryszer
Senior Researcher & Product Strategist
“Kristian has made me aware that everything I think I need or want is already within me. I’m now conscious of my goals and am taking action towards things that are important to me."
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Natalie Klenner
Facilitator & Experience Designer
“Before working with Kristian, I felt confused. I have developed a clearer and stronger sense of my intuition, learnt the art of letting go and become more attuned. Life is now more restful internally.”
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Charlie Maginness
Founder & Health Coach
"Kristian supported me to uncover some core blocks that were holding me back. This has been a total breaking down and rebirth. There is now more freedom and choice in my life.”
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Simon Kaplan
Vice President of Development
“It is such a meaningful program! I am less connected to my daily thoughts, stresses and feelings of ‘should’, and am more at peace, present and aware."
am i the coach for you? —————
Meet Kristian martinow
Through my experience of burning out, I learnt an important lesson:
People can’t change what they can’t see. The biggest bottlenecks in life and business are rarely strategy. They’re the same unseen patterns quietly shaping how we think, lead and make decisions.
I experienced it personally. Then I saw the exact same pattern inside organisations. I watched one company fail because a founder couldn’t face the truth.
In another company, I built a corporate division to 65 clients responsible for more than $200 million in revenue in under one year and was promoted to COO to lead a business transformation within three months. Yet despite my best efforts, the broader business continued losing talented people and valued clients because the leadership did not want to accept and honestly face the difficult truths and address the real issues.
I don’t want CEOs and Business Owners to go through the same pitfalls I’ve seen time and time again…
5,000+
Lives impacted via group programs & retreats
2,000+
people reached as a speaker at public events.
100+
Clients coached personally
how it works —————
three steps to
clarity & Results
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book your free session
A free Clarity Session. NOT a sales call. It’s a conversation and space to slow down.
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leave with a personalised roadmap
A roadmap and clarity on your next steps. Whether we work together afterwards is up to you.
My
GUARANTEE
I’m commited to real, measurable progress. If your Life or Business Score hasn’t improved by at least 20% by the end of the program, we’ll continue coaching together for 30 days at no additional cost.
Real people.
Real change.
client results —————
CEO Business partner FAQS ———
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Most business support focuses on strategy, systems or accountability. That matters, but businesses rarely stall because the strategy is wrong. They often stall because the leader becomes the bottleneck. We work on both. We solve the commercial challenges in front of you while uncovering the patterns shaping your decisions, leadership and culture. As you grow, the business grows with you.
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It works when you’re willing to think honestly, make decisions and stay accountable. My role isn’t to tell you what to do. It’s to help you see what you’ve been unable to see on your own, then support you to lead with greater clarity and confidence. Better decisions compound into better businesses.
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Because meaningful organisational and leadership change doesn’t happen in a single conversation. We’ll solve immediate challenges while strengthening the strategy, systems, culture and leadership capacity your business needs to keep growing. The goal isn’t dependence. It’s helping you become the leader your business needs without relying on me.
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Every session starts with what’s most important right now. Sometimes we’ll solve a commercial decision. Sometimes we’ll work through a leadership challenge. Sometimes we’ll uncover a pattern that’s quietly limiting the business. You’ll leave each session with greater clarity, a clear decision and practical actions to move forward.
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That’s exactly why I offer a free Clarity Session. We’ll explore your business, where you’re trying to go and what’s currently getting in the way. You’ll also experience how I think and work, so we can both decide whether the partnership feels right. There’s no pressure to continue afterwards.
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We’ll talk about that during the Clarity Session. First, I want to understand your business, where you’re trying to go and whether I’m the right person to help you get there. If we decide to work together, I’ll recommend the approach that best fits your goals.
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Then we’ll simplify things. The purpose of this work isn’t to give. youmore to do. It’s to remove unnecessary complexity so you can focus on the decisions that matter most. Most leaders don’t need more strategies. They need more clarity, better support and the space to lead well.
You don't need another book.
You need to see what’s in the way.
One conversation could change the direction of your life or business. A free clarity session is not a sales call. It’s a space to slow down, gain perspective and leave with more clarity than you arrived with.