Managing the Business

Anthony Davis has a lifetime of experience in business. His earliest was in the family clothing manufacturing business. In his multiple roles over 20 years he gained invaluable insights into manufacturing, marketing, selling, financials and general business management.

It was from his experiences of engaging Consultants in the family business and believing there had to be a ‘better way’ that led him to create Brightwater Partnership in 1993 ... a partnership between Business Owners looking for different outcomes and a team of experienced Advisers delivering a proven 12-month Business Development Program.

Anthony brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his presentations and workshops. He has presented to Clients and Members of such diverse organisations as Westpac, Master Electricians, National Institute of Accountants, and Swim Australia to name a few.

Donna Stone has been a guest speaker at many events over the years.  She provides insight on how to avoid theft and fraud in small businesses, getting the money into your pockets, importance of networking and much more.

Donna Stone has been bookkeeping for nearly 30 years and a MYOB Consultant for 17 years, as well as having run a Private Employment Agency for three years.  She has worked in top legal and accounting firms, and well as operating her own successful business Stone Consulting for 12 years which now has over a dozen staff.   Whilst she does have formal qualifications (Advanced Diploma of Accounting, Cert IV Workplace Trainer & Assessor and Cert IV in Small Business Management, plus she is a Registered BAS Agent); it’s the years and years of real world experience that has made her into an industry expert she is today.
Donna is a prolific writer and has in fact had numerous articles published in various business magazines, including My Business Magazine, Franchise Buyers Magazine and Working Women Magazine as well as writing for a number of associations including Redland Chamber of Commerce Way, Womens Village and Key Business Network.  She has been the guest writer as an industry expert for Glenn Walford’s book Maximising Your Franchise. A business associate once said to her “Well about time you decided to share all that info in your head with the rest of us!”

Having helped numerous clients, and with all the above experience, Donna believes she has the experience, skills and knowledge to share - helping other businesses succeed.   Stepping Stones to Business Success and Stepping Stones to Business Growth are the first two books in the Stepping Stone series, which aims to help businesses succeed, grown and ultimately excel.

James McNamara's mission is to “inspire and educate people to become contributing leaders”. He achieves this by working with managers to improve their leadership effectiveness and by helping business owners to improve the balance of time, money and lifestyle that they achieve from their business.

John Flett is a Business Strategist and Corporate Advisor, specialising in Business Development, Capital Raising and Exit Strategies, Customer Service, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, Strategic Planning and Sales Training. With over 35 years experience in Business Start Up and Development, having run several of his own businesses as well as holding executive positions such as a CEO of a multinational company, John has a proven track record of rapidly increasing a company’s productivity, sales and profits.

With a wide range of speaking topics, energy and passion about the topics and truly wanting to help businesses, you will find our talks inspirational and very practical.
All topics are about giving everyone something to implement in their lives or business as well as a motivating talk to make you feel good.

Making a POSITIVE difference in YOUR life by providing the best most up to date and proven science-based information, while motivating and instructing through practical training to gain permanent results in the shortest amount of time.  To become the STRONGEST, HEALTHIEST, FITTEST, and BEST looking YOU that you can be and having the most amount of enjoyment along the way!