AWARD-WINNING ENTREPRENEUR | WORKING WITH ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES
BUSINESS STRATEGIST.
MENTOR. COACH.
Welcome to The Business Flow Co.
Most founders who've been in business three years or more haven't got a strategy problem. They have a structural one - a business that was built around them, and has stayed that way.
Sarah Poole works with established female founders on the leadership and structural changes that allow a business to operate at a genuinely higher level, without the founder at the centre of everything.
“The founders I work with have already proven they can build something. The question they’re sitting with is whether they can build it differently - in a way that doesn’t cost them everything to sustain.”
Experience
20+ years BUILDING + ADVISING
FOUNDERS WORKED WITH
250+ ACROSS AUSTRALIA
ENTREPRENEUR & BUSINESS FOUNDER
MULTIPLE BUSINESSES STARTED & SOLD
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
LEADERSHIP ARCHITECTURE
HIGH TOUCH MENTORING
STRATEGY INTENSIVES
BUSINESS FLOW FRAMEWORK
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH LEADERSHIP ARCHITECTURE HIGH TOUCH MENTORING STRATEGY INTENSIVES BUSINESS FLOW FRAMEWORK
doors open for the business flow mastermind on the 26th OF JUNE.
Join the most remarkable Mastermind in Australia for Female Founders.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE .
There is a stage that many female founders reach - typically somewhere between three and ten years in - where the business is working by most measures, and yet something about the way it works has quietly become unsustainable.
The revenue is there. The clients are there. The reputation is there. And the founder is still, somehow, in the middle of all of it - every decision, every problem, every week.
This is the stage where a fundamental shift needs to be made.
do any of these situations sound familiar?
You have built a business that functions - it has clients, a team, consistent revenue. From where anyone else stands, it looks like success. The difficulty is that you know how much of it still depends on you being present, engaged, and available, and you need a new plan.
You have hired people, put processes in place, and tried to distribute responsibility. The weight hasn't shifted in the way you expected it to. Decisions, reassurance, and the more complex problems still find their way back to your desk.
Growth has added complexity without adding ease. A larger business has not meant a lighter one. You are managing more, carrying more, and the gap between what the business looks like and what running it feels like continues to widen.
You have not lost belief in what you are building. But the version of leadership that got you here - the grit, the instinct, the doing-it-yourself - is no longer adequate for the business you now have. You know that. You just haven't found the path to the next version yet.
You are at a decision point - in the business, in a particular market, or in your own leadership - where the quality of strategic thinking available to you genuinely matters, and where experienced outside perspective would change the outcome.
You have given everything to build a business that you love, but right now it doesn’t feel sustainable and you know that something has to give…
the business flow framework.
A structured methodology built specifically for established founders who are ready to lead differently.
Business Leadership
Most founders at this stage are excellent operators who have not yet made the transition to genuine leadership, and are often self-sacrificing in all areas of business-life.
This work examines how decisions are made, where accountability actually sits, and what it takes to lead a business rather than run one.
We ensure the health & wellbeing of the founder & leaders as central to the success of the business.
Business Foundations
A business without rock-solid foundations tends to create fragility over time.
This part of the methodology examines the six structural areas that, when underdeveloped, keep a business dependent on its founder's direct involvement regardless of how capable the surrounding team is.
Strong business foundations provide the ability to meet any opportunity or challenge as needed.
Business Flow
Flow is the state where a founder / leader, their business, and their life operate in a sustainable rhythm - where clarity, strategy, wellbeing, and strong foundations work together to create momentum, profitability, creativity, and ease.
It is a state in which the business no longer relies on constant pressure, hustle, or firefighting. Instead, it runs with structure, intention, and energy that supports both performance and personal wellbeing.
The framework was developed from direct experience - building and scaling businesses, making the structural mistakes that are common at this stage, and learning what how to shift the levers for actual change. It is not adapted from academic research or a standard consulting methodology.
Identify the hidden friction quietly slowing your growth, energy, and decision-making
ARE YOU READY FOR CHANGE?
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JOIN THE BUSINESS FLOW MASTERMIND
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ARE YOU READY FOR CHANGE? ● JOIN THE BUSINESS FLOW MASTERMIND ●
It is my MISSION to…
Help female founders & business owners / leaders rediscover a way of running their life and business that doesn’t result in self-sacrifice and burnout.
Through clarity, new thinking and considered action I am here to help you to reignite the passion for your business, AND your love of life so that the world continues to benefit from your brilliance.
I am here to be your biggest supporter and cheerleader, as well as your biggest challenger.
Together we will craft the business-life that fires you up, and gives you the joy, space and creativity to replenish when you’re not on the tools.
This is why I have made it my mission to create a movement of successful female founders & buisness owners who are rewriting the business-life rules and owning their future, on their terms.
WE ARE CREATING AUSTRALIA’S MOST REMARKABLE small group MASTERMIND FOR SUCCESSFUL FEMALE FOUNDERS.
join the business flow mastermind
WORK WITH SARAH.
Coaching, mentoring, and strategy for female founders who are ready for the next stage.
Group · 6 months
Business Flow Mastermind
A six-month group program for established female founders working through the structural and leadership changes that allow their business to operate at a higher level.
The Mastermind combines strategic depth with the particular kind of clarity that comes from working alongside other founders at the same stage - people who understand the specific weight of what you're carrying.
Created and led by a fellow entrepreneur to meet you where you are in your journey.
1:1 Strategy Sessions
For founders, leaders, and organisations who need focused, high-quality thinking time on a specific strategic problem, decision, or direction.
These are working sessions — structured around your business and what it needs to move, not a generic coaching format. Available as a single Express session, a Half Day Intensive, or a three-session pack for work requiring sustained attention.
What's included
Bi-weekly group sessions with Sarah
Bespoke business strategy plan
Business Flow Framework deep dive
Peer mastermind community access
Leadership and structure workshopping
Private Slack channel between sessions
High Touch Mentoring
An ongoing mentoring relationship for founders at a significant inflection point - where the decisions are complex, the stakes are high, and the quality of thinking available to you genuinely matters. This is the most direct and intensive way to work with Sarah.
It is offered to a small number of founders at any given time, and is available by application only.
Strategic Consulting
Strategic consulting is available to a small number of organisations each year.
Sarah works selectively with organisations, leadership teams, and not-for-profits on specific strategic projects - direction, positioning, structure, and growth. Engagements are limited and accepted by enquiry only. If you are exploring this, the right first step is a direct conversation.
Project-based. Enquire for scope.
about SARAH.
twenty years of building business & learning what actually changes them.
Sarah Poole built her first significant business in her late-twenties, a sixty-staff, six-office operation that she was central to scaling nationally before selling.
What she didn't have at the time was any real female model for how to lead a business at that scale, or any understanding of the structural changes that would have made the whole thing considerably less hard. She learned those things the way most founders do: by getting them wrong first.
The Business Flow Framework was built from everything that followed - two decades of building further businesses, coaching hundreds of founders, and developing a clear-eyed understanding of where founder-led businesses get stuck and why.
What she has consistently observed is that the obstacles at this stage are structural and leadership-based. They are not fixed by working harder, thinking differently, or finding better tools. They are fixed by changing the architecture of how the business is led and how it operates.
Sarah works with a small number of founders at any given time. The work is specific, substantive, and designed for women who are genuinely ready to examine how their business operates - and their own role in that.
CLIENT LOVE
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CLIENT LOVE ●
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"Since working together, our visibility has grown significantly, and so has our confidence."
You don't just help us reach our goals — you work alongside us to build our capability, confidence, and clarity. Since working together, our visibility has grown significantly, and so has our confidence. We now share a clear, consistent message about who we are and feel comfortable celebrating the importance of our work and the role we play in our community.
Tazymn Jewell. - CEO, Health Voyage
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"Working with Sarah has quite literally been life-changing. "
She has helped me to make space for my personal life, regain confidence, clarify direction, and build a structured path forward. We have seen positive structural changes within the business that will allow us to scale without a collapse. It has brought back my passion and excitement — and built morale across the whole team.
Nerissa Profit - Co Founder, Good Bath Co.
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"The best investment I have made in my business yet..."
Sarah guided us through key business and marketing strategies to help grow our national business. Her ideas and direction helped us clarify our brand and focus on what actually matters. The best investment I have made in the business yet.
Patricia Zurrer - Founder & Director, Property Consulting Australia
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"I cannot recommend Sarah enough to my fellow female entrepreneurs."
In a world where female entrepreneurs continue to break barriers and redefine industries, having a partner like Sarah at One Fine Day Consulting is a game-changer. Her expertise, dedication, and genuine desire to see women thrive in business make her an invaluable resource for any female business owner looking to achieve their goals and take their venture to new heights.
Jennie Wilson - CEO, Baby Dink
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"Having a business mentor/coach is the best decision I have made!"
My work with Sarah gave me the confidence to upscale our business and change our branding. Sarah’s straightforward attitude helped streamline and simplify our reporting and marketing. Through her workshops we understood how important life balance and the benefits of long-term goals. I continue to work with Sarah to refine our new business model and improve our efficiencies.
Alison Sloley - Founder, Yamba Distilling Co.
If you recognise yourself in what this describes - this is the right conversation.
WHERE TO START.
Join the Mastermind waitlist, book a Strategy Session, or apply for High Touch Mentoring. Each of these begins the same way: a direct conversation about where your business is, what it actually needs, and whether working together is the right fit.
There is no obligation attached to that conversation, and no pressure toward any particular outcome.
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