Dr. John McGill 

During my time as a business coach & strategist, I've had the privilege of helping coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs elevate their businesses to new heights. 

My mission? To help them craft irresistible offers and effortlessly fill their client books—without any stress or salesy vibes.

Here's how I approach each client engagement:

Brand Boost: We start by transforming their brand into a client magnet. Through strategic positioning and messaging, we ensure that their brand stands out in a crowded market, attracting their ideal clients like bees to honey.

Client Connection: Next, we focus on converting interests into bookings through genuine conversations. By fostering authentic connections and building trust, we turn potential clients into loyal customers who can't wait to work with them.

Streamlined Systems: To streamline operations and eliminate unnecessary complexity, we implement efficient systems and processes. This allows them to focus their time and energy on what they do best—serving their clients and growing their business.

Peak Performance: Finally, we prioritize their wellbeing and work-life harmony. By helping them achieve fulfilling workdays with optimal health, focus, and energy, we ensure they can sustain their success in the long run.

I'm passionate about making their journey to success as smooth and enjoyable as possible. 

Whether it's making their business more profitable, healthier, or simply more enjoyable, I'm here to help.

If you're ready to welcome more clients with ease and take your business to the next level, let's chat. 

Send me a DM, and let's start crafting your path to success together.

Business Coach & Strategist

The College of Law Australia

You know the job, the one job where you get to use all the best parts of yourself?

Well, this was that job for me.

In the start of my legal career I had an experience where I was told I would never succeed in the legal world because of the colour of my skin.

A partner in a law firm said those words.  He said it because he liked me and thought he was doing me a favour preparing me for reality.

Imagine then the irony of finding myself running a law school in a country on the other side of the world?

Not just running it, changing it.

When I took over as the Executive Director, I inherited a program that hadn’t made any profit.  

What it did have was an incredible team of passionate people committed to giving students everything they could.

All my years of teaching, curriculum development, business coaching, sales training, business development and product development came together.

I tore the entire program apart and had everything rebuilt.

The efforts bent us all.  No one broke.

We went from the 5th largest post-graduate program for lawyers in Australia to the 2nd largest.

We doubled enrolments.  We doubled revenue.

We became profitable after my 3rd year of leadership and stayed profitable.

Was it hard?  The hardest thing I’ve ever been a part of.

Were there battles?  I still bear the scars.

Was it worth it?

Our completion rate went from 30% to 80%.

Our representation of women graduates went from 50% to 70%.

Yeah, it was worth every bit of blood, sweat and tears.

Best. Job. Ever.

(Ok, except for the one now where I work for me ;-)

Executive Director, Practitioner Education

Prime Practice

Fun fact: I’m terrified of dentists and they used to be my clients.

Well, I should say, I was terrified of dentists until I started working with them.

Here’s what most people don’t realise–dentists are some of the hardest working professionals alive.

Most dentists have their own practice.  Their practice is a million dollar plus business with staff and a relatively flat structure.

Dentists find themselves having to be responsible for:
- The delivery of services
- The human resource manager
- The marketing manager
- The sales manager
- The business development manager
- The client services manager

Oh, and like lawyers with their own practices, dentists didn’t learn business management in dental school.

That’s where we came in.  As business coaches we helped to fill the business gaps.

We trained everyone up in systems management and client services.  

Taught the dentists new sales techniques.

And then coached the dentists on business performance and ways to grow the practice.

I loved getting to know the dentists and their teams.  

Without a drill in their hands, they weren’t scary at all.

Then an interesting thing happened.

I came to this role after I had been working as a sales coach, living and breathing sales.

I observed one of our information sessions for practice owners and realised we could improve what we said and how we communicated our value to prospective clients.

Problem was, how do I share this with the executives and the CEO who started the company and who had run things for years and I was relatively still new?

I did what anyone in my shoes would do of course: I created a presentation diagnosing the problem and presenting a solution and invited the executives to a meeting none of them had been expecting.

How did it go?

The next week I was promoted to a new role as the Business Development Manager with a 50% raise.  

So, yeah, I’d say it went ok.

Business Development and Marketing Manager, Business Coach and Trainer

BOC Gases

Have you ever taken a job completely outside your comfort zone?

This was that type of job for me.

Not for the work we did.  The work was well within my skill sets. 

The environment was something new.

Gas? Products so dangerous every employee was required to take defensive driving classes?

I never imagined I’d be working in the sciences, let alone in something like natural gas.

It was a blast though (pun fully intended).

I started out with the training team associated with safety, health, environment and quality.

We designed rapid fire training programs, capturing the subjective matter knowledge of people working in the field.  

This was a role filled with characters and I enjoyed every moment.

An internal role popped up to work with the sales team as a sales coach and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

I became immersed in the world of sales at a product level, and supporting a sales team.  

Pure salespeople have an infectious energy.  They’re a hungry bunch.  Never a dull moment around them.

My favourite part was working on the sales coaching program.  

We introduced neuroscience coaching programs with the sales techniques.  

You should have seen the transformations as people learned more about how their brains impacted their behaviours.

This role gave me so many practical skills I still use to this day.

Sales Coach and Trainer

University of Sydney

Have you ever been a one-person show in a team?

I feel your pain, and your triumph.

As always, the best part of this role was the team I worked with and my students, the tutors.

The challenge was the team I worked with each had their own unique program and we were all forced to do everything ourselves for our own programs.

Meaning:
- Creating and delivering the training
- All the event management
- Designing the workshop, marketing and communication materials
- Managing the registrations, bookings and catering
- Designing pilot initiatives
- Coordinating peer observation and review programs
- Implementing a mentoring program
- Creating a reward and recognition program for tutors

My program was responsible for teaching and training over 120 casual tutors at the Business School.  

Most were students themselves and had never taught before.

I had my work cut out for me to try and make the program inviting enough to attract as many tutors as possible.

I created and delivered over 30 individual train-the-teacher seminars.  All in person.  Before Zoom took over the world.

Loved every minute of it.

Clearly, this job prepared me well to eventually run my own business.


P.S.

I was also juggling my own PhD, and teaching my own classes in Organisational Development.

My fondest memory will always be my last day of teaching so I could focus on finishing my PhD and my students, the tutors, had a surprise for me leaving me speechless for the first time ever.

Still brings a tear to the eye.

University Tutor & Teaching Development Manager

Increase peak executive performance with strategic mental sharpness habits in 90 days | Founder & Director: 90Well & 90Well@Work

I help coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs craft irresistible offers and book more clients—no stress, no salesy vibes. 

Here’s my straightforward approach:

1/ Brand Boost: make your brand a client magnet.

2/ Client Connection: turn followers into clients with genuine conversations.

3/ Streamlined Systems: simplify your operations to focus on your passion.

4/ Peak Performance: achieve fulfilling work days, with health, focus & energy, consistently.

I’m here to help you book more clients the easy way. 

Let’s chat about making your business profitable, healthy and enjoyable.

Book more clients (& stress less) to enjoy the job you love.

DM me for more.

Dr. John McGill 🧠

Farren McRae Workplace Lawyers & Consultants

Director

The Pointy End of HR Community

If you work in employee relations, employment law, workplace investigations, workplace mediations, performance and discipline management, complaint and grievance management, industrial relations, enterprise bargaining, etc, then you work at the Pointy End of HR and this is your community.

Working at the Pointy End of HR is rewarding but can be very challenging.  

This community is a safe place for us all to learn, grow, share, support one another and take our practices to the next level.

Co-Founder

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd

Board member with specialist legal and commercial skills

Specialist Board Director and Company Secretary

Farren Workplace Consulting

With extensive experience gained in both the private and public sectors, Farren Workplace Consulting specialises in providing its clients with professional workplace investigation and dispute mediation and conciliation services.

Owner

Bar Association of Queensland

John was a Brisbane-based barrister engaged in all aspects of civil practice, with specialist experience and interest in:

* Industrial Relations and Employment law;
* Workers Compensation;
* Civil & Human Rights/Discrimination;
* Administrative law;
* Commercial and Corporations law;
* Contract law; 
* Insolvency and Liquidation law; and
* Inquests, Commissions of Inquiry and Statutory Tribunals.

John was briefed to provide legal advice, draft documents, appear at mediation/conciliation and appear in any Court or Tribunal in Queensland or Australia.

Barrister-at-Law

Salvation Army Employment Plus

From 2012 to 2017 John served pro bono as an independent Board member on the National Board of Management of the Salvation Army's Employment Plus.

Board Member (Pro Bono) National Board of Management

Queensland Treasury

As a Senior Lawyer, John provided advice in relation to some of Queensland's largest commercial infrastructure projects including the negotiation and drafting of complex tendering documentation and development agreements.  He was also regularly instructed in relation to a variety of complex commercial, contract, administrative law and employment matters.

Senior Lawyer

As a Principal Employee Relations Advisor, John provided professional, authoritative and timely strategic advice to senior and executive management on issues including enterprise bargaining, diminished performance, discipline (including dismissal), discrimination and harassment, rehabilitation practices, employment law, employee relations and HR policies, certified agreements and awards.

Principal Employee Relations Consultant

Director at Farren McRae Workplace Lawyers & Consultants | Employment Lawyer | Workplace Investigator I Mediator | Independent Company Director

If you have a workplace or employment-related problem anywhere in Australia, I'm here to help you solve it.

With a wealth of experience in all facets of workplace and employment law, I've advised and represented employers and employees across the private sector, public sector, non-profits, and statutory authorities. 

My practice spans appearances before Workplace and Industrial, Administrative and Statutory Tribunals, and Courts at both State and Federal levels.

I have a particular passion for dispute resolution, excelling in both court advocacy and strategic negotiation. 

Before co-founding Farren McRae Workplace Lawyers and Consultants, I spent over six years as a Barrister-at-Law at the Queensland Private Bar. 

My transition to solicitor stemmed from a deep-seated drive to assist individuals and employers in effectively resolving complex workplace disputes, a mission I felt was best pursued by leading my own law firm.

Beyond legal representation, I bring over 20 years of experience in conducting complex, high-stakes workplace investigations, tackling issues such as misconduct, corrupt conduct, bullying and harassment, serious disciplinary matters, sexual harassment, grievances, discrimination, and worker’s compensation.

I am also an experienced workplace mediator, known for my distinctive mediation style that helps parties uncover the root causes of their conflicts and foster more positive working relationships.

My commitment to the community is reflected in my roles as an independent Board member. 

Since January 2017, I have served as one of the two Specialist Directors on the Board of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd.  

I previously served pro bono on the National Board of Management of the Salvation Army’s Employment Plus from 2012 to 2017.

For personalised legal advice or representation, you can reach me at john.farren@farrenmcrae.com.au.

Disclaimer:  Any comment or contribution I make on LinkedIn does not create a lawyer-client relationship with any reader, is made purely for educational or entertainment purposes and does not constitute legal advice. In other words, although I am a lawyer, I’m not your lawyer. If you need personalised legal advice, you should contact a lawyer who is licensed to practice in your local jurisdiction.

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