Powerful Leaders

Do You LOVE your life?

I'm serious. Because most people don't. 

If you're like most people, you're living the life you think you are supposed to live. But if you're being completely honest, something is missing. On the outside, things look picture perfect, but on the inside, you feel a void.  And chances are, you aren't quite sure what that is. That's where I come in.

I work with you to uncover the areas where you are not performing at your fullest potential. Then I create a personalized strategic, forward thinking plan to help you perform at your optimal levels in the areas of career, relationships, emotions and health so you can run to the rooftops and shout at the top of your lungs "I LOVE LIFE!!!" 

Are you ready to stop sleepwalking through your life? 

Isn't it time to get off the hamster wheel?

Don't you deserve more?

Apply to work with me today. https://powerfulleaders.com/start-today

CEO & Certified High Performance Coach

ARE YOU READY TO ELEVATE YOUR WEALTH TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS?

If so, look no further, than my first co-authored book,"Cracking the Rich Code Vol 12"
Your next level of success awaits within the powerful pages of this book.

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Seize the Opportunity to benefit from the experiences and successes of those who have truly made an impact. Let our journeys inspire you to new levels of achievement and fulfillment.

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Thank you very much for your support!

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Author

Forbes Coaches Council

I am an official member of Forbes Coaches Council, an exclusive community of accomplished business and executive coaches. 
 
The Forbes review committee vetted and selected me based on the depth and diversity of my experience as well as my distinguished track record of successfully impacting my clients and their companies.

As a member of the council, I will be sharing my original business articles on Forbes.com and contributing to published Q&A panels alongside other esteemed experts. Each piece I write will provide you with invaluable high performance tools and strategies that will empower you to elevate your career, deepen your relationships, enhance your health, and optimize your finances.

Council Member

The Institute For Resilience (IFR)

Member Board of Directors

RVN Television

Host of "The Next Level with Julie Hruska". I interview successful people about their paths for success and their advice for you to take your life to the next level of potential and possibility.

Host of "The Next Level with Julie Hruska"

Cyber Security Global Alliance

Chief Communications Officer (CCO)

Member Board Of Directors

Awakened Life Yoga & Coaching 

Offered health, wellness & high performance coaching; yoga & meditation instruction

Creator & Visionary

🔥IF YOU HAVE WILDLY AMBITIOUS GOALS, I'm the Game Changing, Results Driven Force to be Reckoned With that You've Been Looking For, Dynamic High Performance Coach, Energized Trainer, Forbes Contributor, Lover of Life🔥

NOW IS YOUR TIME TO ELEVATE & DOMINATE! 

If you make the right choice, I'll be the Best Decision You'll Ever Make as Your High Performance Partner in Leadership & Success.

How I Help You WIN:
✔ High-Performance Executive Coaching – Unlock elite-level leadership.
✔ Executive Edge for C-Suite Leaders – Master influence, impact & strategy.
✔ Leadership & Team Development – Build high-performance cultures.
✔ High-Performance Accelerator: 90-Day Intensive – Rapid transformation.
✔ Total Life Alignment – Achieve career & personal success with equanimity.

Why Work With Me?
✅ Proven Track Record of Transforming Leaders & Companies – No fluff, only results.
✅ Science-Backed, Proven High-Performance Strategies – Your best performance is a system.
✅ Customized Coaching & Workshops for Maximum Growth – No cookie-cutter BS.
✅ Industry Expertise Across Construction, Finance, Fashion, Tech, Real Estate & More.

💡 Who Trusts My Expertise?
Steve Madden (himself)
JLL
Landry French Construction
Kimberly-Clark
MH Williams Construction
Pregis
Dovico
Thiel
Junicon
Acuity
Value Pros
Lorval Capital Management 
Apex Aluminum Extrusions
Vitrum Glass 
Van Andel Institute
NCAA
MLB
Edward Jones
BNI
and more

🏆 Awards & Recognition:
High-Performance Coach of the Year 2024 – Best Holistic Life Magazine
LinkedIn Top Voice 2024
Forbes Contributor 2023-2024
Forbes Coaches Council 2023
Top Executive Coaching Voice, LinkedIn 2023
Top Life Coaching Voice, LinkedIn 2023
Top 10 Coaches on LinkedIn 2022
50 Most Impactful People on LinkedIn 2021
LinkedIn Rising Star 2021, 2022, 2023

Are you ready to break through barriers, shatter limits, and lead with unstoppable confidence?

If you’re a C-Suite executive, business leader, or organization serious about reaching the next level, you’re exactly where you need to be. I deliver elite-level transformation that changes the trajectory of your success.

Because you didn’t come this far to stay the same. 

You’re here to WIN.

Let’s make high performance your new standard. 

📧 Email me at: Julie@powerfulleaders.com to learn more.

Julie Hruska

Sandra Duarte Consulting

“Show them the doors that they didn’t know existed." ―Paul Jun on Mentor Programs, The Impresario

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In today’s combative playing field of competitivity, business owners and executives become so blindsided by what their rivals are doing that they create ‘me-too’ enterprises and exert their strategic efforts on unsustainable price wars, product/service imitation and trying to do it all alone.

For over 2 decades, I’ve served as an advisor to business founders, CXOs, and Boards―and the powerhouse behind―rescuing failing businesses from the brink of collapse, turning 7-figure debt/6-figure losses into 8-figure cash flow positivity and positioning brands for market domination against international competitors (yes China!). 

Jun’s words have rung true as I’ve brought value and success to my companies and their founders through designing and executing pioneering and profit-creating strategies, mobilising people for voluntary collaboration and purpose, and piloting Lean operational business restructures, Agile technology solutions and transformations. 
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∎ TURNING BUSINESS CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES

💭 WHAT IF YOU COULD 

… grow demand and break away from the competition through low-cost brand differentiation?

… skyrocket profitability and unlock new value for stakeholders by aligning innovation with value, price, and cost?

… minimise commercial risk and maximise opportunities (and scale!) through a whole-system approach of creating and implementing replicable systems, governance frameworks and operational infrastructure?

💡 That’s where I come in! I’m the secret weapon you want at your executive table. 


∎ BUSINESS CONSULTING SOLUTIONS

✔ Business Scale, Turnarounds & Transformations 
✔ Sales, Revenue & Profit Optimisation Strategies 
✔ Operational Modelling & Workforce/Organisational Structuring 
✔ Market Expansion & Differentiation

Let’s chat! 🗣

🖥️ https://www.sandraduarteconsulting.com.au/
📨 sandra@sandraduarteconsulting.com.au

Business Consultant ∎ CEO/GM, Board Director & Mentor ∎ Executive Coach, Enabler & Change Strategist

The Positive Leaders Training Company

As the name suggests, we are all about creating Positive Leaders who know what it takes to amplify team performance. Founded by seasoned CEOs and accomplished market leaders, our leadership coaching and training workshops are rooted in a deep understanding of the managerial challenges faced by senior executives.

Our tailored leadership development programs empower your managers with the skills they need to lead, inspire, problem-solve, delegate, and confidently communicate with their peers and reports. Our comprehensive approach spans every managerial facet – from coaching to conflict resolution, aligning team activities with company goals, boosting morale, instilling company values, and more.

Co-Founder & CEO

Centrum Group

Key dates:
CEO: 2020 ― December 2021
GM: 2008 ― 2020

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I was brought in to revive the failing operation. I devised and executed a “Blue Ocean Strategy” that led Centrum Group out of the cut-throat combativity of surviving in a “red ocean” to thrive in a “blue ocean” of untapped markets, industry disruption, and unrestricted profitability.

By adopting lean manufacturing principles across the entire print manufacturing business, I eliminated wasteful practices, increased efficiency, improved workflows, and decreased production costs―all with zero negative impacts on quality or service delivery.  
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TURNAROUND LEADERSHIP
∎ Returned the company to profit-making through restructuring, staff reductions, and supplier re-negotiations that delivered impactful cost and efficiency gains.

✔ Scaled operations by 140%.
✔ Slashed staffing cost by 50%.

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION 
∎ Promoted point of sale and packaging products via omni-channel marketing (print, TV/media, online).
∎ Shifted focus toward supporting re-sellers and negotiating high-ROI deals on new technology investments. 

✔ Cemented the company’s market dominance in Australia and against an international competitor in China.
✔ Saved $500K from the purchase of new press technologies.
✔ Cut job turnaround by 15% (from 6-8 weeks to 2 weeks).

PROFIT GROWTH 
✔ Grew sales to double-digit, multimillion-dollars after capturing new, long-term accounts—SONY Computer Entertainment, HH Global, Tag Worldwide, PMA Global, Wellcom, Amcor (now Opal), Anzpac, and Westrock.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 
✔ Consolidated 3 sites (900 sqm) around Mascot into one new purpose-built factory (3.5K sqm) in Chipping Norton with zero production downtime and negotiated $650K in savings.

QUALITY & EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS 
✔ Improved delivery turnaround and elevated quality output by automating multiple production and operational systems and obtaining industry accreditations.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ∎ Profit & Revenue Growth ∎ Lean Print Manufacturing ∎ Business Reform

The Total Tourism Group

General Manager: 2000 - 2008
Production/ Studio Manager: 1994-2000
Production/ Distribution Coordinator: 1993- 1994
Office Administration: 1991 - 1993

General Manager

Business Consultant ∎ Co-Founder & CEO ∎ GM ∎ Youth Mentor ∎ Coach & Best Selling Author ∎ I empower & equip SMEs and business leaders with strategic insights for profitable outcomes & transformative management solutions

“Every morning you have two choices: Continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.” ―Carmelo Anthony

To understand my story and relentless drive to chase my dreams and develop into an unstoppable executive and trusted partner to founders, CXOs, and Boards, I need to take you back to my youth. At 18 and with no on-the-job experience, typing ability or print manufacturing expertise, I persuaded the Director of The Total Tourism Group to give me a 4-week trial as a "Girl Friday." Later, he told me that my positivity, enthusiasm, and drive swayed him from a no―to a yes! He took a chance on me that others wouldn't, and he saw something in me that others didn't. 


∎ FROM GIRL FRIDAY TO GM & DRIVING 1000% BUSINESS GROWTH         

Over 17 incredible years with The Total Tourism Group, I progressed from entering data and answering phones to running the entire company―and scaling the operation into a multimillion-dollar, market-leading tourism marketing publisher. 

Impacts:
✔ Drove 10X business growth 
✔ Led team to close high-dollar clients (Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Aria, MLC and DFS Galleria)
✔ Rocketed revenues 990% in 5 years
✔ Rebranded and repositioned TTG in an uncontested market 


As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Centrum Group, I turned the small commercial printing company into a frontrunner in Australian print manufacturing.
           

∎ FROM IMMINENT COLLAPSE TO DOUBLE-DIGIT, MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR INCOME

During my 13.5 years with Centrum Group, I introduced operational framework (systems, processes, policies), boosted efficiency (IT/ICT solutions, robotic automation, artificial intelligence) and elevated service capability (high-tech machinery, 24-hour print capacity, quick turnarounds).

Impacts:

✔ Scaled operations 140%
✔ Cemented CG's market dominance in Australia and against a global competitor in China
✔ Cut print job turnaround by 15%
✔ Ranked #11 in ProPrint's Power 50, 2021 peer-voted industry leader who sets the bar on industry standards


∎ FROM EXECUTIVE LEADER TO BUSINESS CONSULTANT, THOUGHT LEADER, INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER, & MENTOR

Today, I arm business owners with a strategic arsenal to transform enterprises into differentiated, value-innovative profit-generators. 

📋 Is your brand competing rather than differentiating?
📋 Is your growth trajectory flatlining rather than thriving?
📋 Is your team complying with compulsory execution rather than willingly going above and beyond to execute ideas in action?

Let’s connect 🔗

Sandra 

🖥️ https://www.sandraduarteconsulting.com.au/
📨 sandra@sandraduarteconsulting.com.au

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