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Episode 29: How dashboards transform your business results with Paul Seagar

May 28, 2024 Jenny Stilwell Episode 29
Episode 29: How dashboards transform your business results with Paul Seagar
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The 7% Club
Episode 29: How dashboards transform your business results with Paul Seagar
May 28, 2024 Episode 29
Jenny Stilwell

In this episode of the 7 Percent Club podcast, host Jenny Stilwell sits down with Paul Seagar, a seasoned chartered accountant with over 25 years of experience in various industries. Paul shares his extensive background, including his work during the global financial crisis and his role in turning around a scaffold company in Auckland. The discussion emphasizes the importance of dashboards for business efficiency, analyzing data, enhancing financial literacy, and the real-life impact of data-driven decision-making. Paul also explains Rally's approach to helping businesses unlock valuable insights from their existing data sources. Jenny and Paul explore how proper data management can improve decision-making, efficiency, and profitability. 


Episode Highlights:


  • A Journey Through Finance and Business Innovation
  • The Scaffold Company Turnaround: A Case Study in Business Efficiency
  • Unlocking Business Potential with Dashboards
  • The Power of Data: Transforming Business Insights
  • Engaging with Rally: The Process of Uncovering Business Insights
  • The Impact of Effective Dashboards in Business
  • How to Connect with Rally for Business Insights

About Paul:

Paul Seagar is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience, who excels in uncovering powerful business insights and opportunities. His varied career includes roles at major banks and investment managers in London during the Global Financial Crisis, and the successful turnaround of a scaffold company in Auckland. He is also the founder of a Virtual CFO business and a Data and Analytics company.

Where others see mere numbers, Paul sees potential. Far from being a 'traditional accountant', his commercial acumen enables him to look beyond the figures to enhance efficiencies, boost productivity, and manage costs. He is particularly meticulous about leveraging the data that businesses often overlook.

Paul’s expertise extends to re-engineering processes and entire operating models, capital raising, stakeholder management, and the development of live, interactive dashboards. He is skilled in business planning, as well as cash flow management and forecasting, always with an eye on strategic growth.



Let’s connect:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennystilwell/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennystilwellAustralia/
Website: https://jennystilwell.com.au/
Email: jenny@jennystilwell.com.au

Join me at The 7% Club Retreat in stunning Queenstown
Would you like to be part of my retreat in stunning Queenstown in July, to unwind, have some truly memorable experiences, and have the time to think about expansion and practical strategies to create a better business and a better life?
Go to https://jennystilwell.com.au/queenstown/ to discover how valuable this would be for you and your business…

Free copy of The 7% Club book
If you would like a free copy of The 7% Club book or access to an audio version of the book, click on these links:
Paperback book: https

Show Notes

In this episode of the 7 Percent Club podcast, host Jenny Stilwell sits down with Paul Seagar, a seasoned chartered accountant with over 25 years of experience in various industries. Paul shares his extensive background, including his work during the global financial crisis and his role in turning around a scaffold company in Auckland. The discussion emphasizes the importance of dashboards for business efficiency, analyzing data, enhancing financial literacy, and the real-life impact of data-driven decision-making. Paul also explains Rally's approach to helping businesses unlock valuable insights from their existing data sources. Jenny and Paul explore how proper data management can improve decision-making, efficiency, and profitability. 


Episode Highlights:


  • A Journey Through Finance and Business Innovation
  • The Scaffold Company Turnaround: A Case Study in Business Efficiency
  • Unlocking Business Potential with Dashboards
  • The Power of Data: Transforming Business Insights
  • Engaging with Rally: The Process of Uncovering Business Insights
  • The Impact of Effective Dashboards in Business
  • How to Connect with Rally for Business Insights

About Paul:

Paul Seagar is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience, who excels in uncovering powerful business insights and opportunities. His varied career includes roles at major banks and investment managers in London during the Global Financial Crisis, and the successful turnaround of a scaffold company in Auckland. He is also the founder of a Virtual CFO business and a Data and Analytics company.

Where others see mere numbers, Paul sees potential. Far from being a 'traditional accountant', his commercial acumen enables him to look beyond the figures to enhance efficiencies, boost productivity, and manage costs. He is particularly meticulous about leveraging the data that businesses often overlook.

Paul’s expertise extends to re-engineering processes and entire operating models, capital raising, stakeholder management, and the development of live, interactive dashboards. He is skilled in business planning, as well as cash flow management and forecasting, always with an eye on strategic growth.



Let’s connect:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennystilwell/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennystilwellAustralia/
Website: https://jennystilwell.com.au/
Email: jenny@jennystilwell.com.au

Join me at The 7% Club Retreat in stunning Queenstown
Would you like to be part of my retreat in stunning Queenstown in July, to unwind, have some truly memorable experiences, and have the time to think about expansion and practical strategies to create a better business and a better life?
Go to https://jennystilwell.com.au/queenstown/ to discover how valuable this would be for you and your business…

Free copy of The 7% Club book
If you would like a free copy of The 7% Club book or access to an audio version of the book, click on these links:
Paperback book: https