The Architect of
Strategic Certainty
Protect Your Purpose. Engineer Your Growth.
Imagine a future
The volatility, uncertainty and complexity of the business world are no longer keeping you awake at night.
The raw passion you once had for your business has been reignited, and you’re no longer buried in the thick of it.
You have absolute confidence in your team, knowing you’re no longer the single point of failure making every hard decision in isolation.
You’ve reclaimed your freedom: truly present with your family and doing the things you love, knowing the engine is running without you.
Here at Touchstone Advisory, we’re passionate about making this real. We don’t just coach. We engineer these outcomes for purpose-led organisations.
The thinking that got you here, won’t get you there.
Why successful businesses get stuck
It’s almost always the Inside View. When you’re in the jar, you can’t read the label.
Today’s founders face a complexity ceiling, where their current problem-solving capability is outpaced by the environment around them:
- The accelerating velocity of AI and market shifts.
- Geopolitical instability and inflationary pressure.
- Regulatory constraints and skilled labour shortages.
- No clarity on how a given event actually hits your bottom line.
The thinking that got you to $5 million is rarely the thinking that gets you to $10 million. To get to the next level, you don’t need to work harder. You need a different level of problem-solving capability.
How we work
We blend three disciplines into one integrated method:
Strategic Performance.
We move beyond compliance to forward-looking growth, using structures proven across the Faraday network’s 450+ businesses to deliver an average 67% revenue growth in the three years after establishing a board, against 23% in the three years before.
Commercial Rigour.
33 years of raw business reality, the wins and the losses, applied to shift your company into the top tier of your industry.
Applied Neuroscience.
As a certified Master Neuroplastician®, Steve helps you and your team challenge old thinking patterns and see blind spots more clearly, so decisions get made with more clarity and less noise.
Three ways we work with you
Wherever you start, you get the same underlying diagnosis, applied at the altitude where you feel the problem most.
The 90-Day Starter Programme
Clear strategy, direction and infrastructure in ninety days, for founders not yet ready for a full board.
Culture of High Performance Teams
For businesses where growth is outpacing culture, and it’s starting to cost you your best people.
The Advisory Board
The longer-term relationship. Faraday licensed, Steve as Certified Chair, for founders ready to install the highest level of strategic accountability.
450+
Businesses in the Faraday network
$2M-$80M
Ideal client range for the Advisory Board
33+
Years of hands-on commercial reality
67%
Average revenue growth in the three years after establishing a board
Hear it from the people we’ve worked with
“It wasn’t my culture. It wasn’t the owner’s culture. It was our culture, built by the team, for the team. We saw significant growth in market share, better recruitment, improved retention, and more courageous conversations that won new business with our clients.”
Len Day, Ray White Austar
“Steve helped my previous company align our pitch for a government department RFP. Up against the big four firms, Steve took us on a journey to put our culture at the heart of our response and presentation, which ultimately led to a very successful outcome against those much bigger firms.”
Dan Fowlie, Trineo
Ready to shift your odds?
If you’re a founder in the $5M–$80M range and feel like the bottleneck in your own business, let’s talk.