Let’s start a conversation about business improvement, focusing on:

What Really Works to Experience Success

When seeking to improve your business, efforts should be directed towards the areas of business that have been proven, whether scientifically or through rigorous experience, to produce the greatest chance of sustained business success.

But, with:

  • 1,000,000+ business books already published;
  • 10,000+ new business books published each year;
  • 100,000+ business-related research papers already published;
  • 1,000+ new business-related research papers published each year; and
  • Who knows how many old and new “high performance” frameworks and “masterclasses” there are out there…

How are you meant to determine, and learn from, What Truly Works?

There are well-known business books, but for the purposes of this discussion we draw your attention to What Really Works authored by W. Joyce, N. Nohria & B. Roberson. It makes a compelling case that businesses should focus their efforts on six of eight research proven business areas to experience success.

When focusing on these, the “Winner” businesses in What Really Works achieved such extraordinary outcomes as (approximately):

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What’s particularly compelling is that the chance of achieving these types of extraordinary outcomes is shown to be better than 90% if a business continuously excels at six of the key areas of business.

Business improvement guided by reputable research and real-world experience.

Given these extraordinary outcomes and probability of success, we utilise insights gained from What Really Works together with other reputable research and real-world experience to guide business improvement endeavours for clients.

But, you’re probably a small-medium or mid-market business, so…

What Do You Focus On?

A caveat for those working in small-medium or mid-market businesses is that research papers and books, such as What Really Works, are drawing conclusions primarily based on much larger, often publicly listed companies.

Therefore, it is important to keep this in mind and supplement business improvement thinking with small-medium / mid-market business-related research findings, together with real-world experience.

That’s what we do at Munro’s

Improving your business

At Munro’s, together with superb accounting services, we’re dedicated to helping Australian business owners, managers and leaders…

exploit knowledge like this as one of their key competitive advantages.

Can we promise you extraordinary outcomes like those mentioned above?

Of course not, no one can legitimately make that promise.

But, what we can promise is that together we can help you determine:

  1. What you need to focus on;
  2. In what order; and
  3. How.

We can also go that one, very important step further, to help you:

Actually get it done.

So, should you focus on the six research proven areas?

It depends on the current state of your business and your ambitions.

Most likely you’re a small-medium or mid-market business that firstly needs to focus on some other areas.

To work through this,

the best place to start is an initial improvement sprint.

If you’re interested, then:

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Alternatively, read on to find out how your business could exploit evidence-based knowledge to enhance business performance.

Implementation and avoiding being a Tumbler

Whilst What Really Works shows that there are businesses that tremendously outperform others by excelling at six specific areas of business, it also reveals that if a business stumbles and stops excelling at just one area, they become a “Tumbler” and, on average, end up with:

It’s therefore vital for a business to:

  • Learn;
  • Retain; and
  • Continuously Implement….

the skills necessary to excel at business.

But, how and what’s best?

Firstly, resist the urges to:

  1. Chase the latest fad of business management; and
  2. Seek a quick fix.

If the “high performance” frameworks or “masterclasses” spruiked around the world truly worked, everybody would be doing them. But, business isn’t that easy and it’s going to take a concerted longer-term effort to reap the rewards of sustained success.

Enhancing Long-Term Performance

It’s important that you develop in-house capabilities to succeed

A key part of experiencing sustained success is being able to do things for yourself.

What’s most important is long-term performance

No matter what process you go through to achieve success, it’s going to involve some level of learning.

When it comes to learning, it’s imperative that it is directed at actually bridging the gap between:

  1. Your current business state; and
  2. Desired future state.

Additionally, it’s vital that what is learned actually achieves better performance over the long-term.

To develop stronger and stronger in-house capabilities, a programme which combats forgetfulness is paramount.

Reinforce-orientated learning programmes are ideal for this and can take different forms, such as blended learning and coaching.

Coaching

For the business owner/CEO/executive team, an external coach can prove invaluable.

Former CEO of Google famously commented on his experience as a coachee:

“How could a coach advise me if I’m the best person in the world at this? But that’s not what a coach does.

The coach doesn’t have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

In the business context a coach is not a repetitious coach. A coach is somebody who looks at something with another set of eyes, describes it to you in [their] words, and discusses how to approach the problem.

Once I realised I could trust him and that he could help me with perspective, I decided this was a great idea.”

Blended Learning

For the wider employee team, especially managers, workshop training complemented by online material can work fantastically.

Effective workshops challenge the participants, making the learning experience more difficult and accordingly satisfy the research dictate of enhancing long-term performance via more difficult learning.

With the complement of online material, and an accountable refresher programme, this type of learning can be performance enhancing and cost-effective.

We’re here to help you Experience Success

To summarise, business leaders don’t need to chase the latest fad of business management.

Rather, use evidence to direct your business improvement endeavours towards what truly works.

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  • ★★★★★ — Betty-lou Haydon

    We have been with Munros for the life of our farming business. Munros staff are always so polite and helpful. Christine and her team are so professional, knowledgeable and have a thorough understanding of our business and what we wish to achieve going forward. We see them as a vital part of our business. We are very grateful for this relationship!

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  • ★★★★★ — Leslie & Joan O'Halloran

    MUNROS what a great team:

    Munros have supported 3 generations of the O’Halloran family from Kojonup over the past 50 years. Starting with Donald Munro when he was Wesfarmers client Accountant.

    We are very grateful for their ongoing support in all accounting matters. Simon, Christine and their team are always willing to help whenever we need it.

    Congratulations on your 50-year celebration. All the best for the future.

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  • ★★★★★ — Noeline Kellow

    I started working at Munro’s in 1979, spent my life there (besides stopping to have a family) & retired from Munro”s in December 2022. Great place to work & made lifetime friends.

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  • ★★★★★ — Robynne Richards

    Munro’s are an honest, reliable, on the ball, and personable business. The family feel engendered has been highly regarded by our family for over 40 years.

    Congratulations on a significant and well deserved creditable milestone, with best wishes for what we are sure will be a successful future.

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  • ★★★★★ — Max Smith

    Congratulations on 50 years of accounting. We transitioned from Wesfarmers to Munros and have been extremely happy with the professional, efficient, courteous and friendly service provided by Barry, Simon, Ted, Christine and Noelene during that time

    Looking forward to continuing the association for many years to come

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  • ★★★★★ — Moree Grazing Co, Tambellup WA

    We have been clients of Munro’s (and Donald F Munro & Assoc. before that) for more than 50 years and have always found them to be right on point with their advice and work. Nothing is too much trouble to research and the responses always given in easy-to-understand language. We love that the K.I.S.S principle is used (keep-it-simple-stupid!) We can’t thank Simon and Carl enough for the great service that they provide. I have also, in community roles, worked with Barry Virgo and Ian Arblaster over the years on Co-operative business and their knowledge was second to none.

    Thank you and congratulations Munro’s on 50 years + in business.

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  • ★★★★★ — Graeme Bassett

    We are delighted with the friendly, knowledgeable and efficient service Simon and his team provide.
    We have tested Simon’s patience and humour over the years but he has always managed to come through with a smile.

    Thank you to Simon and his team!

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  • ★★★★★ — Gautam Sathivel

    One of the best decisions we made was switching our accounting services to Munro’s. Especial thanks for Saul and Brian for their extensive knowledge, understanding our business requirement, goals and most importantly keeping us compliant. Extremely happy to engage with this organisation and team.

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  • ★★★★★ — Steve Nunn

    Mike and the team at Munro’s have managed our personal and business affairs for over 20 years consistently achieving excellent results. Now in retirement we continue to be totally confident with Mikes advice. Congratulations Munro’s on 50 wonderful Years.

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  • ★★★★★ — Doug Harwood

    Congratulations Munro’s… on your 50th year celebration.

    It has been a pleasure working with you, since we opened our business 8 years ago. In particular, Ben Paul has been supporting us for the whole journey so far and we can highly recommend his expertise & friendly service.

    Geoff, Doug & Yvonne Harwood

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  • ★★★★★ — Joe and Wendy McKinley

    Thank you to all the Staff members of Munro’s who have cared for our business over the last 50 years.
    Always competent and friendly.

    Best wishes for the future.

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  • ★★★★★ — Eve Broadley

    Sorry, I can’t join you in your celebration on 1st September.

    However, I wish to thank you for all your wonderful service for more years than I can remember, especially Simon, Carl and Annette.

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  • ★★★★★ — Eve Broadley

    Sorry, I can’t join you in your celebration on 1st September.

    However, I wish to thank you for all your wonderful service for more years than I can remember, especially Simon, Carl and Annette.

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  • ★★★★★ — Tim Guest

    Had a longstanding relationship with Munro’s for over a decade. Mike has always gone over and above for me and has my highest recommendation. Thank you.

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  • ★★★★★ — Effie White

    Christine Prasetia is extremely efficient, always on hand with advice and is a pleasure to work with.

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  • ★★★★★ — Shelly Forrester

    At HiscoNFE we use Munro’s for all of our tax and accounting advice and we are always impressed with the quality of their service. The team at Munro’s is extremely knowledgeable, professional, helpful and affordable and Drew in particular is a guru when it comes to anything that involves tax. On the rare occasion where Simon has suggested we get a second opinion for a complex tax matter, the Munro’s advice has always been proven to be spot on! We highly recommend the team at Munro’s and we are very grateful for their support over the last 10 years. Sincere thanks from the owners at HiscoNFE!

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  • ★★★★★ — Robert Elliott

    Brilliant accounting firm I have trusted for almost 30 years with all of my business and personal accounting. Their service is second to none.

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  • ★★★★★ — Matt Mckinley

    Drew, Simon and the team at Munro’s have been our family and business accountants for many years now. They provide excellent service and advice. We would not hesitate to recommend them to others.

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  • ★★★★★ — Glenn Elliott

    Drew and Simon offer an amazing service at Munro’s as professional accountants and I have been using them for over 10 years now. Their customer service is second to none and I always receive prompt and reliable advice. Well done guys, keep up the great work!!

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  • ★★★★★ — Faye Sanderson

    Munro’s have helped build our business from strength to strength for over 40 years! No problem or question has ever been too large or too small and all have been dealt with in a timely and efficient manner. Thanks to Simon, Carl and the team for your continual excellent service.

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  • ★★★★★ — Peter D

    Munro’s are by far the best accounting firm I’ve ever dealt with it. My accountant Carl is very good at what he does and I would highly recommend him and the entire Munro’s team. They provide the most amazing customer service, absolute pleasure to deal with, incredible attention to detail and extremely experienced in all aspects of accounting for business, crypto, derivatives, property etc. I’m confident to say Munro’s have my business for life.

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  • ★★★★★ — Nathan Pintabona

    Professional, insightful and always supporting. Christine and Munro’s has helped me through all avenue’s and queries regarding investment, tax return, property, super and general finance. Really appreciative of their work and highly recommend!

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  • ★★★★★ — Julie Snooke

    Mike assisted with our farm succession planning. Thanks to Mike’s in depth knowledge on this subject, this process has been smooth and amicable. We highly recommend Mike and his team for family business succession.

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  • ★★★★★ — Alex England

    I was recommended to use Munro’s as I had a number of well overdue tax issues to have resolved. All was promptly taken care of and with a far better outcome than I had anticipated…great work Josephine! Highly recommended!

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  • ★★★★★ — Alex England

    I was recommended to use Munro’s as I had a number of well overdue tax issues to have resolved. All was promptly taken care of and with a far better outcome than I had anticipated…great work Josephine! Highly recommended!

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  • ★★★★★ — Jenny Bourke

    We followed Mike Beer when he joined Munros and have been with them ever since. Mike has been a huge help over many years. He is always available to answer even the most basic/ extraordinarily naive questions, and always with a generous and helpful attitude.

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  • ★★★★★ — Ward Adam

    The family began with Don Munro at Wesfarmers. Simon and his professional staff at Munros have continued to give excellent service and advice over many years. Lil Ward and Carol look forward to our association with you in the future. Congratulations on 50 years.

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  • ★★★★★ — Kevin Connor

    When I first discovered Munro’s and spoke to Drew, it was clear that they would be the perfect solution to my accounting issues. Owing to the nascent nature of crypto, I struggled to find a firm knowledgable and confident enough to handle my vast transaction history, across many networks and numerous wallets.

    Working closely with Rama, I have experienced nothing but prompt and clear communication at all times. I continue to be impressed with the accuracy, clarity and professional services I receive.

    In my experience, I have found Munro’s services are always provided with courteous and bespoke correspondence.

    Many thanks and congratulations to 50 years.

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  • ★★★★★ — Daniel Stefanelli

    Pleasure working with you guys and one of the best decisions to move forward in our family business with Munros. Utmost professionalism right from answering the phone to all of your advice and support.

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  • ★★★★★ — The Ramsay Family

    Wonderful support and response from the team at Munros. We have been with them for many years covering both business and personal matters. It is a credit to both past and present staff.

    Thank you

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  • ★★★★★ — Suzanne Wyatt

    Thank you to Mike and Munro’s for your expertise, professionalism and patience.

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  • ★★★★★ — Stephen Vella

    We first met Mike Beer 25 years ago, when he was assigned to our account by his employer at the time. When Mike moved to Munro’s, we decided to transfer our business to follow him as we were so impressed with both his professionalism and his character.

    We have never regretted our decision to keep our business with Munro’s and Mike, who we think of as a good friend first and a total professional second for the excellent service he and his company have provided.

    Congratulations Munro’s on your anniversary!

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  • ★★★★★ — Jocelyn McPhee

    Congratulations to Munro’s for achieving 50 years in business.

    Special thanks and appreciation to Mike, Barry and the many staff throughout the years who have supported myself and my family with their professional services.

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  • ★★★★★ — Nicole Sedgwick

    Congratulations Munro’s on reaching this significant milestone!

    Our family business has been with Munro’s since its establishment 50 years ago. They have supported our business through 3 generations and we are confident that our relationship will continue to grow for many years to come. They are professional, reliable and understanding and we think of them like an extension of our family. We would highly recommend them to anyone!

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  • ★★★★★ — Nick & Katy Formica

    We wish to thank Mike & his team @ Munros for their professional help & service over the past 20 years . Having just recently sold our franchise business after 14 years, Mike has guided us through those times with success & helped us to achieve our family goals within our business. Congratulations on your 50th Anniversary. Looking forward to continue to work with Mike & the team in the near future.

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