From Stuck To Unstoppable

FROM STUCK TO UNSTOPPABLE: WELCOME TO SOLUTIONEERS™

Hello, Anne Gray here. I’m the founder of Solutioneers.

I’ve built two businesses, sold one, and pivoted another to align with my personal values and raison d’être. Through careful planning, testing and iteration, I’ve created the life I want to live. A life that gets me jumping out of bed in the morning to help business owners get more from their businesses so that they too can live their dream lives. And, help business owners identify what type of business owner they are using our “Business Owner Profile” quiz.

My career has been full of pivots, from studying Marine Ecology to becoming a high school science teacher, then a telecoms expense management consultant, a digital transformation consultant, and now a business consultant and coach. These diverse experiences have shaped my passion for helping business owners achieve their dreams and transform their lives.

I am on a mission to help 60 business owners take their businesses to the next level through online community, courses, coaching, consulting, and corporate training.

BUSINESS OWNERS PROFILE QUIZ

Hello, Anne Gray here. I’m the founder of Solutioneers.

I am on a mission to help 60 business owners take their businesses to the next level through online community, courses, coaching, consulting, and corporate training.

At Solutioneers™, we help business owners, leaders, and teams move from frustration to flow, from chaos to clarity, from uncertainty to a business that works—for you. Book an FREE call with Anne today, or explore more about us…

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NEW: Find The Friction – CX Course

How to table a CX Strategy from a standing start in 100 days. Do you need to improve your customer experience to boost sales and retain customers? Or… Are you new to CX and need to deliver impact and make a good impression in your new role quickly?

At the end this course you’ll be able to:

Define your customer persona
Map a customer journey
Identify the areas of your customer journey that are letting you down and need to be improved
Test each touch point against proven metrics, both in your current journey and when designing a new one

Investment: R797 (incl. VAT)

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WHAT WE DO

Business Coaching

Accelerate your business and leadership growth with our SME and small business coaching. Get personalized 1-1 support to launch, scale, and solve key challenges using the FlowCode methodology. Join group coaching to develop leadership skills as a manager or refocus on business growth alongside other owners and leaders.

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Business Courses

Grow and optimise your business with our expert-led courses. Get in-person or online guidance to scale your business, or healthcare practice, profitably. Master business fundamentals in your first year, craft a CX strategy in 100 days, and take control of your finances with smart budgeting strategies.

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Business Community

Join a community of business and healthcare leaders to connect, learn, and grow. Engage with fellow entrepreneurs through the Leaders’ Library Community or network with healthcare practice owners to build a thriving business and balanced life.

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Corporate Training

Empower your frontline staff to deliver exceptional customer success through our comprehensive 1 day corporate training program. Tackle key business issues in a collaborative way, with customized read-along sessions for your team.

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Business Consulting

Empower your leadership and operational teams to deliver by defining your company’s vision, culture and strategy through interactive workshops. We also offer customized consulting and ad-hoc coaching sessions to implement solutions that solve your toughest business challenges and drive revenue growth.

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LATEST BLOGS

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If I am being brutally honest with myself I would have to admit that my MBA did not prepare me for running my own small businesses financials. I learned how to do a discounted cash flow for the valuation of a company, I could interpret annual financial statements and I can pull together a project based cost accounting model. BUT over the last 18 months as a Solopreneur, I have found myself falling into every single one of these pits at one time or another. Because the lecture theatre does not prepare you to get down and dirty with start-up…

The Biggest Problem is Not Your Team

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One thing you can fix to change EVERYTHING!

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Strategic Goal Setting Series: Week 1 – Focus & Commit: “I’m doing all the things… so why do I feel stuck?” Hello again,👋 Ever feel like you’re juggling 10 things at once… and still making no real progress? That was me. Last Month… Five projects in the air. 2 coaching clients, launching a read-along and a course… A colour coded outlook calendar that made me look productive. But the truth? I was exhausted and missing my goals. I was doing everything… and not at all sure any more what really mattered. Until I listened to the new book on brand…

This is how you actually hit your targets

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Quick gut check… “This quarter, I’m going to simplify…” “This year, we’re getting serious about sales.” “I just want to feel less reactive and more… on purpose.” “We need to postpone the strategy session, I have to focus in this client deliverable.” Sound familiar? You set the goal — and then life happens. Inbox. Firefighting. Other people’s priorities. And that goal? It quietly drifts to the edges of your calendar. Most goal setting fails. But not because you’re lazy. It fails because most systems don’t actually work in real business life. That’s what we’re fixing — together in my next…

Double Down On ONE Thing In Your Business

22 May, 2025

I once worked with a lady who used to say: “If you give people options, they will choose.” In my years of product and service design I have found this to be absolutely true. And the more choice you give the more chaos you introduce into the business. Like the I.T. service provider who has tailored packages to suit each and every different kind of customer (probably relates to the talent business owner profile). All of a sudden finds the business having to operate ✅ 12 different service packages ✅ 3 pricing tiers ✅ 2 discount options for each one…

People Wont Care Unless You Do This

21 May, 2025

Have you ever felt like this: “I’m showing up everywhere,” – “I’m posting, emailing, running ads… but it’s like I’m invisible. No one’s paying attention.” This is me… People often stop me and tell me they love my content and my feed full of tips. You know, my emails were consistent. My product is solid. But something is missing. I know this, because the sales are not pouring in this time round… When I look at my social medial posting for my last course that I ran – it all blended in. No edge. No spark. No reason to stop…

THE Three Numbers You Need To Know!

20 May, 2025

If you own a business I am fairly certain that you would be able to answer this question: “How much was your sales revenue last month?” If that number rolls off your tongue without you having to log into Xero (or Sage / Zoho / QuickBooks…) that’s to be expected. But what if I asked you these follow-up questions: ❓ “What’s your customer acquisition cost?” ❓ “How many of your clients stick around for more than 6 months?” ❓ “Could you take 2 weeks off without everything falling apart?” Those questions are less likely to get a fast and certain…

Is this YOU? “I hired help—but I’m still doing everything?”

20 May, 2025

A while back, I worked with a brilliant healthcare practice owner. She had a full-time receptionist, several clinicians, and an admin assistant. On paper, she had support. In practice? She was still the one answering client WhatsApps at night, checking on invoices, and chasing after overdue clinical notes. Sound familiar? She said to me: “I’ve hired people to help… so why am I still the one doing everything?” It’s a question I hear all the time. And here’s the tough-love answer: You may have hired help… But if you’re still managing tasks instead of setting clear expectations, you’ll always be the…

Are You a Business Owner Doing EVERYTHING?

7 May, 2025

Last year, the title at the bottom of my email read: CEO – Chief Everything Officer. At the time, I thought it was a cool. A way to tell people I was a solopreneur. A one-woman powerhouse running the show. But then something shifted. I started speaking with Allon Raiz, who invited me to become his first Flowcode Partner Coach. As we exchanged emails, I noticed something unusual in his signature. It read: CEO – Chief Excitement Officer. It stopped me in my tracks. Here was someone whose leadership was defined not by doing everything, but by energizing others. By…

The #1 Reason Business Owners Plateau (And How to Fix It)

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What Type of Business Owner Are You? (And What Might Be Holding You Back?) Not checking your blind spot can kill you… and your business. We’ve all heard the phrase when it comes to driving, but in business, it’s just as deadly. The things we don’t see—the areas we unintentionally neglect—are often the ones that quietly sabotage our success. As a business owner, you might be laser-focused on getting things done, building your brand, or managing your team. But are you focusing on the right things? Are you spending too much time in the weeds, while the strategic work falls…

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

“When the hard conversations lead to the strongest partnerships. Over the past year, we’ve been quietly doing some of the most important work in the life of The Sales Counsel. Not just new logos. Not new marketing. But the work that actually determines whether a business is built to scale or just survive. A big part of that has been our partnership with Anne Gray. Anne came into our world as an operational and strategic thinking partner, and what she brought was not surface-level advice, but depth: A disciplined way to interrogate our revenue models, Clear thinking around pricing, resourcing and margin, A sharper lens on what we say yes to and why, And the operational backbone required to support more complex, more demanding client engagements. We have been in business for nine years, but the level of rigour we now apply to how we design, price and deliver our work is meaningfully different because of this partnership. What I value most, though, is not just the mechanics. It’s the thinking. Anne has been: A sound listening ear, A critical thinking partner, A challenger of lazy assumptions, And a powerful ally in client rooms, helping us sharpen both our propositions and the commercial logic behind them. That combination, strategic, commercial and human, is rare. As The Sales Counsel evolves into new products, new channels and new ways of going to market, we fully expect Anne to remain close as a trusted advisor and sparring partner in that journey. She goes deep. She does not waste time. And she genuinely cares about helping businesses build something that actually works. If you are navigating complexity, growth, or the uncomfortable middle between vision and execution, she is someone I would strongly encourage you to speak to.”

Shelly Walters

I met Anne at a Leadership event and she immediately assisted me with some ideas I was struggling with in my business. Over the course of the next few months, myself and my business partner worked together with Anne weekly in order to set up priorities for our business as well as to set up processes that were missing. The time spent was fruitful and resulted in more streamlined processes as well as clearer roll definition. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for assistance with taking their business forward.

Pam Schreiber

Nurture and Nature Montessori Pre-school

“We started working with Solutioneers when we realised we were missing out on an opportunity to successfully convert customers between the two subsidiaries of the company. We couldn’t quite put our finger on what to tackle first when it came to a much-needed digital transformation strategy. The Solutioneers team was incredibly thorough and illuminated the touchpoints that were causing us to lose customers. Their report immediately gave us the direction we needed to make small, quick changes which yielded significant results. And our long-term results have been even more impressive! Over the last three years, we’ve been implementing the clear digital transformation strategy prepared for us by Solutioneers and in that time, we’ve launched a new digital channel and upskilled a CXO — positively impacting customer retention and revenue.”

Ona Steyn

BetterSure

“Eprints was facing service delivery challenges. Despite having run the business for 20 years, our growth was impacting our service. The management team had various ideas for growth, hiring, and using software to streamline processes. Anne was brought in to assess our current processes, implement technical adjustments, develop models to assess real-time production costs over profit for cash flow management, and, most crucially, facilitate a concise management communication and processing strategy. Our team has grown in a strategic direction, with hires that have confirmed the scope. Facilitated by Anne, we’ve implemented changes that have improved our service delivery exponentially. Management is now better aligned on the direction of the business and the growth strategy. Anne brings a multitude of expertise to the table. We needed direction in software, modelling, strategy, and guided coaching for business owners, and Anne delivers in all these areas with knowledge and grace. I would highly recommend Anne to business owners or teams looking for a fresh pair of eyes and a “Mary Poppins bag of tricks” who can assist the process with strategically targeted and actionable objectives. Look no further.”

Gareth Gilmour

Eprints

“Starting a business for the first time is daunting. Anne Gray’s Kickstart Your Business program gave us the fast track through the early setup phase, and now we are ready to grow. Highly recommended for new startups looking to launch quickly.”