Darren Laudenbach – All about Me

About

Darren Laudenbach is a people builder & developer, an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, trainer, educator, presenter, property & finance expert consultant and coach.

A Published Author - with all profits from this book go to Compassion (see below).

Darren is currently a board member of the Life Choices Foundation and has formally been a board member in a number of not for profit and community organisations. There is a theme to Darren’s life. In every endeavour, a key aspect has been building and developing people.

History and Future

Boys Brigade

Volunteer

People building initially started in The Boys’ Brigade. Darren grew up through the organisation starting at age 8 and still continuing to today… mentoring boys from the age of 12 to 18 and then as they become young leaders.

Gods Money Matters

Director

Gods Money Matters purpose is to help those in the faith community understand how to better organise their money and enhance their relationships. Money is one of the top 3 reasons for divorce in our society and GMM aims to help solve this with practical financial solutions. In August 2017 Darren published his first book, published by eLectio Publishing and available at Amazon

Milestone

Founder

In building and growing what became a very successful financial planning firm, Milestone Financial Services, Darren spent much of his time developing and mentoring both staff and clients, as well as building a world-class financial planning business.

The BusinessLIFT

Consultant

Today Darren is coaching and consulting small business clients through another business he founded – the Business LIFT. After 30 years in business it was natural, as a people builder & developer, for Darren to share his vast knowledge, experience and wisdom. He is inspired and energised by the outcomes many of his clients are experiencing, some doubling and tripling their turnover and profit in the short time he’s been working with them and their staff. On reflecting on this work, Darren expresses “that it’s very satisfying work. It gives me insights in helping me understand why my daughters swimming coach is so dedicated.”

Property Cash Flow

Senior Property Strategist

One of Darren’s passions is helping mentor people into wealth through investment property. After 6 years with the Property Investment Store, Darren opened his own business Property Cash Flow on 1st October 2023. With Darren’s experience in financial planning, including investment property, it seemed like a natural progression. Darren personally developed highly renowned educational seminars including the “Property Essentials Workshop” and the “Advanced Property Workshop,” as well as “Investing for Cashflow” at his time with Milestone so it seemed logical to continue using this experience.

CompleteElectrical

Shareholder

In June 2016 Darren became a minor shareholder in Complete & Keeping Current Electrical Services to enable one of his clients to grow his business significantly. Complete has continued to grow rapidly, exceeding budget every month as well as growing and developing it's team through the guidance of Stuart McMaster as well as team building and training delivered by Darren.

Zamberos

Franchise Partner

In April 2017, in partnership with one of his clients, Darren became the proud part-owner of Zambrero Nowra where the business employs between 17-20 staff at any one time. In December 2017 we opened Zambrero Dickson and then in April 2021 Zambrero Albion Park where Darren's family is involved too. Again, more opportunities to develop people.

Radio

Presenter

Radio has had a major impact in Darren’s life, ultimately leading him to leave Milestone Financial Services and put more dedicated time into developing God’s Money Matters. He has had a radio program on 1WayFM as well as a number of live talk-back sessions on Vision National Christian Radio.

Compassion

Supporter

Darren and his family are very passionate about supporting various charities. Most of their passion is directed towards supporting their Compassion children, two of whom they have visited – Diana in Peru and Angel John in the Philippines. Darren and his family hope to visit even more of their sponsor children in the future.

Family

Darren lives in the Wollongong region of NSW with his wife Rachelle. He has two daughters and a son-in-law, Jessica & Matthew, and Amelia, and their full-of-personality dog Tia.

Tia

Insights

Darren’s Top 5 Strengths, as identified by Strength Finder 2.0 are perfectly matched to his current situation, being…

1. Achiever = "...highly driven with a constant need for achievement, a fire that burns within that pushes to achieve more."

2. Communication = "Likes to explain, to describe, to host, speak in public and to write. Has a need to bring ideas and events to life, to energise them with stories, metaphors and images. Your word pictures pique their interest, sharpen their world, and inspire them to act

3. Learner = "...love to learn, and will always be drawn to the process of learning. You are energised by the steady and deliberate journey from ignorance to competence."

4. Responsibility = "you take a psychological ownership for anything you commit to, whether large or small, you feel emotionally bound to follow it through to completion. Excuses and rationalisations are totally unacceptable."

5. Belief = "You have certain core values that are enduring. By nature, you want your life to really matter. You are determined to contribute to the well-being of individuals and the human family."

If you hang around Darren enough, you’re sure to hear his favourite Axioms and Sayings, some of which are…

No original thought in a routine situation
Do what you do best, and outsource the rest
Vision Leaks (therefore you need to re-cast the vision often)
Don't make perfect the enemy of good (in other words, get on with it and develop as you go).
There is no failure, only feedback – therefore give things a crack!
Complex to Simple through Systems
Turn urgent and important into systems with the outcome of only dealing with the important
"Kaizen" This is a Japanese word essentially meaning continual, progressive improvement. One of the most notable features of kaizen is that big results come from many small changes accumulated over time. However, this has been misunderstood to mean that kaizen equals small changes. In fact, kaizen means everyone involved in making improvements. While the majority of changes may be small, the greatest impact may be kaizens that are led by senior management as transformational projects, or by cross-functional teams as kaizen events.

Testimonials

WOW! Is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about the value, insights and resources that Darren has provided to my business and my personal development. Darren has helped me with my business since the day it started, and his expertise has literally turned ‘years into days.’ Having Darren’s guidance has provided a way to not ‘reinvent the wheel’ and even though he may not have all the answers, he definitely has a very good idea of where to look for them. I can’t thank Darren enough for his help so far, and I am excited to LIFT my business to the next level!

Walter Fleitmann

"Darren is a great strategic planner and business coach. He can quickly analysis business issues and come up with practical solutions. There are a lot of "business coaches" out there but many of them have not ran a successful business. Darren advice is not based "hot air" but real experience running a number of successful businesses. I would recommend you have him as your business coach."

Jordan Mullen

“The Financial Bootcamp has been invaluable to many of our congregation. This seminar changes the way we think and act with the money we have. Refreshingly, it is not about prosperity, it is about stewardship. If we can be responsible with what we have, God will open doors for more. This seminar helped us put in to place some fundamental stewardship practices that will bring about financial peace in our lives. Absolutely recommend Darren and this Financial Bootcamp. ”

Mark Raymond

Contact me

Address

PO Box 26 Albion Park NSW 2527

Contact

E-mail: darren@laudenbach.me Phone: 0419 692 974