Supporting companies to reach their full potential
The Australian Centre for Business Growth was established in June 2014 by the University of South Australia (part of UniSA Business) with Dr Jana Matthews, Professor and ANZ Chair in Business Growth as the founding Director.
The Centre delivers world-class business growth programs that provide business owners, CEOs, Managing Directors and their executive team members with the knowledge and skills they need to grow their companies. The structured programs are taught by Growth Experts, former CEOs or Managing Directors who have started, grown, and exited their own companies.
We evaluate every Clinic, Growth Ramp and Module with 95% to 100% of executives and CEOs recommending our programs to others who want to grow. Our programs have won international awards.
Every year the Centre collects data from companies that have attended our programs as part of a Longitudinal Growth Study of Australian Companies.
Our Mission
Our mission is to identify, research, teach and disseminate the critical knowledge, skills and values that enable small and medium companies to transform themselves into more innovative and sustainable larger firms and contribute to a robust and resilient economy. In short, we teach business owners, CEOs and Managing Directors, and their executive teams, how to grow their companies.
Our Values
The Centre shares the UniSA core values of scholarship, engagement, social justice, sustainability, innovation and openness, and adds:
- Respect
- Rigour
- Integrity
- Empathy
Our Vision
For the Australian Centre for Business Growth to be considered the pre-eminent organisation for identifying what’s inhibiting the growth of a company, addressing the problems holding companies back, and accelerating business growth.
Leveraging experience from our Growth Experts
Our Growth Experts are carefully selected current and former CEOs or Managing Directors who have experienced the full life-cycle of one or more growth companies. They teach and facilitate our structured programs – passionately helping you as businesses owners to learn what you need to know to achieve your growth goals.
Using their own experiences and insights gained through starting, growing and exiting their own companies, the Growth Experts review your prep-work, teach, facilitate discussion, provide feedback, and help you develop your company’s plan for growth.