For New Zealand trades

Win more of the right jobs, get off the tools, and let the business run without you.

For electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and builders who are tired of being the bottleneck. Bernard has actually run a business with staff, payroll and a real product, so he knows what it takes to get you out of the truck and back in control.

★★★★★ 5.0 Google rating NZ Best Workplace 1,000+ owners coached
Bernard Powell, business coach for New Zealand trades
23
years running
real businesses
Bernard Powell with the business owner community
Why Bernard

He has actually run a business with staff, payroll and quoting. He gets the trades world.

Most coaches have read a book and built a slide deck. Bernard built and ran a real company with a real product, a real payroll, and the same quoting and follow-up pressure you live with every week.

That is why his systems land for tradies. He is not handing you theory. He is handing you what he used to get out of the day-to-day himself.

  • Grew a business 0 to 200 tons a day with 75 staff
  • NZ Best Workplace and Westpac Service Excellence
  • 2x AME Global Lean Culture Tours
  • $150M+ in sales over a career in the trenches
Sound familiar?

If the job cannot get done without you, you do not own a business. You own a job.

Most tradies are not short on work. They are short on time, short on a system, and stuck doing everything themselves.

01

You are stuck on the tools

You are on site all day and running the business at night. The work that grows it never gets done because you are buried in the work that delivers it.

02

Quotes go cold and jobs slip away

You send the quote and move on. Nobody follows it up. Good jobs you should have won go quiet, and you never find out why.

03

Step away and it stalls

Take a week off and everything waits for you. Without systems, the business is only ever as strong as your presence on the job.

Bernard's 5 Systems

The five systems that set owners free.

For trades, quoting and follow-up matter most. These are the exact playbooks Bernard used to build, scale and step back from real companies.

01

Gold Calling System

Win new business on demand, with zero ad spend, using the phone the way most owners are too nervous to.

02

Daily Golden Hour

Buy back 10+ hours a week by running your day like a system, not a series of fires.

03

Unusual Guarantees

Win on value instead of price, with guarantees most of your competitors will not match.

04

Quote Follow-Up System

Win back the deals everyone else lets go cold after the proposal goes out.

05

Financial Mastery

Know your numbers cold, so cash flow stops being the thing that keeps you up at night.

Free for trades owners

Find the profit and the hours leaking out of your business.

Answer a few questions about your business and Bernard's team builds you a custom Profit Roadmap, then walks you through exactly what to fix first on a free session. No charge, no pressure.

  • A custom roadmap for your business, not generic advice
  • The biggest profit and time leaks, ranked by what to fix first
  • A free session with the team to walk it through
FREE

The Profit Roadmap

For New Zealand trades owners ready to add profit and buy back their time. Takes a few minutes to start.

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What owners say

Real owners getting off the tools and out of the truck.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · 141 reviews · 1,000+ owners coached · 8 countries
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Chris SullivanReplaced chaos with systemsYour Local Tyre Centre
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★★★★★

"I've been working with Bernard over the past few months. He has been a game changer for our business with his business coaching brain and mindset. No fluff, no BS, just the things we need to hear. He has given us multiple strategies."

YL
Your Local Tyre CentreBusiness owner
Google
★★★★★

"Used Premier Business Academy to unlock sales opportunities through their training program. It was great, high energy, motivational and best of all clear action that we can take to create more sales and get out of our comfort zone!"

MO
Matt O'ConnorBusiness owner
Google
★★★★★

"PBA has been great for me. Bernard has been very supportive and always has great advice and tips to share. Love being part of the Business Gym, the Golden Hour is great and makes me set aside at least one hour a day to join other like minded people doing Gold calling. Love it."

GW
Grant WaltonBusiness Gym member
Google
★★★★★

"Bernard is the real deal business coach! Genuine, inspiring and full of energy and ideas. He's walked the walk in business, and already in a short time has helped shift my mindset. I'm seeing a real upward trend in my sales results."

TF
Tim FarlandBusiness owner
Google
★★★★★

"Bernard brings great energy to the team and is a huge support in driving performance and accountability. Loving the program so far."

SH
Sam HeathBusiness owner
Google
★★★★★

"Bernard is all go. Full of insights and immediate action. We've been blown away by just how quickly PBA implements and starts bringing positive change. Sometimes the simple things, with the right approach, can be the most effective!"

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Your business should pay you to step back, not trap you on the tools.

Get your free Profit Roadmap and see exactly where the jobs, the profit and the hours are going. Or book a call and we will walk it through with you.

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