Thermomix in Queensland

Welcome to the Queensland Thermomix family and congratulations on making the decision to start your Thermomix consultancy!  It is an exciting and rewarding time to be involved with Thermomix, particularly here in Queensland where we have been experiencing exceptional growth and development at all levels of the business.  The Thermomix business opportunity centres on building sustainable relationships which encourage healthier lifestyles.  We’re delighted you are joining us in this mission and are here to support you in building your business.  Your recruiting Consultant, Team Leader & Business Development Manager will all be an invaluable source of support and knowledge for you during your training and ongoing.  In addition, there are many resources available to you via mixIT (our Consultant portal) and through the amazing knowledge pool our consultant community represents. We are a pretty connected community here in Queensland, and are looking ...

We're currently up in Cairns working with the Regional Qld Leadership team, following a fab few days with some of the Coal to Coast crew last week. Our Team Leaders are some of the most inspired and inspiring people we know and we always return from spending time with them energised and excited about what they're achieving.  Our Love Your Leader post on Facebook last week shows exactly how much you value them also.  Remember, whether it's stretching to achieve the Super Incentive or setting up your first 60 days, your Team Leaders have a wealth of experience to help you and are your best resource.  Book in a Business Coaching Session with them, get them along to a Cook Ex to help out or buddy up with them at training and we promise, great results follow! If you're interested in finding out more about leadership opportunities in Queensland, we have an info session coming up soon.  Talk to your Business Development Manager to find out more!

Happy 2018 everyone!  We hope you had a wonderful break and are ready to kick some Thermomix goals in the new year. For those who were at Monday night's branch meeting, you will have heard Julie-Ann and I share the Leadership Team's approach this year to ensure that every Queensland Thermomix sale does double duty and has an additional impact in the community wherever possible. We're kicking off this focus in January, with a really special initiative.  January for many of us is about back to school - getting kids ready, contacting text books, labelling lunch boxes etc.  And we're all pretty fortunate that we can do that however for over 1.1 million children in Australia who live in poverty, it can be a distressing and anxious process. As a State community, we'd like to try and make a difference to one of those lives.  And so, we'd love to introduce you to Ace, who is a 5 year old little boy from Brisbane.  Through the Smith Family charity, we have the opp...

December is here which means many things:  loads of teacher presents being churned out in Thermomixes everywhere, gingerbread house decorating competitions and kids are home from school! Some people love school holidays (no lunch boxes!), others hate them (please don't let it rain and mean the children stay inside!).  Regardless of whether you're a lover or a hater, it's a great idea to plan for school holidays and think about how you will keep the momentum you've built in your business continuing while you have the kids at home. School holidays actually present us with an amazing opportunity - to reach new customers, to promote the Thermomix in a social setting and to create more in the kitchen with our own cooking.  So, what are our tried and tested tips to help you not just survive school holidays - but thrive in them! Open For Business School Holidays are no different to the rest of the year - you need to know when you want to work and when you don't.  Ev...

We're so excited to share with you a new resource that we've added to the blog this week! Julie-Ann spent some fabulous time on Zoom with the delightful Shelley Whittaker, discussing the opportunities she has created in her business all by embracing phone calls. Shelley took inspiration from our wonderful Horizons keynote speaker, Keith Abraham , and made a decision to put into practice Keith's "7 points of contact a day" habit.  Almost two months on and Shelley's personal and team business has never been so successful.  We're super excited to share Shelley's tips with you, and encourage you to be brave for 5 minutes and embrace the phone too! You can view Shelley & Julie-Ann's interview here !

We are now one week post Open House and I think everyone's feet have just about recovered!  A huge thank you to all of you who encouraged your customers and potential customers to come along and discover more about their Thermomix - we had almost 1200 people through the doors on the day!  The impact of that to our business is incredibly difficult to measure because it comes back to us in so many ways - simple word of mouth when people have a positive experience is priceless. There were a crew of 70 Consultants and Leaders on the day who made that positive experience happen.  A huge thank you to each of them - whether you were there for an hour or prepped for a week, your contribution was greatly appreciated.  Open House was a shining example of what can happen when a team works together with an approach wholly based on service. 

Many of you may have had the opportunity to learn with the wonderful Bev Unitt, of Be You Success Coaching .  Bev features on a couple of our wonderful mix-eLearning modules (the most popular being Open For Business ) and always has some great tips to share that can help you to maximise business outcomes. Recently Bev has started a regular podcast service, featuring professionals from the Direct Sales community.  This week, the podcast featured our very own State Development Manager, Julie-Ann Allen.  It's a great session and Julie-Ann's passion for our business, and her desire to support people to achieve success, shines through.  We are so fortunate to have Julie-Ann leading the way in Queensland! You can listen to the podcast here on our own resource page, or access directly from Bev's site .  Be sure to also check out many of the other very valuable podcasts Bev shares!

Our Emerald trip has wrapped up for another year, with an amazing time had by all.  Our Qld contingent consisted of Julie-Ann Allen, Jodie Day, Wendy Crombie, Mandy McDonnell, Kelly Arnold, Szandi Swalling and Kim Riddle. These trips happen as a result of dedication, drive and the ability to dream.  Each of these exceptional women earned the experience through changing the lives of those around them, and delivering exceptional customer service. Right now, as we sit in the middle of Thermofest qualification, it's time to ramp up your determination to secure your seat on the plane.  Every attendee at Como was there because they made a decision to give it everything they had, knowing that along the way their business could only benefit.  The first step is to believe you can, the next is just to take action! Congratulations, amazing Qld Como crew - for believing, taking action and achieving your dream!

Over the past few months, our awesome BDM team have been hosting short 30 minute calls on a Monday evening to support our newest consultants during their journey.  After looking at the segments, we decided it would be great to have them available as recordings full time, so you can now access those via our New Consultant Support page. Of course, whilst it's a great resource for those new to the business, it's just as valuable for experienced Consultants as a refresher. Feel free to send us your feedback, or let us know what other topics you'd like additional support in. xx

Our annual leadership conference is over for another year and it was amazing!  We hit the heights of Hunter Valley with 2 days of learning, team building & networking. We took the opportunity at Horizons to present our inaugural Qld Team Leader awards with congratulations to:- Jodie Day - Changing Lives award Sharon Sellings - Sharing the Love award Carmen McEneany - Springboard to Success award Tanya Ala-Outinen - Spirit of Qld award Horizons 2017 included an amazing Oprah moment with a special Cook-Key Thank You gift for Team Leaders, exceptional Key-Note presentation by Keith Abraham plus some great dance moves and lots of laughter. Our Qld team definitely makes an impact and we are so fortunate to have such inspiring leaders to support our Queensland Thermomix community, learning and sharing together. We truly believe in a culture of sharing within our Thermomix family, which is a great segue into the launch of our August podcast featuring Elizabeth Bal...

Every year the Leadership team heads off to Horizons conference for a couple of days of learning, connection and (to be perfectly honest) fun!  This year we are heading to the Hunter Valley and are super excited to be learning all about the Cook-Key launch and will be sharing as much info with you as soon as possible on the Facebook page.  Stay tuned!

The excitement is too much - we're live!!!   What a game changer this will be for Cookidoo and for how we access recipes and menu plan. Top tip - get active early.  The earlier you are active, the quicker that Cook-Key wings it's way to you!!

So, we're getting kind of technical here in the office!  When we first brought the band back together, one of the things that most excited Julie-Ann and I was the ability to collaborate and produce top quality resources to support Consultants and Leaders in building successful businesses. We're trying to ensure that no matter what your preferred medium is (face to face, zoom, email, podcast, newsletter) you can access the information we want to share.  It's designed for you to dip in and out of, to get as much or as little as you need to help you in your business, and this blog is the home for it all. We want one central location which you can come to and find past training sessions, newsletters and recognition, plus snapshot posts of what's happening across this wonderful Queensland state. We're all here to make a difference, to bring change to our communities and to one another.  We hope that this blog helps us to help you do that! Brooke & Julie-Ann  ...