Powerhouse CoachingFor elite individuals

Elite is built in the dark.

The work they don't see. The results they can't ignore.

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The basics nobody taught you.

Powerhouse Coaching teaches founders and business owners the money, tax, legal, people and marketing skills that keep a business standing, and coaches the person running it.

Who it's for: founders and owners ready to do the work, whether starting out, running a small to medium business, or going to the next level. They want to master the basics, keep the business lean and stop paying for mistakes they didn't know they were making.

Whole-person performance. If you're not considering every part of your life and how it affects your business, you're already behind.

Most business courses Powerhouse Coaching
Big dreams and motivationThe basics first, then elite
Strategy plans and mission statementsReal skills you use this week
Theory from people who haven't lost a businessLessons from someone who nearly did, more than once
Business onlyThe business and the person running it
Outsource everythingDo it yourself, and know exactly when to pay
Leave with notesLeave with the work done

The work they don't see.

The early starts, the hard conversations, the reps, the doubt. People only see the result. Powerhouse is where the work happens.

A woman running up concrete stairs before dawn, lit by one cold blue light
The early startsBefore anyone's watching.
Two people talking across a dark table under a single blue light
The hard conversationsThe truth about your numbers, said plainly.
A hand writing figures in a notebook beside a calculator at an early hour
The repsMoney, tax, legal, people, marketing.
A woman alone at a long table in a dark studio, one beam of blue light overhead
The doubtHabits that hold on the hard days.

People only see the result.

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Programs built on the basics.

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Founder Health Check

You don't know you've got a knowledge gap until it costs you. The health check finds the gaps first.

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  1. InterviewWhere you are, in your words.
  2. Systems reviewHow the business actually runs.
  3. Gap analysisWhat the basics are missing.
  4. Written action planWhat to do next, on paper.

Signature program

How to Lose a Business in 10 Ways

12 weeks. One way a week. Taught in reverse.

Each week takes one way a business goes under and works backwards to the basics that would have stopped it. Real stories, and a shortcut past common mistakes.

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10 founding spots

A one-on-one coaching conversation across a dark table

Add-on

One-on-one coaching

Extra mentoring on a specific problem, during the program or after it.

Four values guide everything.

Real. Gritty. Practical.

  1. 01

    No fluff. Nail the basics, then we build elite.

    No mission statements or windy strategy plans. Just the real skills that make a business run.

  2. 02

    Motivation gets you in the room. Discipline keeps you there. Elite habits get you to the front.

    Motivation runs out. The habits you keep on the days you can't be bothered get you there.

  3. 03

    Lead yourself first. Your business will follow.

    Sleep, food, fitness and headspace all show up in the business.

  4. 04

    I've f*cked it up so you don't have to. Take the lessons.

    Fifteen years of experience, stuff-ups included, shared honestly with the systems they produced.

Brigette McDowell, founder and head coach of Powerhouse Coaching, laughing
Brigette McDowell sitting on her desk in front of two monitors

Credentials and scars.

Brigette McDowell Founder and Head Coach

  1. $700,000tax debt
  2. Voluntaryadministration
  3. $250,000unpaid contract
  4. $1,500left in the bank
  5. $500,000turned around with a weekend of self-taught Meta ads
  • Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in corporate law
  • Master of Project Management
  • Commercial and not-for-profit boards
  • Founder of three businesses, one successful
  • CEO, Powerhouse Renewables Group

If Powerhouse walked into a room, it would be the person in black who arrived first, listens more than they talk, and tells you the truth about your numbers without making you feel stupid.

  • Not corporate. No jargon.
  • Not cheesy. No hype.
  • Not soft. Dark, sharp and direct.

Frequently asked questions

Founders and business owners who are ready to do the work, whether they're starting out, running a small to medium business, or going to the next level. It suits owners who want to master the basics, keep the business lean and stop paying for mistakes they didn't know they were making.

With a Founder Health Check. It's an interview, a systems review and a gap analysis, and you leave with a written action plan.

The signature program. It runs for 12 weeks, covers one way a week and is taught in reverse: each week starts with how a business goes under and works back to the basics that prevent it. There are 10 founding spots.

Yes. One-on-one coaching is an add-on for extra mentoring on a specific problem, during the program or after it.

No. Powerhouse coaches the business and the person running it. Sleep, food, fitness and headspace all show up in the business, so they're part of the work.

Tax and legal are taught as education, so you understand the basics and know exactly when to pay an expert. It isn't personal tax or legal advice.

Brigette McDowell, Founder and Head Coach. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in corporate law and a Master of Project Management, has sat on commercial and not-for-profit boards, has founded three businesses and is CEO of Powerhouse Renewables Group.

Focus is built in the dark.

Start with a Founder Health Check: an interview, a systems review and a gap analysis, with a written action plan.

Book your health check @powerhouse.coaching