The Connections Club
What’s the Connections Club all about?
The Connections Club is a membership-based networking group for business owners who want to grow in a more scalable or commercially structured way.
It’s a warm, professionally run group where the conversations go beyond just what you do and into how you could work together. Passing business in the group does happen, but the real value in the Connections Club comes from the opportunities to build stronger relationships that support long-term commercial growth.
If you want to use relationships more intentionally to access bigger or more complex opportunities, whether that’s larger clients, longer-term contracts, higher-value work or strategic partnerships, you’ll find your place here.
Not your usual networking group
Most networking groups are focused on visibility and referrals, but the Connections Club is built around something more ambitious. Members are commercially minded and open to combining strengths to access opportunities they’d be less likely to win alone. The meeting structure reflects our members’ ambition. It’s purposeful, respectful of your time and different from anything you’ll have experienced in a networking group before.
A meeting format with a clear purpose
Connections Club meetings are designed to support a different aspect of your commercial growth. Relationship-focused meetings give members structured time to learn about each other, sharing what they’re working towards and what they need to get there. Learning-focused meetings centre on a speaker or facilitated session on topics that directly support growing into more complex opportunities.
Practical learning that supports your ambitions
Topics at our Connections Club learning sessions are handpicked to reflect the commercial ambitions of our members, whether that’s bids and tenders, hiring and growth, systems and processes or how to approach larger contracts. These are practical, focused sessions designed to give you something you can take away and use, shared by people who are already delivering the kind of work you want to do more of.
Carefully curated groups that create opportunities
We work hard to make sure every Connections Club group has exactly the right mix of people. It’s not a lockout group, so more than one person from the same profession can join, but numbers per industry are limited to make sure we have the right blend of businesses and expertise. Before someone joins, we consider who’s already in the group and whether there are collaborative opportunities. It’s that commitment to building the right environment that makes the Connections Club unique.
Building strong relationships
A professional networking group for decision makers
Our Connections Club Meetings
Barbara’s groups were introduced to me by my business partner Kim as Kim has been attended her groups for some time. I continued to renew the partnership due to the mix of members, the individual members themselves and atmosphere in the group. The members are all business minded, who are professional and experienced, so are great to work with and understand what is important when working with clients. Everyone is happy to help each other out and there is no pressure when referring or working together.
Karl Hobbins - CFW Accountants
Networking Tip
Before visiting a Connections Club event, think about what you want to achieve from your networking over the next 12 months. Coming with a clear goal means you’ll know exactly what you’re looking for and you can be intentional about every conversation.