Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

These are some of the more Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), which arise in our discussions about Ironbark Country.

1. So What Does Ironbark Country Do?

The purpose of Ironbark Country is to create a fresh approach to business and community development, addressing such things as, creating new and sustainable job opportunities, improving retention, performance and expansion of existing businesses, developing strategies and attraction of new opportunities and new businesses to regional communities, in a practical way.

2. Who are Ironbark Country Customers?

Our customers are varied from whole communities, local governments, community groups and businesses from start-ups to mature businesses all wanting the same thing; more productivity, more jobs, more growth, improved lifestyles.

3. Why Do I Need Ironbark Country?

Ironbark Country provides a unique way of generating and supporting new business and community opportunities; a way of supporting projects that might be marginal, or outside your normal scope of business. Through collaboration, problem solving and decision-making, we can considerably enhance the initiation and implementation of projects, both new and old.

Access to Ironbark Country's Resource Centre provides you with information, knowledge, tools and processes to assists in your business and community development and completing projects in a more cost effective way. Access is gained through Ironbark Country web site on receipt of a password.

Looking for "something special", something that will help you to grow your business, or community as you would like and have more fun doing it. If you say, "yes" to any of the following, then perhaps it is worth taking the time to have a closer look at Ironbark Country to see what we can offer you.

• Do you have trouble implementing or completing projects?
• Are you having trouble through lack of time and resources to generate new business and opportunities?
• Do you have trouble with marketing?
• Do you want access to a wider range of productivity tools and processes?
• Do you want to reduce the cost structure of your business?
• Are you looking for more up to date information and knowledge?
• Do you want to reduce the risks involved with larger projects?
• Do you want to keep up to date with the new technologies?
• Are you looking to enhance your skills development?
• Do you find it "too hard doing it by yourself"?

"It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect" Robert Louis Stevenson

4. What Is Meant By Collaboration?

It is way of cooperating and communicating with each other. Collaboration enables a range of management and marketing benefits to flow more cost effectively between the people involved.

The collective skills and brainpower can provide outstanding results to everyone involved. It enables you too more easily:

• Generate and deliver projects.
• Be more creative in applying innovation and problem solving as a team.
• Develop and implement ideas that are beyond the scope of an individual.
• Share resources and overloads of management and delivery.
• Work together to achieve common goals.
• Assist each other to keep up to date with business trends, issues and practices.

5. What Is The Cost To Get Started?

There are no joining fees but rather a system of working on projects together and where applicable sharing revenues. The Ironbark Country Resource Centre provides support on a user pay basis.

Note that there are no long-term contracts. Please read the section on Privacy and Terms of Use, which appear on the front page of the web site.

To get started simply Contact Us and we will discuss how you can benefit from Ironbark Country. We will then advise you on the first steps to help you to maximise your association with us.

6. How Do I Measure the Value of What You Are Offering?

There are a lot of intangible aspects associated with Ironbark Country. The following will give you some idea of the issues we address on a daily basis.

• The right direction encourages you to focus and prioritise, leading to successful outcomes.
• No one mind is complete by itself. How do you attract new ideas and innovation?
• Do you find it difficult to manage your business and deliver services at the same time?
• Technology brings with it much efficiency and allows us to do tasks that were previously impossible. Is technology working for you?
• The ability to go that extra mile is critical in delivering good outcomes. Are you in a continuous state of struggle?
• Do you trust your intuition? How do you convert intuition into a tangible strategy and then implement it?
• How do you identify and minimise the risks involved?
• Change is related to knowledge. How do you keep up with new knowledge?
• How do you respond to criticism or complaints? Are they really negative or an opportunity to evolve?