A PROVEN PATH TO PROFITABLE GROWTH

Sustainable Business Growth Consulting and Expert Guidance

Helping Mid-Market Business Leaders Achieve Their Visions

Every growing business reaches a point where what once worked, no longer does. Strategy stalls. Capacity stretches. Growth either slows or spirals out of control.

At Scalable Sustainable Business Growth (SSBG), we work with ambitious mid-market CEOs and leadership teams who know there’s a better way to scale. As expert advisors in business growth strategies, we bring proven frameworks, practical coaching, and expert advice to help you grow and scale with success.

With deep experience across New Zealand’s top mid-market firms including multiple Deloitte Fast 50 winners, our clients collectively generate more than $306 million in annual revenue.

The results speak for themselves. Mid-market businesses working with SSBG typically experience:

  • 2× or greater cash flow
  • 3× industry profitability
  • 34.23% average growth in the last financial year

Growth Path Assessment

A simple yet powerful tool developed to help you assess your growth trajectory and help you build a growth roadmap to future success.

Problems We Solve

Mid-market leaders turn to Leigh Paulden and SSBG when they want to grow smarter, not just bigger. We help you build a scalable business that performs, adapts, and gives you back the freedom to lead strategically.

Growth & Strategy

Has growth stalled or feels out of control?

We help you reset your path so growth becomes sustainable, scalable, and profitable.

See how we help you grow smarter

Leadership & Decision-Making

Spending more time firefighting than leading?

We help you build strong leadership teams so you can free yourself from the weeds.

Strengthen your leadership clarity

Culture & Team Performance

Are people making or breaking your growth?

We help you build a culture of accountability, trust, and alignment that drives results.

Build a high-performing culture

Performance & Profitability

Under pressure to deliver stronger results?

We help you sharpen performance, embed systems, and build stakeholder confidence.

Lift profit and performance

Risk & Resilience

Worried about being blindsided by change?

We help you identify hidden risks, anticipate change and strengthen business stability.

Protect and prepare for the future

Personal Freedom & Control

Does your business run you?

We help you regain control, and the time to focus on what truly matters.

Reclaim your time and focus

Our Services

Our strategic business management and growth consulting service include programs tailored specifically for midmarket CEOs and their leadership teams.

Grow & Exit

Our agile, scalable, and comprehensive business tools and frameworks can help you position your business for a strategic exit that achieves maximum financial value.

Scale & Grow

Frustrated with your growth rate? Whether your business growth has stalled or it is happening so fast that you feel out of control, we provide a proven path to help you achieve your vision and scale with success.

Led by Expert Business Consultants

If you’re going to stake your company’s future on someone, then you need to be sure they bring more than just expert opinion to the table. Our trusted and experienced business management consultants are here to help you.

SSBG Director, Leigh Paulden, is one of the leading providers of mid-market advisory and coaching services in New Zealand. For over 40 years, he has honed his business skills, expanded his knowledge base, and built his capability.

Leigh has undergone rigorous international training and has extensive experience with globally proven business growth frameworks. Most importantly, Leigh is passionate about the success of the leaders and companies he is growing through mid-market advising and business coaching.

Leigh Paulden

Our Success Stories

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Dbvisit

Discover how Dbvisit transformed its business with expert guidance from Leigh Paulden.  Read case study.

Business growth case study - Active Healthcare

Active Healthcare

Turning a downturn into an opportunity for growth and future-proofing. Read case study.

Supacolour Case Study | SSBG

Supacolour

How Supacolour went from domestic success to an international superstar. Read case study.

SalesStar

SalesStar

How SaleStar made the leap from home business to a global force in sales transformation. Read case study.

Achieve Sustainable Business Growth

Every decision you make shapes your company’s ability to grow. Mid-market business owners turn to SSBG when they want a proven path to achieve their vision and strengthen profitability.

We understand the pressure that comes with growth: leadership stretch, cash-flow strain, capability gaps, unclear strategy, and culture that needs alignment. These challenges are common. They’re also solvable.

At SSBG, we help you scale with structure. Our holistic approach looks at the whole picture, from your business model and people to your systems and execution rhythm. You’ll get clear insights, practical tools, and expert guidance to move your organisation to the next level.

Our business growth advisors draw on internationally recognised frameworks and real-world experience to assess where you are, identify what’s holding you back, and create an actionable plan for sustainable growth.

If you’re ready to improve profitability, execution, and long-term performance, our specialist business advisory company is committed to your success.

Business Growth Pains

In the video below, Leigh talks about the common issues facing mid-market business leaders and how to overcome your business growth pains.

Become a Business Champion

We understand the issues facing NZ business leaders. We combine this with knowledge and experience to help you develop a personalised growth strategy and become a business champion.

If you’re serious about business growth – get in touch and let’s see how we can move your business forward.

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Premium Executive Business Consultants.

Gravitas Impact is a world-leading executive education platform that helps mid-market companies scale and succeed.

GI Consultants and Coaches undergo rigorous annual training for their certification and are recognised as the most experienced and effective mid-market business growth consultants in the world.

Growth strategy is based on the proven 7 Attributes of Agile Growth™ and Four Decisions® frameworks and methodologies from globally recognised thought leaders.

Outthinker Certified

Growth Strategy Consultants.

Outthinker is an internationally proven framework to help mid-market businesses achieve strategic clarity. The Outthinker process helps business leaders ‘think new’ and identify disruptive and innovative strategies with the outcome of driving long-term company growth.

Used by 300 companies globally to accelerate growth rates by 100%-120%.

Outthinker growth strategists undergo rigorous training and demonstrate transformative client impact.