Business mentoring for retailers and installers

Get free and independent mentoring and support to help you set your business up for success.

This initiative is funded by Solar Victoria and delivered by Monarch Institute.

About business mentoring and support

Through this initiative, industry participants in the Solar Homes Program can get tailored one-on-one business mentoring and support from mentors with Monarch Institute to help make informed decisions about the future of their business.

Working with an independent business mentor can help you identify the key priorities your business needs to grow and succeed in the solar industry, address gaps in skill and knowledge, and increase your confidence in running a successful and sustainable business.

Importantly, these sessions will give you practical takeaways and tips you can use.

If you are eligible, you will get two 45-minute confidential one-on-one mentoring sessions with a mentor of your choice. Business mentors can provide advice across a diverse range of topics, including:

  • marketing strategies, techniques and planning
  • business divestment, financial analysis and managing cashflow
  • capacity building and business resilience
  • developing business plans and budgets
  • business mindset, attitude and mental health
  • human resource management, recruitment and managing change
  • conflict resolution
  • risk identification and management
  • sales and business confidence
  • business compliance
  • product development
  • entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • leadership and emotional intelligence.

Mentoring is conducted by video conferencing at a time you select, Monday to Friday, through the application process.

Who can apply

To be eligible, you must be:

  • a solar or hot water retailer or installer participating in the Solar Homes Program; or
  • the owner, or authorised representative of the business participating in the Solar Homes Program; and
  • registered on the Solar Victoria portal.

How to apply

Simply complete the online registration form at the link below to book your two free virtual 45-minute sessions:

Register now

When you book you will be asked to select a time, Monday to Friday, with your choice of the available business mentors from the list below.

Meet the business mentors

Participant feedback

Hear Leisha McCallum from ZR Electrical and Solar run you through the many benefits she took from free business mentoring and support, as “a little small family business trying to cut in the solar world.”

More information

For more information or help to book your session, please email Monarch Institute at solarvictoria@monarch.edu.au(opens in a new window) or call (03) 8652 1937.

For information about other initiatives helping to grow Victoria’s clean energy workforce, see Training and workforce development(opens in a new window).

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