Andy Skarda

Head Coach
Association of Professional Builders

I’m an ex-attorney/solicitor who made the transition from law into a business over 30 years ago. 

I was a director of a property development company while still in my 20’s, and since then I have owned and led businesses in South Africa, the United States, South-East Asia and for the last decade, Australia. For years I struggled to deal with the realities of building and running businesses effectively and profitably. 

Then I discovered the 2 fundamental things that separate successful companies from those that are headed for trouble. Firstly, that all businesses can be broken down into 5 manageable and functional disciplines.

And secondly, successful companies create or capture, and then develop and repeat, successful systems.

The desire to share those realisations took me down the road of becoming an Executive Coach. Now I help business owners in the building industry identify and implement the skills and systems they need to be successful, without needing to go back to school. Or more importantly, without going bust.

When I joined the Association of Professional Builders and examined their protocols and systems, it was evident that the results they were achieving with their clients were primarily because they had addressed the two fundamental issues I just mentioned. 

I have 2 grown sons, 4 growing granddaughters, I’m a passionate and vocal rugby union supporter, I love scuba diving in warm water, and deliberately falling out of perfectly serviceable aircraft from time to time.