The Business Fixer- Uncluttering Your Path to Success: Sonya Corkery
From Your Message Received! by John Duffin
March 18, 2026 · 48 min · Season 1 · Episode 182
About this episode
Sonya Corkery discusses building resilient businesses through strong financial foundations and strategic planning.
Are you in need of building a resilient business? Do you ignore cash flow warning signs, risk mitigation, or the urgency of systems strategy? Then today's episode with Sonya Corkery is for you. Business consultant Sonya Corkery discusses building resilient businesses through strong financial foundations, systems, and risk mitigation. Sonya shares how early work in her family’s struggling service-station businesses taught her resilience, customer service skills, and a disciplined approach to money, then traces her rapid rise in banking, from bank manager at 23 to financial planning during the GFC, where she refused to push unsuitable products. She explains how her family’s electrical contracting business nearly collapsed when three builders liquidated, leaving almost $1M unpaid and only five days of operating capital, but they recovered within 12 months through strategy and support from suppliers and advisors. Sonya clearly defines her consulting approach: entity setup and asset protection, cash-flow forecasting, break-even clarity, streamlined SOPs, fractional teams, diversification, and AI, and planning to build your business as if it were being sold tomorrow. To learn more…
People in this episode
Host: John Duffin
Guest: Sonya Corkery
Topics covered
- business resilience
- cash flow
- risk mitigation
- financial planning
- consulting strategies
Keywords
- business consultant
- financial foundations
- risk mitigation
- cash flow forecasting
- SOPs
- AI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Clear Plan Consulting, LinkedIn, Instagram
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