I came to know John through our mutual interests within the Screenprinting and Sign Industries’ Associations. John is a passionate and sharp business minded individual with many years’ experience as a business owner in both the screenprinting and sign industries.  
I would not hesitate in recommending John in whatever endeavour he chooses.

"We started working with Control Zone at a time when our business was growing and needed to be restructured to take advantage of increased opportunities. Control Zone worked very closely with our management team to review both our personnel and procedures to devise an effective structure and strategy to position our company to take optimum advantage of the market."

Pathfinder Systems Australia are happy to recommend Control Zone , the work John carried out for us  was excellent  considering the low budget he had to work with. His knowledge and the way he handled our file in a professional manner was very good, we will not hesitate to use his services again

" When you have the need to find products or services, develop systems and procedures, or get comparative research data across a range of new equipment, Controlzone is the name that immediately jumps to mind.
We have found the extensive knowledge John Hadfield possesses of the signage, exhibition/display and printing industries gained from operating businesses in Aust. and abroad for the past 30+ years is second to none.
I have no hesitation in providing a testimonial for his company, to provide a cost effective solution for any project they take on, they deliver the correct outcome on time every time."

John’s wealth of experience has bought a new dimension to the way we approach the marketing of our product, this added with his expertise &
experience in manufacturing has given Klass direction thus impacting positively on the bottom line.

I genuinely believe you've given a lot to this industry, both as a working member in your own business and now in your position as a respected advisor to the leading industry body, ASGA, and to individual sign industry companies, whether they be members or not. I think the most precious gift a person can give is sharing the wisdom attained over many years in the "school of hard knocks", you've done that in spades.

As General Manager of the Visual Industries Suppliers Association, I have sort and received great assistance from John in all aspects of running this well respected Association. The Committee of this association, which comprise of the heads of many leading Companies in Australia, namely Roland DG, Avery Dennison, Hewlette-Packard, 3M Australia, Fuji Sericol, to name a few. This Committee has always asked John to join it’s Business Forums and welcome John’s input and respects his knowledge and business skills.

"Advance Metal Products have had a long and successful association with John Hadfield of Control Zone. We have found John's vast experience and knowledge of the sign industry invaluable in evaluating several projects and products.  His expert guidance has resulted in many benefits for our organisation in terms of project management and product development."

We used Control Zone consultants to advise us in the startup and marketing strategy of our business.  We were very happy for the professional advise, and it was a pleasure to work together.  I highly recommend their services.

Just a note to thank you for your assistance in knowledge of processes, product, management,  and particularly personnel in the Graphics and Sign industry. We can all research processes and product, struggle through all the gurus management thesis. But discovering people who are straight is hard to do. I liked your statement, "Lend me your watch and I'll tell you the time". I have one from people who espouse having had 20 years experience. "No, you have had one year twenty times over". You are one of those individuals with true 30 successful experience.

John's experience means that anything I talk to him about, he's already been there and done that, I'm getting advice from someone that knows what's going on, that is invaluable! He has a real knack of explaining things so anyone can understand them.

Control Zone always leaves us with renewed energy & positive direction, it effects everyone in the shop, its great.
 
Note from John... " when Mick sent me these additional comments I laughed my head off!" I sort of hoped he was joking? Then when it came to inserting these comments on my web site I pondered " You know THIS is what it is ALL about!!  I like making positve changes and these real comments are what I offer! Thanks Mick for your honest down to earth prespective!
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John is  f%#*&!g scary, when he turns up make sure you have had six coffee's and have a tape recorder handy because having Control Zone at your business is like putting a bomb under your business's arse!

I have known John for approximately 20 years during which he has been a client, mentor and friend which he still is to this day. John is a person of the highest possible personal and professional credibility, a person who operates by a belief system that ensures respect for everyone with whom he comes into contact, a person who lobbies for change not just for the sake of change, but to institute greater logic, effectivess or advantage for all involved. John actively pursues and creates relationships with advocate or competitor alike in pursuit of greater goals and seeks to learn and educate along the way.

John's business acumen, his communication skills and the awareness of people and their potential has enabled him to assess and value their contribution.  Another of his assets is the ability to take on board and implement new ideas, new concepts and see outside the immediate possibilities of a project, it’s future and to see it through to success.

Having dealt with John Hadfield as a client and business associate over the past 20 years I have no hesitation in recommending the services of Control Zone to any client wanting to improve their business model and processes.

Over the years we have used several consultants to asist us... none better than John Hadfield
John listened and help us refine our requirements and also proposed a comprehensvive plan to communictae what was happening to all involved so there was no resistance to the changes.

John is the only consultant we have used who has actually owned and run his own very sucessful company and upon reflection we consider that was an important difference to others.He is committed to ensuring he delivers value.

Naturally I have no hestiation in recommending John as a rational, knowledgeable, effective consultant in any area of business development or improvement.

Control Zone (John Hadfield) has been developing the business side of The Sign Association of Australia over the last 3 years. With the many issues facing organisations today, John's innovative, and professional approach has helped us  increase our membership and lift the profile of the ASGA. We have over this time increase membership by over 300% largely due to John's innovative approach and guidance.

We are extremely happy with the marketing and public relations work also done by Control Zone, and hope to continue our working relationship well into the future.

"We were looking for someone in the sign industry who could give us an independent professional assessment of some work that had been carried out for the Larry Adler Ski and Outdoor Group. We found John Hadfield to be totally professional and very credible.  His knowledge of the sign industry and technical understanding of all aspects of the sign industry was exactly what we needed to deal with the problems that we had encountered. His written reports were of an extremely high standard and were most comprehensive.  He attended a conflict resolution meeting with us and his non-confrontationist and helpful professional approach was very much appreciated by us.  We have no hesitation in commending John Hadfield as an ethical, knowledgeable and helpful person."

What has impressed me most in my dealings with John is his positive and supportive attitude in all his business dealings. John has come up with some excellent ideas for the further development of our product and some great ideas for how MySite Partners can improve their sales. He has always been willing to freely share these ideas with us and with other Partners, who are essentially his competitors, as he firmly believes that “all ships rise on a rising tide”.
John has always been a great advocate for our business and his openness, creativity and unwavering positive attitude have helped us to become better business people ourselves. I think John’s grass-roots understanding of the challenges faced by small business and his approach to business would make him a valuable asset for businesses.