Benjamin Ausmus, better known to many as simply Benny, is the ideal business man and people’s person.

We met inside a café and he was exuberant and chatty as he explained to me how he came to be involved in Thought Dynamics.

Starting off with a background in psychology and sales, Benny has always been overtly intrigued by the inner workings of organisations and their operative environments.

“I did four years at psychology school,” Benny says, “And then I went out into the real world and worked in sales quite extensively.”

“I’m very interested in the philosophies and psychology of great leadership.”

Benny has been a finance executive, sales manager, marketing consultant and results coach in his relatively young career, so it is no surprise that Sharon Pearson the founder of Thought Dynamics asked Benny to take on the position of chairman over a year ago.

Now, Benny is taking on even larger prospects, as both the owner and one of the thirty personalised consultants of the Australia wide Thought Dynamics.

Thought Dynamics is dedicated in assisting businesses of all sorts to reach their goals and results through its specialised coaching and leadership strategies; a career opportunity like nothing else for Benny.

“It’s an absolute thrill to be able to share this with people,” he says.

One of the main focuses of the business is its emphasis on fostering positive work cultures, so that they can increase their productivity and profitability.

“It’s about creating a culture where people are attracted to and will perform at their absolute best – and a value system that people subscribe to and are indoctrinated in and want to be a part of.”

But for Thought Dynamics, it doesn’t stop there. For Benny and the other consultants, they realise that it is more than creating a positive environment for the staff within it.

“I’ll only work with places where I can work with the leadership,” he says.

“It has to come from the leadership. If it’s not supported or not championed and driven by the top, it doesn’t receive the drive and the fuel needed to impact, inspire and influence the team.”

Obviously Benny and his team are doing something right, because just last week they found themselves in Mumbai, India, working alongside a large group of leadership teams to provide concepts around people development and sales training.

“That was super exciting, because they are bringing on hundreds and hundreds of people who are going to be underneath that leadership,” he
says.

“And to be able to have that influence and teach them things that are going to change a lot of lives and provide a lot of opportunities – yeah that really kicked arse.”

But it’s not just helping people and changing lives that Benny is interested in. Up until recently he was the snazzy drummer for the popular Melbourne blues, jazz and funk outfit Mojo Jacket; who has been receiving incredible support and love from music lovers’ right around Australia. The band which has been around since 2008 also includes the very talented jazz musician Jessica Carlton on violin and trumpet.

“Personally, I love playing music,” he says, “But I’ve recently put that aside to focus on Thought Dynamics.”

However, Benny acknowledges that doing things that you love still remains important in order to do great business.

“Your day to day rituals determine the results you produce,” he says.

“You need to keep that balance working really well so you can teach it to others.”

And that is just what Benny has been doing since he got back from India.

Having just wrapped up his very first small business festival here at Federation Square as well as his first international training trip, Benny says he has big plans for the future.

“We’d like to help over a hundred small and medium businesses reach their financial goals in business over the next twelve months and we would like to broaden Thought Dynamics international presence,” he says.