Michael Skalij
Most consultants have studied business. Michael has operated in environments where the wrong decision costs lives, built businesses from scratch, and learned what real failure looks like. Not in a case study, but in his own bank account. That is a different education.
Over the past two decades, Michael has operated globally across elite military operations, close protection in active conflict zones, anti-piracy missions, and emergency services, while simultaneously building, buying, and exiting multiple businesses across different industries. He scaled a business to over a million dollars in revenue within 18 months. He also knows exactly what it feels like when a business fails because the systems were not there. Both experiences shaped the Corestone method.
Some performed. Some didn't. Every one of them taught him something that no MBA class covers: what actually breaks a business, and how to fix it before it does.
That combination — operator mindset, real business experience, and board-level governance capability — is what Corestone is built on. It is not theoretical. It is the product of environments where clarity and accountability were never optional.
Corestone is based in Burleigh Waters, Gold Coast, and works with established SMBs across Queensland and nationally.
