Business Coaching
As Business Coaches, we provide support and advice to business owners and entrepreneurs, helping them to recognize ways in which they can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their business.
There is a misconception that Business Coaches are only used when a company is in trouble or is failing. The reality is that the vast majority of our clients are already healthy, profitable businesses with strong revenue growth but the company’s owners want to make sure that they are realizing the full potential of their businesses.
Our Coaches work with management to improve leadership, employee accountability, teamwork, sales, marketing, communication, goal setting, strategic planning and more. Coaching is usually provided via weekly 90 minute one-on-one meetings although group coaching sessions are also sometimes used.
By helping business owners create and follow structured business plans our coaches are instrumental in improving company performance as well building stronger more cohesive management teams.
Why Teamwork Beats Individual Talent
Michael Jordan said “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” Jordan was an extraordinarily talented basketball player, but he recognized that over the long term teamwork trumped individual talent. So what can we learn about business teams...
Why My Wife Left Me Three Times
Start with two people from different cultures and both with strong personalities. Now add some old habits and interesting idiosyncrasies, throw in a bunch of expectations, and then turn up the heat a little with the daily trials of blended-family life. Guess what? You...
Why Small Businesses Fail
A recent study by the Organization for Entrepreneurial Development based on surveys of the OED own Certified Advisers showed that the reasons most small business owners cited for the failure of their business were frequently "off point" - geared more towards blaming...
The Top 10 Reasons You Don’t Need A Business Coach
Top 10 Reasons for NOT to Hiring a Business Coach 1.Your entire sales team is performing at a high level If you are (really) happy with the sales efforts of your whole team and you wouldn't benefit from some fresh ideas about how to sell and market your products you...
Working The Room
There are two extreme approaches to networking, one is to grab a stack of business cards and move from person to person, pushing those cards into their hands and moving on; the other is to hug the wall and wait for a familiar face, regressing into some nervous version...