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 probably don’t need a business coach
1.All aspects of your business are highly productive
If your A/R are under 30 days, you have a full order book, and are in the process of hiring additional staff to help increase capacity then you probably don’t need a business coach
1.You are able set goals, make plans and follow those plans to achieve your goals
If you have a 5 year strategic plan, an annual budget and monthly meetings to review actual v planned performance where real decisions are made about how to improve company performance you probably don’t need a business coach
1.You think that having a coach or advisers is for wimps
If you refuse to believe that most professional sportsmen, musicians and actors employ coaches to help them reach peak potential in their professions you probably don’t need a coach in your business
1.You have a crystal clear vision of where you are going in your professional and personal life
If you know exactly when you’re going to retire, how big your pension will be and how you’re going to achieve that figure you probably don’t need a business coach
1.A minimum of a 6X ROI for investing in yourself holds no appeal to you
If the only investments you ever consider making are in plant and machinery, that is depreciated over 6 years, and don’t care about training and personal development for your staff you probably don’t need a business coach. Jager business coaches generally deliver 6 to 10 times their fees in added value over 6 months
1.The career or business advice you can get from friends and colleagues is always of a high level and in the strictest confidence-
If your personal friends include Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and the ghost of Steve Jobs you probably don’t need a business coach
1.You have mentors who can motivate you and hold you accountable
If you are surrounded by people of experience and character that you trust and who are willing to challenge you and hold your feet to the fire, then you probably don’t need a business coach
1.You have all the skills necessary to be successful in the staffing industry
If you understand the processes and pitfalls of advertising for open positions, screening potential employees, interviewing them, writing their job descriptions and employment contracts then you probably don’t need a business coach
1.You are currently living the life that you envision for yourself
If you are only working forty hours a week, taking at least 3 weeks of vacation a year, you’re driving the car of your dreams and you’re not worried about your retirement and succession plans you probably don’t need a business coach
If you can’t honestly answer that all of these statements apply to you and your company, you DO need a business coach so dial 440.385.6737 and ask to speak to Simon.