Is your head buzzing with dreams and possibilities for your business? Many small business owners dare to dream big, but become paralysed by the choices and decisions to make to achieve those goals. Or they simply get bogged down in day-to-day tasks.
A good business coach will help you to realise those dreams. They work alongside you to develop an actionable roadmap towards your business goals.
If you’re looking to scale your business to the next level, drive business growth or even improve your work-life balance, you’d benefit from working with a business coach. They’ll help you to gain clarity and develop the skills and mindset you need to succeed.
If you’re wondering if a small businesses like yours can benefit from business coaching, then the answer’s a resounding ‘yes’! That’s as long as you say ‘yes’ to the process and are willing to do what you’ve signed up to do. Here’s why.
What is Business Coaching?
In business coaching sessions, a professional coach guides a businessperson to achieve work goals. A business coach might work on your leadership skills, ways to create business strategies, or develop a growth mindset. It all depends on what you want out of the coaching relationship. Fundamentally, business coaching is about growth.
A good business coach isn’t just knowledgeable about business. They need to have the skills to support you in developing your successful business – that’s the coaching bit. It’s really important that they combine both business know-how and coaching skills.
7 Big Benefits of Business Coaching
What can working with a business coach do for you and your business?
Support
A business coach is there to help entrepreneurs find the answers. Don’t expect us to do the work for you. We play a supporting role in your business life. We’ll ask a lot of questions to understand your motivations, values, aims and challenges. But we’ll also help you to find the answers.
Prioritising
You may find that being a business owner can be quite lonely, even if you’re surrounded by employees. Having an experienced business coach to bounce ideas off and share the mental load, can be invaluable. When there are so many options or ways to invest your money, it helps to get advice and support on the best route to take right now. You benefit from the coach’s experience and wisdom. The right business coach will help you to prioritise what to focus on now, and then next.
Accountability
You make a personal commitment to a coach every time you meet them. You have to do something specific between each session. If you don’t, it’s money down the drain.
The person we’re most likely to make excuses to is ourselves. By committing to someone else, you’re more likely to complete the actions. You’re held to account each and every week which is a great way to keep on track and work towards your business goals.
As my client at EMS Electrical says, “If you’re not willing to be accountable and do what’s set, you’re wasting your time.”
Challenge
A business coach definitely isn’t a life coach, but they will challenge your beliefs and claims. Whilst the focus is firmly on your business growth, you’ll benefit from personal development too. You’ll be encouraged to reach beyond your comfort zone.
We play the role of an unreasonable friend who’ll ask, sometimes confronting, questions of you. We make sure your decisions are logical rather than emotional.
Confidence
In our supporting role, a small business coach is there as a sounding board. Often, we give you the courage of your convictions. Simply validating your ideas can give you the confidence to make it happen.
Fresh perspective
Business owners often realise that their company needs direction from someone who sees the business differently. When it’s your own business, you’re so close to it that you have blind spots. Gaining an objective, outside perspective can help you see the wood from the trees. A business coach can bring clarity or help you to get ‘unstuck’ from a situation.
Business sense
You could be the best craftsperson around, but that doesn’t make you a great business person. You need to learn how to become a successful business owner and leader in order to make lots of money. A great coach will help you to develop those skills and make business based decisions.
“I’m a builder turned businessman not the other way around. I felt like probably I’d got to a stage where I’d built it up to a point and I just needed a little bit of help to get it to the next level,” Patrick Steppel, PML Construction
What Happens in Business Coaching Sessions?
Everyone’s different so I can only speak for myself. My business coaching sessions are personalised to you, your goals and business needs. I’ll ask about your business’ core values, current position and, importantly, what you want to achieve. We’ll look at your business plan and will set measurable goals – both personal and business goals.
Your small business needs a clear plan of action with achievable targets. I’ll develop that with you and will hold you to account to keep you on track to reaching each milestone.
From my experience in business coaching, I find there are two common themes for business owners and entrepreneurs:
How to reclaim time: so many business owners want to reclaim time to work on overall business strategy not just day-to-day tasks. They may also want a better work-life balance.
I’ll help you to recruit and find the best people, implement the right processes and learn how to hold people to account to reach their specific goals.
How to increase money: this is often a business goal and the reason someone pays for my business coaching services. I’ll explain how to generate and convert more leads, increase profit margins and average sales value. I’ll get you in control of your numbers, and we’ll find ways of improving your customer service and overall satisfaction.
Testimonial: EMS Electrical
“You think you know everything, but let me tell you, you don’t… The only way to do it is to work with someone who will challenge you, rather than someone who simply says ‘yes you can.’ I think having a coach helps you to set goals, and set them in the right direction,” Vincente Romano, EMS Electrical.
My Results-Driven Business Coaching Services
Not all business coaches work in the same way. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach. That’s why it’s important to find the right business coach for you. If you want to create your best business and life for yourself, having a business coach by your side can be a real asset.
I’d love to work with you to realise those goals and dreams. I’m results-driven, and will support you to work on the priority tasks that your business needs. Let’s talk to find out if we’d work well together.
