Why Small Business Coaching and not consulting.

What is Small Business Coaching?

Coaching is a process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve. Where you have the expertise and you want to get better results. Coaching is about changing your way of doing things and not working around them. A coach helps you drive growth both personal and professional development.

 Small Business Coaching challenges you.

Coaching is about you driving your own results. A coach provides avenues to getting you where you want to go. They hold you accountable to your goals and they listen. Most of the talking comes from you and the coach helps you organize those thoughts get to the real issues and guide you through a process to get the results you want.

Getting ready for small business coaching

If you are thinking of coaching here is the first thing you need to think about.

Things you should know:

• First and foremost you have to be ready to change.
• You must be open to constructive feedback.
• Listening is an absolute • You must take action
• Work through issues daily

Getting Started with Coaching

We start with a meeting where we explore the possibility of working together. We will both determine whether the relationship is a good fit. The key to coaching working is for you to respect and feel comfortable with your coach. There will be times where emotions raise because of the process and you need someone you can trust to get you through it.

Types of questions a coach will ask:

• Accountability – What have you accomplished since our last session?
• Awareness – What have you noticed?
• Purpose – What is your agenda today?
• Assignment – What will you focus on for our next session?

These questions will be asked weekly and your commitment to following will decide your success. The coach will be there to guide you and get you through the immovable areas.

 Benefits of coaching:

• Feel confident in your decision making
• Achieving better results
• Look at your business differently
• Communicate better
• Become more efficient

All of the above results mean increase business, better morale, increase productivity of your employees, higher profits and a business you enjoy going to everyday.

Are you ready for Small Business Coaching