Running A Business Can Be Tough...
Did you know 660,000 new companies are registered in the UK every year and 60 per cent of those new businesses will go-under within three years? 20 percent will close their doors within just 12 months!
Today, more than ever, Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs are under increasing pressure to continually innovate and grow their businesses in an ever-changing climate:
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Many leaders feel isolated, and struggle to achieve the success they want in their life and business.
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They face complex leadership challenges.
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They often experience very high levels of stress - for some, this significantly affects both the performance of their business and home life.
How do you remain certain about the future of your business when there is so much uncertainty out there?
Technology is changing at an ever-increasing rate; predicting customer and market trends is becoming more complex and the economic environment is as unpredictable as ever!
This means the demands on you as a business leader get tougher year on year.
It's no wonder so many business leaders and entrepreneurs struggle!
On this page I'll introduce you to my Business Leader Coaching Programme that can help you to face these demands and take them in your ‘stride’.
But before I do that let's find out what coaching is and I'll share a little bit about my background and why I became coach...
What is Coaching?
There are many different types of coaching available: Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Executive Coaching, Sports Coaching, Well-being Coaching…and many more!
In general terms Coaching is a solution for growing and developing people.
It’s a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires the coaching client to develop their personal and professional potential - it facilitates their growth.
Coaching specifically tailored for Business Leaders can help them to develop their own performance as well as the performance of their business.
Coaching is not mentoring. A Mentor is someone with a specific set of skills or knowledge that passes on the skills and knowledge to their client.
I like to refer to the quote from Sir John Whitmore who sums up coaching, succinctly:
“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.”
It can be exciting and incredibly rewarding to be a Business Leader.
However, it can also be ‘lonely at the top’. Many Business Leaders don’t have anyone they can talk to confidentially.
They're often expected to have all the answers and know the next step to take in their business.
Many are also under intense pressure and experience high levels of stress.
Coaching is helping the coaching client (the Business Leader) to think differently.
Coaching is an opportunity for the coaching client to talk openly and honestly and be listened to without judgement.
It helps the coaching client to work through potential obstacles and explore solutions to overcome them. For example: these obstacles maybe physical barriers such as time, money, or mindset barriers such as confidence or self-belief.
Coaching is helping the coaching client to think more broadly.
It helps the client to discover any gaps in their logic. The coach is like their ‘Thinking Partner’.
It's about leveraging their strengths to overcome 'blind-spots'; helping them to see what they need to see; helping them to create a new perspective on the situations they encounter.
It's about helping the coaching client learn more about their strengths and how to better apply them; to learn more about their assumptions and beliefs and helping them to create new insights, and new actions to move forward.
It's about taking 'high-performers' and helping them to improve their performance.
My Journey Through Coaching
Before creating my coaching business: ‘New Perspectives’, I was co-founder and director of a successful mobile technology company. With my business partners, we developed the business from zero to an annual 8-figure turnover.
This all sounds ‘rosy’ but there have been tough times as well:
I struggled with high levels of stress; had to manage very challenging problems inside and outside of the business; dealt with problems in my personal life and had to ensure that the business revenue and profit increased year on year.
About 5 years ago, I experienced a lot of changes in my life: I was going through a painful divorce; I was working long hours; I struggled with my mindset and I had difficulty making decisions in my business.
Previously, I had been confident and was able to make important decisions easily. But suddenly I found that I had lost my confidence, I struggled to get motivated and I couldn't see a bright future for myself or my business.
Deep down I knew my life must not continue like this.
A friend suggested that I hire a coach to help me. So I did, I found a coach, purchased a coaching programme and worked closely with my coach over the next few months.
Through the coaching process I developed an inner strength that I didn't think was possible. I became confident, resourceful, focused and happy. I resolved each of the challenges that I faced.
With my renewed focus, resourcefulness, energy and with my business partners, we developed the business to an annual 8-figure turnover and created jobs for more than 30 people.
Our customers were some of the largest companies in the UK and we won business awards.
4 years later we sold the business.
Coaching changed my life and my business!
What a journey it’s been!
This journey helped me to appreciate how both rewarding and difficult it can be to run a business.
I understand the pressure business leaders can experience running a business:
How it can impact their relationships, quality time with their family, their emotional health and their physical health.
This experience also helped me to create the belief that although, business-life can be tough -
there is always a way to move forward.
I've had the privilege of:
>> Creating a Business
>> Working with Business Partners
>> Expanding the business into new markets
>> Turning around business challenges
>> Turning around personal challenges
>> Winning large customer contracts
>> Delivering excellent service to customers
>> Winning business awards
>> Preparing the business for acquisition and then selling the business
I've learnt that the journey through life as a Business Leader can be tough if you don't fully embrace ALL of your strengths (some of which may be hidden) and resolve the parts of you that hold you back from creating the impact that's possible for you in your Business and Life.
This discovery and my experiences provide me with a solid foundation to help ambitious Business Leaders like you through my Coaching Programme.
Today I’m a certified coach.
I can help you to:
>> DISCOVER what's really holding you back
>> EMBRACE your strengths
>> RESOLVE the challenges you face
>> FIND the right direction
>> MAKE a bold, more meaningful impact in your Business and Life
>> CREATE fulfilment and success without experiencing 'burn-out'
I combine my business knowledge, experience and training to help my clients develop their leadership; make the changes that they want in their business and life; turnaround challenges that they face and create the Business and Life that they desire.
