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 forms 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 and Entrepreneurs 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.” Sir John Whitmore, in Coaching for Performance
Being a Business Leader and Entrepreneur can be exciting and incredibly rewarding.
However, it can also be ‘lonely at the top’. Many leaders don’t have anyone they can turn to for support. They are often expected to have all the answers and know the next step to take in their business.
Many leaders are also under intense pressure and experience high levels of stress.
Coaching is helping the coaching client (in this context the Business Leader / Entrepreneur) to think differently.
It's about leveraging their strengths to overcome 'blind-spots'; helping them to create a new perspective on the situations they see in their Business or Life.
It's about helping the coaching client learn more about their strengths and how to better apply them; to learn more about their behaviours and helping them to create new insights, new perspectives, and new actions to move forward.
It's about taking 'high-performers' and helping them to improve their performance.
Why Work With Me?
...Because I've Been There!
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 and created jobs for more than 30 people.
This all sounds ‘rosy’ but there have been very tough times as well:
I struggled with very high-levels of stress; had to manage very challenging problems inside and outside of the business; dealt with problems in my personal life and on top of that I 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 very long hours and was highly stressed - I really struggled with my mindset – I had difficulty making decisions in my business.
Where 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 could not see a bright future for myself or my business.
But I knew this had to change…
A friend suggested that I hire a business 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 became more 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!
What a journey it’s been!...
This journey helped me to appreciate how tough it can be to run a business and I also understand the pressure that Business Leaders are under.
However, this experience also helped me to create the belief that although, Business and Life can be tough - there's always a way to move forward.
I've had the privilege of:
>> Creating a Business
>> Working with Business Partners
>> Developing the business into new markets
>> Turning around business challenges
>> Turning around personal challenges
>> Winning large contracts
>> Delivering excellent service to customers
>> Creating jobs for more than 30 people
>> Winning business awards
>> Preparing the business for acquisition, then selling the business...Phew!
These experiences provide me with a solid foundation to help Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs like you through my Business Leader Coaching Programme.
Today I’m a certified coach. I work with my clients, helping them to:
>> RESOLVE challenges they face
>> FIND the right direction
>> CREATE more success in their Business and Life
I combine my business knowledge, experience and coach 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.
