PPI Claims are a hot topic at the moment and it’s no suprise when the PPI Scam was uncovered. Thousands and thousands of people paying for PPI policies they don’t want, don’t need and sometimes don’t even know about. Anyone that has taken out a loan must check that they are not paying this extra cost and giving the banks extra money that they aren’t entitled to.
It’s time for the Business Buzz Word of the Week. This week’s Business Buzz Word is Handraiser.
Be a Handraiser and don’t be afraid to ask for help in business. It might be safe just following the crowd and keeping quiet, but it is likely to have a negative effect on your business. If getting executive coaching helps your business, why wouldn’t you!?
In December 2005, Entrepreneur and Business Coach Brad Sugars published
“The Business Coach (Instant Success)”. This book proved to be a hit, here are some reviews from people who paid for and read it..
“The book was a very good read, and contained a great amount of helpful ideas and concepts to help small businesses grow.” 
“There are a few “must reads” for anyone who owns their own business or is thinking about owning their own business, and The Business Coach is definitely one of them!”
“This book really helped me to see the forest through the trees.”
Poor Organisational Skills
Having good organisational skills is essential to any project or idea going forward. Making up a key aspect of Project Management, being organised simply allows us to stay focused without losing track of resources and goes along way to ensuring any task is delivered on time.
Failing to Think Outside the Box
To turn a winning business idea into a successful company, you must be able to think creatively. Business coaching will teach that it can pay to think outside the box and against normal logic. Many entrepreneurs fail to do so.
Over-Controlling
Being over-controlling is understandable, especially for business owners who have built up a business from scratch. However this can be very dangerous, sometimes we all have to allow others to do things and to have a certain level of control and responsibility.
Taking On Too Much At Once
Assigning tasks to others is not a weakness. Business coaching can help develop an entrepreneur’s mindset by making it acceptable to delegate tasks to their team. An entrepreneur who tries to do everything themselves, often come into added stress.
Business Relationships
Developing good internal and external business relationships is a key aspect of a successful business. Business coaching will highlight methods to keep business relationships on track and avoid any issues.
Graphic Business Coach Postcard design template by Lisa Harris. This postcard based on a business coach theme, displays very telling, sharp images. Showcased on Inkd, they said..
“A business coach interested in helping individuals and groups recognize ways to increase the efficacy and success of their business can use this postcard. The hurdle graphic on the front of the postcard helps to convey precisely the role of a business coach in helping businesses overcome obstacles.”
Business mentor Ross Vickery discusses what you should look for in a business coach or mentor.
Ross is all about education when it comes to business mentoring. Take on board his advice and use it to help you select the right business mentor for you.
Setting big goals, unsure how to make them happen
Settling for sales figures and profits that do not meet expectations
Not investing enough time and money in Marketing - slow growth
Too busy fighting small fires
Getting fustrated spending long hours without seeing a return
Feeling lost in their own business - no clear direction
Lost the passion for business
Many people in one or more of the situations above seek help from a business coach. It is common to find cases where businesses have been completely turned around by executive business coaching, with staggering results…
Increase sales and profits
Improved strategies and business processes
Powerful and skillful Marketing techniques employed
Refound passion for business
Clear business direction
Challenging, achievable goals
Exciting future ahead
Think of a Business Coach as a Football Coach. The manager of the team pushes the footballer to reach his potential and will provide help and support when they are exhausted. In Football as in Business, it’s all about executing the plays that the competition will not anticipate. A coach will make you work more than you want to. A coach will tell you exactly like it is, whether you want to hear it or not, and most importantly a coach will listen to you.
Business Coaching will provide the guidance, support and encouragement needed by business owners to further improve their business sales, marketing, management, team building and much more.
If you’re a small to medium sized business owner, you may find it hard to juggle sales, marketing, and managing your staff along with the fast paced changes and innovations going on in today’s world. This is why having a Business Coach can no longer be called a luxury, it has become a necessity to remain in the game and stay ahead of your competitors!
In this economic climate what matters most right now is YOU; your challenges and your opportunities. It’s time to seize these opportunities with both hands and let us help you, help yourself re-define your future. Become a better marketing manager, a better sales director, training coordinator; or a confidant for others….eventually become a business mentor for others in your own workplace!
Whether you’re just starting up a new business…
…or you’re in a senior role in a well established company - who has been stuck there for a while…
…or you’re just uncertain whether you can help motivate and improve the lives of other around you…
A business coach could be just the thing you need.
A business coach can put a whole new spin on how you look at yourself and your business.
Picture yourself six to nine months from now. Where are you? Same house? Same job? Same $$’s?
Wouldn’t it be good to wake up feeling different. More successful? More fulfilled? Ultimately more confident? This feeling will ooze onto others around you, creating outcomes for yourself and your team that previously seemed impossible.
Set yourself apart now with a business coach.