Tips To Deal With Unhappy Clients, From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on August 2, 2011
How many of you have ever had to deal with an unhappy client or customer? What did you do? Did you feel prepared to deal with the unhappy client or customer? Yes, sooner or later, in every business there appears the unhappy client or customer. They are dissatisfied with your service or product. The issue of dissatisfaction may be real or only a perception, but if it is perceived it is believed and there is a problem. Ah, but Your Strategic Thinking Coach wants you to realize that a problem also means an OPPORTUNITY!
Finally Break Free of the Glass Ceiling on Your Consulting or Coaching Business Income
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on July 30, 2011
So many women-preneurs, especially consultants and coaches, go into business with a big vision of deeply impacting the lives of their clients for the better. There is an overwhelming desire to serve and readiness to provide guidance and assistance to help people “achieve all they can be”. They do not stop to ask for help along the way and shoulder all the workload and responsibility in their business. They overdeliver, undervalue themselves and work with seemingly tireless energy. Although, all that energy they seem to have is really a mask for exhaustion. While they are at the playground with the kids, or having an ever-so-rare evening out with the husband, they are continually thinking about their business or beating themselves up about not giving their clients more that day. They may have a load of clients, but with only so many hours in the day, they cannot get past a certain level of financial success. Sound at all familiar?
Business Ethics and Profit
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on July 26, 2011
Every time you open the newspaper you find reports about controversies on business ethics of large corporate houses and even government organizations. Today, ethics seems less important than making profit, which is the ultimate goal all over the world. In this scenario a question raises its head with timidity: ‘is it not possible to make profit ethically?’ A question we all need to answer for ourselves.
Ethics and profit – complementary or opposites
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In certain countries ethics comes on a poor second when it comes to doing business successfully. “Successfully” here means generating large amounts of surplus. For this purpose the business houses need to expand their territory, coverage and products to capture large chunks of the market.
Is Business Coaching Meant for You?
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on July 14, 2011
Business coaching is conducted primarily to have a competitive advantage in the market. Most companies that opt for business coaching already have high revenues. Most established businesses find it a worthwhile investment for increasing productivity, management efficiency, and income. It can be very effective in proprietary businesses, especially when the management is planning to expand, achieve yearly objectives, or sort out day-to-day problems.
What Makes a Great Business Coach?
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on July 13, 2011
Business owners tend to harbor a feeling that they live on an island due to the nature and number of roles and responsibilities that they must fill within their organization. A great business coach acts as a bridge for their clients. Rather than “a bridge to nowhere”, a great business coach builds a bridge to clarity.
In a nutshell, the goal of a great business coach is to help his client move from where they currently are to where they want to be. He accomplishes this by helping his clients set and achieve realistic goals, overcome obstacles while identifying and capturing opportunities.
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A great business coach serves many roles:
Why is a Life Coach Important in Recovery and Addiction?
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on June 21, 2011
It is important to have a life coach for many reasons but especially when one is recovering from an addiction or other disorder. Life coaching is different from therapy because coaching focuses on a more “forward” way of thinking and behaving; for those who are ready to move on and care for themselves in a more positive and productive way.
Life coaching works best for those on the “recovery path” if you are ready to receive additional support and encouragement, get past barriers that have been a hindrance, increase your courage and confidence, add a deeper meaning and appreciation of life, learn to be accountable for your actions and inactions, find and develop skills you were unaware of having, and becoming more independent.
Business Coach Training – 7 Traits Business Coaches Need To Succeed
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on January 31, 2011
If you’re thinking seriously about business coaching, there are 7 traits that will help you build a successful coaching business.
If you’ve been around coaches for a while, you’ve probably been told that coaching and consulting are different animals and that the job of the coach is to ask powerful questions and get the client to come up with their own answers.
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When it comes to business coaching…that’s a bunch of baloney.
To be sure, powerful questions and helping clients change their thinking will be an important part of what you do but as a general rule…business coaches are hired by the CEO or top level managers to help solve business problems.
Not Hiring a Business Coach, Executive Coach or Corporate Coach Costs You Thousands of Dollars
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on January 24, 2011
Executive or business coaching is the second fast growing industry in the US with some estimating the growth rate to be around 40%. So why is this happening and more importantly what are the results?
A quick tour of the Internet can provide some incredible examples:
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Large employer within the hospitality industry had their top 200 executives coaches and realized a savings between and million.=
Executive coaching at Booze Allen Hamilton delivered .90 return on investment for every dollar invested
Another survey conducted by Manchester of 140 companies suggested the average return on investment was for every dollar invested
A telecommunications company received 529% return on investment along with intangible benefits
Benefits of Business Coaching
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on January 20, 2011
As business around the world has become increasingly competitive, the demand for business coaching has increased. Business coaching creates an environment for the overall growth of the business and trains it to adapt to change. A few years ago, just a handful of small businesses used business coaching as a means to augment their business. Today, statistics reveal that almost 58% of the medium or small sized businesses in the US are seeking the benefits of business coaching. Businesses are using coaching because it is a cost effective way to achieve results. It helps to develop personnel skills and performance. Individuals who receive business coaching can expect to find guidance concerning the problems that they face. Business coaching offers new insights into daily business activities and helps improve methods, systems and procedures.
