Challenges of Running a Trade Business

What does a Business Coach know about the Trades?

“I’ve worked in the trade for 15 years, what can a coach tell me about being a good tradesperson?”

You are correct… not much. But that’s not what a Business Coach does. When you set up your own business, it was likely you did so because:

  • You believed you were excellent in your particular trade
  • You wanted to give great service
  • No longer wanted work for someone else

Is that the case with you?

When you set your business up you didn’t predict:

  • Spending large amounts of time and effort preparing cash flow forecasts
  • Preparing invoices
  • General book keeping…;
  • And even sales and marketing plans

You probably also didn’t consider how difficult it would be to organise and manage a team no matter how small. Does that describe your experience? Well, that’s where a business coach comes in.

We know that you are an expert in your particular trade and we are experts in ours. Working together we show you how to make your business more efficient and give you more time for yourself so that you can have a life again and not work ridiculous long hours.

 

What Business Coaching and Mentoring do

We are not consultants, we don’t do it for you, we work side by side to give you the skills you need to grow and excel. Everyone’s client is different but typically we work in one or more of the following areas:

  • Improving sales and marketing activity through coaching and mentoring
  • Building efficient systems to manage the business (the people then manage the systems) through management coaching
  • Preparing an exit strategy or succession plan through business growth strategies and programmes
  • Preparing KPI (Key Performance Indicators) to track the key areas of the business to give you back control

In addition, running a business can be very lonely, and just having someone to talk to and discuss ideas with is very valuable.  In a recent survey by an international coaching body they found that:

  • 70% believed business coaching is “very valuable”
  • 50% confide in their coach as much as their best friend, spouse or therapist;
  • 12% confide in their coach more than anyone else

If you feel you could benefit from support or guidance to ensure you meet your targets or business goals give us a call. We will spend around 90 minutes looking at what you currently do and where we can help. There is no cost or obligation and we are confident that we will be able to offer a few suggestions along the way to help improve your business efficiency. What have you got to lose?

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