What Exactly is Business Coaching? Do I really need it?
Coaching Basics
Today’s version of business coaching derives its origins from executive coaching sessions of the past. These sessions were originally implemented to deliver specific and measurable results through benchmarks and goals. Business coaching has been shown to have a much bigger ROI than regular corporate training.
Business coaching is not a form of classroom learning like many other corporate training programs. Business coaching is deeply motivational, and it strives to inspire entrepeneurs to reach certain goals. This type of coaching concentrates on the individual, their happiness, and what they can do to help their business be successful. A good business coaching session teaches entrepeneurs to maximize profits and productivity.
What Business Coaching Is Not
Although it may sound like it at first, business coaching is not life coaching. Business coaching teaches strategies and tactics that make sure tangible improvements happen. Every company or organization is different, so the coaching is never set in stone. Business coaching methods are not a one size fits all solution for problems. Everyone is different, and so are the answers to the problems they may be having.
Do You Need Business Coaching?
Do you have an amazing idea that you’d like to turn into a business?
Has your current business hit a plateau in sales?
Do you want to pivot your business to a new or additional audience?
A business coach may be just the solution you need to start your business or to improve the one you already run. If you find yourself in need of some expert advice, expert insights, or even just a morale boost, a business coach can help you take your business wherever you want it to go.
What I Can Help You With
One on One Coaching
Business Planning
Performance Coaching
Group Coaching
What WE Offer
The ancient proverb, what you seek you will find, holds true in every aspect of our lives, especially in the business world. If your desire has been to get more out of life and improve your yearly income, then it is no mystery as to why you find yourself reviewing our coaching programs.
You’re not alone, countless individuals have gone the path before and have seen the other side of the success coin; one where you make more income, have a balanced lifestyle and time left over to enjoy the fruit of your labor.
Coaching is the thread that weaves the pattern of success and clothes you with confidence and fulfillment, let’s get started…
ONE ON ONE COACHING
Accountability is the key to unlock a greater level of success in your business and personal life; if you want more and have goals to increase your yearly earnings, than 1-on-1 coaching is the starting point.
The following lists, in part, what this package offers:
- Bi-weekly coaching sessions lasting 30-45 minutes each with the coach
- Business Development and Refinement
- Goal execution focused on time management, business enhancement, lead generation and momentum
- Inspect detailed tracking to observe business growth
- Receive “on the go” strategies to improve brand recognition and continued expansion
Group Coaching Program
The goal behind this program is to offer the coaching experience to a group of individuals who want to see improvements but are unsure what to expect from a coaching series. Most individuals move on to our full year One on One Coaching Program.
Business Planning
You may have heard it said, “He who fails to plan actually plans to fail”. Many start out with big goals, great enthusiasm but as days roll into weeks and weeks into months one might find themselves completely off track of where they intended.
Business planning is the life blood to your revenue stream; so if you find yourself overworked and underpaid a simple blue print can help turn things around
The following list are some of the essential questions we will unwrap as we customize your plan:
- How did cash flow into your business?
- Do you know which months were stronger which months were weaker?
- Did you factor in seasonality when you began to lay out a plan?
- How many listing appointments did you go on, and how many listings did you get?
- What percentage of your listings actually sold?
- The more data we gather, the stronger your plan will be.
Performance Coaching
With our PERFORMANCE COACHING PROGRAM, we work with our clients to strategically improve the amount of time they invest in HIGH PAYOFF Activities, which translates into increase revenue.
Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you can’t have assurance over your income. If you find yourself weary of where your next check is coming from, performance coaching is the option for you! We can show you how to use techniques that bring financial security and confidence.
The following list highlights some areas this program explores:
- We will focus on the attributes that make your business stand out and refine brand image.
- We will be setting goals, working on time management, business development, lead generation, lead activation, and lifestyle balance.
- We will work on tracking and knowing the numbers that are important to all small business owners.
- We will know exactly where we are financially at any given time, and have strategies to stay on track for the goals we set together.
Expand Your Sales, Marketing, & Networking Reach
Here are 7 ways you can increase the results of your marketing efforts, and increase brand awareness and profits in the process.
1. Increase your network and partnerships. …
2. Offer a newsletter. …
3. Use social media. …
4. Master referral marketing. …
5. Target multiple audiences. …
6. Incorporate visual marketing into your marketing strategy.
7. Give free trials
Have an Active Vision, Strategy, & Roadmap to Reach Your Goals
Are you having trouble accomplishing very much? Are you going in circles no matter how hard you work? The problem may be that you have not decided where you want to go and have not created a roadmap of how to get there.The problem may be that you are not focusing on what you want to achieve and how you will achieve it.
Scale & Maintain Healthy Operations & Culture
Company culture can be hard to maintain when your business is growing quickly. Here’s how to do it.
1. Hold company-wide meetings.
2. Stay involved in the hiring process as a founder.
3. Be intentional about every hire.
Even a small amount of oversight can be overwhelmingly powerful in making the right hiring decisions.
Testimonials
I have coached with Don Cunningham on and off through the years. Don comes from the real world of Real Estate. His experience will help you in every detail of your business, from specific issues in a transaction to planning out your retirement. Don brings a calm to your storm.
Don coached me for 3 years straight and I’ve nothing but great things to say about him. Don is a straight forward guy and has always been honest with me. Don helped me with several sticking points in my business over the years. I’d recommend Don’s coaching to any real estate agent or salesperson looking to expand their business.
I started working with Don Cunningham at the end of 2010 when I was a brand new agent. At the time, I wasn’t really sure that being a Realtor was the career path that I wanted to take. From the beginning Don really helped me put together goals and a game plan to achieve them.
It has been amazing to see how much having Don as a coach has helped as I saw our monthly and yearly goals reached. During my first few years in the business, I saw my income go beyond what I would have imagined.
At the end of 2015, I decided to leave the big brokerage I was with and go out on my own. Don was there to help with hiring agents and an assistant and to tailor our goals accordingly. Now, much of our time is spent in trying to work more efficiently so I have more time with family.
I owe a huge part of my success in Real Estate to the work that Don and I have done over the years. We have now been working together for 10 years and he is still a vital part of my business.