Does your business need coaching? Have you considered a business coach?

Does your business need coaching?

Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Dr. Leslie Brown

I have just been reading the website ActionCOACH, run by successful Australian businessman Brad Sugars. Anyone who has lived in an Australian city (like Sydney) knows that they are the most cut-throat business environments to be found anywhere. The trouble is that most business owners around the world are not formally trained in running or managing their own business and have to learn the hard way. Of course the easy way is to hire a business coach:

“The role of the Business Coach is to coach business owners to improve their business through guidance, support and encouragement. They help the owners of small and medium sized businesses with their sales, marketing, management, team building and so much more. Just like a sporting coach, your Business Coach will make you focus on the game.”

The ActionCOACH website contains many free helpful tips and obviously they can provide you with a business coach. What I found particularly useful about this website were the free introductory videos. They showed me the steps to becoming wealthy; first you need to start with cashflow so that you become income rich, then asset rich, and then finally paper rich.

There’s a section to buy online books and read online eBooks. They also have a useful “business health check” feature although you will need to supply your contact details at the end of the survey to view the results.

ActionCOACH is the first place to look if you wish that your business could run without you. Even if you suspect that your business could do with a boost, the business coaches at ActionCOACH can help you. I only wish I had encountered a site like this before and taken on board all the advice. When I am in a position to open a shop and employ other staff, I will definitely refer back to ActionCOACH and seriously consider using their vauluable services.