A little while ago, I worked with the owner of a limousine service who wanted to take his business to the next level. He owned several stretch limousines and was working out of his home. He wanted to progress from being just a glorified taxi service to becoming a major player in the travel and tourist industry of his city. He asked for my help.
We came up with ideas for special historic tours, weekend-long adventures and romantic escapes. Some of these ideas came from having seen them in the many foreign countries in which I have lived and visited – others we invented together.
Over the course of nine months, we worked to increase his business by 40% with these exciting tour packages and some amazing one-of-a-kind custom tours.
Coaching is really a collaborative effort. It's not me telling you how to do things – it's us working together to find new ways of doing them.
Will you let me mentor you?
(Yes. Let me see my options now! )
Coaching expands your thinking to identify strategies and opportunities for growth. The greatest benefit of all is this — it will give you the confidence you need to move your business to a higher level. I know this for a fact, from my own experience as a business owner.
Here's how it worked in my case.
I paid three colleagues to coach me in my construction business. They were from different industries and their insight to business in general, the economy at large, and specific business matters, was tremendously valuable. More than half of my company's growth was a result of the confidence their advice gave me, and that translated into well over a million dollars. The money I paid them was miniscule compared to what I gained.
I learned a lot from those sessions, especially how to ask probing questions. Today, my questions have my clients thinking deeply about what they do.
I bring my own set of life, career and business experiences to the table. I openly share with you my successes and mistakes — no holding back.
It is a wise person who learns from their own mistakes, and an even wiser person who can learn from the mistakes of others. Having a business coach helps you to focus, to look at your business afresh, and remember what your original purpose and intentions were.
Right now, take a sheet of paper and write down all the things you wanted to accomplish when you started your business but haven't yet achieved. Describe these things in detail. Itemize the changes you will make to turn your business into the success you know it can be, and then mark a date alongside each one. Now start a second list and describe all the things you
have accomplished. Feel proud, and resolve to move each item on the first list to the second list.
By inviting me to coach you, you give yourself the power to play a bigger game. Are you ready?
(OK, Frederick, I'm ready! Let's do it, now!)
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