The Business Bulletin
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How do I go about choosing a business coach? A. Here are a few steps from my point of view: Step1. Self Assessment — Understand your why Why do you need a business coach right now? Are you willing to get coached in the first place? This will help you to understand your need gap well and you would be in best position to take the next steps to choose a right business coach for yourself & your business. Step 2. Speak with your coach — Try to connect Connect with the coach. Best would be connecting with your
A business coach is a long-term
or offline so you can dig deep into
coach one to one and share your
investment and therefore a right
your game and derive a unique
current situation. It is advised to be
business coach must click with you
solutions for your case.
transparent with your coach and never
first, you must feel connected, high
try to hide things, be yourself and
and empower with them.
Step 5. A strategic thinker —
genuine.
Engagement with the core team Step 4. Ask for personal coaching —
Get a business coach who not only
Step 3. Chemistry & mindset connect
121 format only (online/offline)
— Long term investment
Understand every business owner
open to connect with the core team.
Personalities don’t always click. You
is a unique personality, they behave
Core team is an important single link
may discover that an otherwise
uniquely, they speak uniquely, their
to get your business to the next level.
perfect business coach is difficult to
business issues are also very unique
It is essential that your core team also
work with, or doesn’t fully understand
- there is no one fit size solution for
feels the same high, empowerment
your perspective. Your coach should
anything especially in business. It is
and hunger to get grow big and faster.
be someone who earns your trust
advised that once you identify your
Once your core team is set with the
and confidence, not intimidates
coach ask them for your personal
right mindset you rest assured that
you into following his or her advice.
time, your personal space be it online
your business is now ready to thrive;
coaches the business owner but also
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