Coaching skills and tools for professionals who use a coach approach with small business owners. Explore listening, questions, agreements, practical tools and methods that help owners think clearly, make decisions and take action.
The Key Takeaways Much of what drives behaviour is unspoken; assumptions, fears, values, and unmade requests quietly shape decisions without the client realizing it. Making the implicit explicit means naming what is implied in a client’s words or patterns so they can see it clearly and choose what to do with it. Making the implicit … Get More Details
The Key Takeaways Tariffs are triggering real fight-or-flight responses in small business owners, making it harder to think clearly, weigh options, and make strategic decisions under pressure. During high-stress periods, a coach who embodies ICF Core Competency 5 (Maintains Presence) can help owners move from panic and reactivity to clarity and problem-solving. Presence in coaching … Get More Details
The world of small business is as rewarding as it is challenging. When coaching small business owners, one of the essential elements to explore is product clarification. A common challenge for small business owners is failing to articulate clearly what they are selling, leading to confusion among prospective consumers. The result of this ambiguity is … Get More Details
What’s your approach to working with startups and entrepreneurs? Interestingly, many coaches shy away from this niche, often because they struggle to answer this very question. In fact, a mere 3% of coaches affiliated with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) categorize themselves as small business coaches. Most coaches prefer to work with CEOs and executives … Get More Details
When I first started helping small business owners officially, 15 years ago, I didn’t really want to call myself a coach. I didn’t know what to call me. Was I a: I settled on “Business consultant” and off I went to my first meetings with my well planned out agenda and timelines for getting things … Get More Details
Is it good to explicitly tell your employees what to do? Or is it better to ask instead of tell? Let us find out together!
Imagine how smoothly things would run if people on your team had a tool to easily solve even your most complex personal and business problems? That tool exists and it’s call Appreciative Inquiry.
For most of us when faced with a big problem or frustration, the natural tendency is to hyper-focus on the problem. What went wrong? Who’s fault is it? Why are they so stupid?
What Executive Coaching Can Do for You Do you need an executive coach? Do your managers? Here is a useful framework for thinking about the role of coaching, from Harvard Management Update. by Paul Michelman Is executive coaching at U.S. companies destined to play a role occupied by psychoanalysis in some Neil Simon version of … Get More Details
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