5 things to do when Hiring a Business Coach
5 things to do when Hiring a Business Coach. It’s all about leveraging your business coaches knowledge base and experiences.
As a business coach for over twenty five years, I can say with great certainty that this is a topic that I feel very passionate about. I have on boarded clients that had great potential and an amazing product, yet they struggled with how best to use and leverage a business coach to grow their business. And in other cases, I have helped companies that may not have had such a strong product offering or foundation grow exponentially because they understood the tricks to getting the most out of their business coaching relationship.
It’s all about leveraging your business coaches knowledge base and experiences.
So today, I wanted to share with you the top 5 things that every business owner should think about and look for when hiring or working with a mentor or business coaching firm.
1. Choose a business coach who has experience in your field or has a knowledge-base to draw upon.
For some business owners, this may not be possible depending on your field. But the whole idea of leveraging a business coach is to help you avoid a lot of the expensive trial and error that most business owners take as they build a business. While many of the situations you come up against in your business (whether they be about managing your team, growing your sales, creating your next products or services, or controlling your expenses) may be new to you, your coach can draw on his or her past experiences to give you clarity on the best path forward.
2. Choose a business coach who can explain things to you in a simple, easy to follow manner.
Communication is crucial when it comes to working with a mentor, so make sure that you pick someone who understands how you work best. Do you prefer video chatting to phone calls, do you prefer a written write up at the end of your session? Find someone who understands your preferences and can work within those parameters.
