Is Your Business Running You? Business Coaching Can Help You Regain Control
When you’ve been in business more than a decade, you may feel you don’t need business coaching because you should have it all figured out by now. But circumstances are always changing, and as a business owner you’re always responding to cycles in the economy, employee turnover, shifting responsibilities at home, and more.
In fact, sometimes you can be 15 years into the business and wake up one morning realizing it’s taken over your life. And while your profits may be exceeding your goals, you don’t have time to enjoy them, never mind spending time with family and friends. Your life is work, work, work. And that’s a fast track to burnout.
Business coaching offers solutions for professional service providers who feel caught in this trap, with a business that’s spiraled out of control and taken over their world. Here’s how business coaching can help.
1. An experienced business coach can guide you on better leveraging the talent you already have in place.
When you’ve built a team but are struggling to stay on top of your client load, you may not be using your team’s strengths in the most effective way. A business coach can give you another perspective. You may have all the talent you need in place but just need to shift responsibilities slightly. A business coach can assist you in the decisions.
2. When you need to bring on additional team members, a business coach can steer you in the right direction.
Professional service providers can sometimes get lost in business operations — not able to see the forest for the trees. That’s easy to do when you’re in the business day in and day out. However, having a business coach who can come alongside you with a clear view of the forest adds a great perspective when you need to bring on new team members. The coach can offer direction based on an outside view of the whole picture while you provide insight from the inside.
3. Business coaching can enable you to continue adding to your revenue while decreasing your work hours.
In the early days of a business, working more hours to make more money makes sense. But when your company is well established, you shouldn’t have to keep running at breakneck speed to continue growing. It may be that working 60-hour workweeks is what you’ve always seen successful people do. But that doesn’t have to be you. You can keep a manageable schedule, have time for your family and friends, and still have a thriving business. Business coaching can help you get there.
Professional service providers don’t have to stay caught on the treadmill of never-ending work. Business coaching provides solutions for getting the most out of your team, adding to it when necessary, and growing your business without sacrificing your life.
If your business has taken over your life, reach out to the experts at Growth Academy. We’re trained to help you get off the never-ending work treadmill and build a life you love.
