Many business owners fail to get the most out of small business coaching because they doubt themselves and think that they’re paying a coach to do everything for them or that the coach has all the answers to their problems.
Remember that although many coaches have vast experience the person who should know the most about your business is YOU. With this in mind below are three tips which will really help you get more benefit from your investment in small business coaching.
TIP 1
Make sure you do work yourself between coaching sessions.
As a small business coach I see a vast number of different business owners and the ones who manage to get the most benefit from me make sure they ‘road test’ everything that we talk about in our sessions.
The coach is not a baby sitter on the one hand nor the CEO of your company on the other. You are the business owner and must do the work between sessions to extract and implement the learning into your business.
TIP 2
Have a list of topics that you want answers to.
When a business owner comes to a session with specific questions about their business I know we’re dealing with relevant issues for them. It usually means that they are thinking about the sessions and applying the knowledge to their situation.
Often in our sessions we will change the whole direction of a session to address the most pressing issues in a business because that’s where the questions always come from.
TIP 3
Don’t get caught in generalised concepts and fixed systems.
I personally like it when a business owner interrupts the session with questions about how the knowledge applies to their individual business.
There are some really great coaching systems which apply generalised business principles. Whilst these are great in theory, my experience is that the specific and unique information really helps the business owner.
If you want generalised information there are many educational facilities that can give you this. One on One coaching must address your specific needs to give you the value from your investment.
What’s your experience with small business coaching?
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