11 Signs Business Coaching is Crucial for your Business Growth

How many decisions do you make in your business on a daily and weekly basis? Hundreds…

How many of those decisions are made without truly assessing the consequences?

15 years in business has taught many lessons. Working closely on a 1-1 basis as well as in small and larger groups showcases up close and personal how similarly we think, feel, and behave. And how the decisions we make have a direct, and immediate impact on our productivity and profit in business.

There are many times we make impulse decisions based on FEAR. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change and so on.

Use these indicators to understand how your fear is getting in the way of your daily choices and ask yourself: is this having a long-term effect on whether my business moves forward or stagnates?

1. You are constantly firefighting and hearing yourself say, ‘when I can get on top of my current client work…’ ‘when I am able to free up more time I can…’ or ‘after the kids *leave home* *finish exams* go back to school* I will…’
2. You believe it would better to invest in product development when you’re not currently selling much product.
3. I’ll just get this extra qualification and then I’ll be seen as the go to expert, I’ll have more confidence and be able to charge more…
4. One more client and I’ll be able to invest in my business
5. You keep setting goals, but are not achieving them, or getting anywhere close.
6. You’re constantly allowing ‘emergencies’ to take priority over business development.
7. Saying yes to a client you don’t really want to work with
8. Not putting up your pricing (even though you know it’s what needs to happen)
9. New ways of working and delivering your services keep swirling around in your head
10. Family life is getting in the way of you growing your business
11. You keep talking yourself into a great idea and then back out of it.

All these are excuses (Ahem, sorry) ways in which your lovely, but sometimes ‘chimp’ brain, is keeping you safe.

This side of your brain handles decisions with ‘emotional thinking’ and shared by Prof Steve Peters in The Chimp Paradox;

‘…some of the traits of emotional thinking are; catastrophic, irrational, jumps to an opinion and thinks in black and white’

Is it from this seat of safety where your business will grow?

What will you do to stop your fear becoming an impossible cycle…?

Take the 1st step. Chatting with a business coach will help you eliminate these feelings of fear and get you moving forward in a more positive, action-oriented way instead.

Need some clarity, focus and guidance on your next steps in business? Book in for my complimentary Kickstart Session – a one hour call to give you clarity, focus and guidance on your best next steps in business.