5 Tips for Finding the Right Business Coach for YOU
As a business coach I am often asked for advice on how to find the right business coach. My short answer? It really depends on you. Here are a five tips to find the best business coach for your business.
1. Understand the outcome you would like to have by working with a business coach. Do you want to grow your sales? Become a better leader? Manage fear? All of the above?!? Starting with understanding what will make you feel like coaching has been fruitful is your number one task.
2. Look for a coach that has both business AND coaching skills. If they are only strong on the business side, you will be getting more of a consultant. If they are less strong on business but great at coaching, you will have more of a life coach. I find that my clients have the best outcomes with a combination because the fastest results require strong guidance in both areas.
3. Look for a coach that has clients at least 10x bigger than yours but not more! You want your business coach to have a treasure chest of insights from working with larger companies, but not so big that their perspectives feel out of reach or not applicable.
4. You must have rapport! Trust will come over time, but you'll never get there if you don't feel connected. Business coaching is very intimate because in order to move the needle, you have to be willing to pull the covers wayyyyy back! So be sure to select a business coach that you feel you can be the most open and honest with.
5. If you're wondering when is the best time to hire a business coach... the answer is always NOW! It's never too early to coach your way to success and often, coaching is absolutely the fastest path!
Before you go
Have you ever "interviewed" a business coach to see if you two might be a good fit? How did you go about deciding whether to work with that person or not?
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