You may have heard people talking about their business coach, or you may have met someone who is a business coach. Just as sports teams and individual athletes hire a coach to ensure they achieve their goals, increasingly people are turning to specialists to help them perform at their best in business.
Many people have a mentor who provides support and encouragement on an informal or formal basis. This is often someone who has wide experience and understands how businesses and commercial life work. Business coaches are professional mentors who can work with individuals and teams to improve performance across many aspects of the business.
As well as offering motivation and enthusiasm, a business coach can critically evaluate their client’s company and business strategy. They can be an objective observer, looking at strengths and weaknesses and identifying new opportunities and threats. Gloucester business coaches are helping local clients grow businesses, right from initial ideas through to expansion and diversification.
How do I find a business coach?
There are accreditation bodies for Business and Executive Coaching. More information to support your search for a coach can be found here:
How do business coaches work?
There is no definitive way for a client to work with a Gloucester business coach. Some people choose a regular interaction or meet at specific points in their business cycle, while others will use a coach for troubleshooting, or for when they feel “stuck” and need specific help. How often you engage with your coach and what you focus on is entirely up to you and your coach.
Coaches can be particularly useful at key decision points such as when doing business planning, or when addressing market changes. A Gloucester business coach is different from a management consultant, in that they tend to focus on the person’s or team’s capabilities rather than how the business operates.
How could I benefit from a business coach?
A good business coach will work with you to create action plans and measurable goals with the aim of improving your business performance in the short, medium and longer term.