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Are you coachable?
A business coach is like a sports coach. A sports coach encourages an athlete to achieve optimal performance, also offers support when exhausted and teaches the athlete to execute tactics that the opponent will not expect. A sports coach makes you run more than you want to. A sports coach does not mirror things better than they are. And a sports coach listens.
The role of the business coach is to coach entrepreneurs to improve their business through guidance, support and encouragement.
A business coach helps the owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with their sales, marketing, day-to-day management, team activities and so much more.
Like a sports coach, your business coach will let you focus all your attention on the 'game' itself.
"We are Business Coaches, not business consultants..."
What is the difference? It's actually quite simple to explain.
Your ActionCOACH will do more than just tell you what to do. Your ActionCOACH will be there for you when you need it most. As soon as an idea is formed, when challenges come your way and more importantly; when you are not sure what your next step is.
We are there with you every step of the way to help, guide, support and motivate you to achieve your goals. Your ActionCOACH is an experienced entrepreneur who has received world-class training and is supported by extensive international resources.
Together with your accountant, lawyer or banker, your ActionCOACH will keep you focused on your goals, holding you accountable and supporting you through ups and downs.
Our coaching system has proven itself for more than 27 years, with tens of thousands of SME entrepreneurs worldwide in more than 80 countries.
Want to showcase your business in a positive way? Then make sure it continuously evolves with the times. Therefore, regularly ask yourself the following questions:
- Do our offers still meet the market?
- What can we do to reach more customers?
- How can we positively differentiate ourselves from our competitors?
- What can we do to sell more?
- How can we make our processes more efficient?
- What can we do to cut costs?
Continuously innovating your business keeps it flexible and more resilient to unexpected market changes. This makes selling your business a lot easier.
The question now is: Are you coachable?
Circle the mark that best indicates how true the statement is for you at this moment. Add up your score using the total score table at the bottom of this page.
It is essential that you determine whether you are in the place in your life and business where you are coachable.
This index helps your coach and you discover how coachable you are... right now.
The Coachability Test
Fill in for yourself on the scale 1 = Less true, to 5 = More true...
TOTAL SCORE
(add up all the numbers to one total)
14-28: Not very coachable at the moment. Perhaps an ActionCOACH seminar or workshop would be most suitable for you. See our offer here CLICK HERE
29-42: Coachable, but make sure basic rules are followed.
43-56: Coachable
56-70: Very Coachable, ask the Coach to ask a lot of you.
Sell business tip 5: Appoint someone as director
When your business structure is in place, your processes are efficient and your team knows perfectly well what needs to be done and can also execute it independently, you can take a step back as an entrepreneur. By appointing someone else as director, you can completely remove yourself from your business.
Thanks to the good functioning of your business with clear responsibilities, there is probably a good candidate to be found in your current team. Now everything is ready for a successful business sale.
By giving the reins to someone else, you achieve a higher level of personal pleasure and financial rewards. This is how you realise the power of true freedom.
Want to get your business ready for sale?
Want to sell your business so you can live the life of your dreams? ActionCOACH helps entrepreneurs and business owners how to get their business ready for sale. With our individual coaching and mentoring programmes, we help you tackle all the challenges successfully.
Kurt Vervloet
Kurt Vervloet is a business coach, blogger and speaker. Since 2017, he has been coaching businesses around the world, ranging from solo entrepreneurs, SME companies to executive management teams at large organisations. His clients choose to work with him because of my proven, no-nonsense approach to optimising and scaling businesses. By achieving great results with his clients, he has already been rewarded with several Awards.
