Coaching for

I hursday .;une 26, 2O14 . 5

Business coaches helpingentreprenenrs developtheir operationsIN rnuch the sarne way atennis player needs a coachto imprnve their game;marly trusiness owners areturning to coaches to learnhow to irnprove their oper-ations.

Yesterday a cross section oflocal business owners came to-gether fbr a session with certi-fied business coaches IanBlanchald and GuillaurneWarnery of ActionCOACHbusiness coaching at the YachtClub on Bay Street.

'Ihere were participants of a90 day plan created by the com-pany where the ciients arecoached for one day, at whichtime they would devise aweekly strategy and determinewhere they want to be in threemonths.

Guillaume VUarnery ofAetionCOAeH business coach-ing while outlnnierg some ofthe areas om whEch busi-nesspersons should f,ocus tolnrprove their operations.

Recognised as the world'snumber one business coachingfirm, it was explained that justas in a sports, the experiencedcoaches push business persons,whether srnall, mediurn orlarge to be their best, to focusand allorv them to reach theirfullest potential.

Warnery while speaking tothe Bctrbadas Advocs.te ex-plained that coaches sit lviththese entrepreneurs, seek tounderstand their targets andtheir vision, rationalise theirfinancial sibuation and under-stand how their time is man-aged.

After this is determined, hesaid next is understanding holva better system can be devel-oped where they can work lessand produce more.

He noted that thr: ultirnategoal is to ensure ttri:t witlrinsix to eight years, their busi-ness can essentiaily operatewithout their physical pres-en"(je"

"'fhat rreans you truy your:

freedom. You can do whateveryou wanted. As soon as youhave done all of tliis, an<-l youhave a structure in place, youhave a general manager work-ing fcrr you and do whateveryou warit with your tirne. Thatis basically the ;rim""

The trusiness coach expiaineclthat the three big issues af,fect-ing busines$ owners are, a lackof money-, not having enoughtirne, and nn inability to com-municate with their team. Henoted that a company's humi.rnresource is also criticai compo-nent of a successfr.rl business."l)o you have a recruitmentsystem? F{ow to do appraisalsystenl to get the maximum outof their staff."

"Ybru can be the hest tlentist,but if'you clon't holv to managJeyour tine cr r.our team t,herrvqni'd be b3, yourself. Anci youcan be a l'ery good dentist buta very had husiness owner. Soive help people who irave skiilsto becorne good business owrl-ers," he said. (JItr)

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