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Read Susan's Business Coach Testimonials
WHAT IS A BUSINESS COACH?
Different business coaches focus on different types of clients and offer different strategies coaching methods. Susan Longley specializes in coaching the small
business owner or self-employed professional, with a focus on:
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- Identifying life and business goals
- Establishing your preeminence as a resource for your clients
- Maintaining the personal business/life balance that is right for you
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WHY DOES COACHING WORK?
Coaching works because of three unique features:
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— You and your coach become a team, accomplishing more than you would alone.
— With a coach you are encouraged and supported to take meaningful action that is appropriate to your unique business and personal situation. With the structure that coaching provides, you will develop a new insights and perspectives on circumstances and personal ways of being that may have stood in the way of goal achievement in the past.
— The coach knows how to support you to explore your purpose and to set the goals that most naturally flow from that purpose. We believe that your business exists to serve your life, and always work from that premise. |
IS COACHING DIFFERENT FROM CONSULTING?
Coaching is not consulting. Traditional consulting offers solutions and advice. Coaching enables you to find your own unique answers. Your coach provides guidance, expertise and skill-building techniques whenever they are useful, but doesn't do things for you, nor tell you what to do. Coaching unlocks your potential to improve your own performance.
HOW WILL I BENEFIT FROM COACHING?
Coaching enhances your ability to learn, make desired changes, and achieve goals. In an ongoing coaching relationship, your coach works with you to:
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- Get clear about your goals.
- Create effective action plans.
- Learn new skills & techniques.
- Stay focused and on track.
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WHEN DO I NEED A COACH?
You should consider working with a coach when you are:
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- Starting a new business or building a coaching, consulting or
professional practice.
- Wanting to improve profits or find new customers.
- Taking on a major new project, either business or personal.
- Challenged with managing people, projects, or time.
- Out of balance with respect to your work and your personal life.
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HOW DO I GET STARTED?
Follow these three easy steps:
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- Read the information on this page about business coaching.
- Take the Coachability Index to see if you are ready to work
with a coach.
- Call or e-mail us to set up a free initial consultation and
sample coaching session.
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