Becoming a successful and effective business coach takes a specific type of person. Anyone offering professional and high-level business coach services needs passion, drive, determination, good communication skills, and the ability to read and lead others effectively. Coaching businesses must also understand that business owners come from different skills and backgrounds. What works for one business owner may not work for another. Therefore, this is crucial when creating a business coaching and mentoring program that will give the business owner value and give them the right path forward.

Below are some of the core skills needed for a successful Sydney business coaching and mentoring experience:

Leadership Skills – A business coach is more than just a sounding board. They need to help you improve your leadership skills by being an example. They need to ‘feel’ where their client is and should always be one step ahead in understanding what the coaching client needs at a particular time. It includes making sure the client is accountable, no matter what.

An Array of Different Business Skills—A business coach should have extensive business experience in understanding marketing, sales, recruitment, planning, leadership skills, systems, and procedures, to name a few. A background in finance or management will also be highly useful. While people from all backgrounds can offer business coaching for small business owners on running their businesses successfully, the skills required to be a successful business coach are in a class of their own.

Flexibility with Clients – Contrary to popular belief, SME business coaching should not be a cookie-cutter process. Specific ‘best practices’ should be followed, but there must be enough flexibility for the business owner to design the business with the ideas they are passionate about. The most effective Sydney business coaches are flexible and understand this when working with their clientele. They know that although some best practice approaches or steps are involved in any situation, clients often come up with random questions, which means the business coach must be open-minded enough to provide them with all the necessary feedback without having a stubborn agenda about where things should go next.

A High EQ – A skilled business coach will understand how to approach you best to get the very best from you. It is that ‘gut’ feeling around what the client needs next before the client even knows themselves.

Go Above and Beyond – A seasoned business coach should have a high ‘care factor’ and go above and beyond for their clients. They want to see their clients achieve great results. To them, it is a matter of honour. They will think about their clients in between coaching sessions, plan the next moves, randomly check in with their client, literally do whatever it takes.

If you are interested in exploring my small business coaching program, clients are happy to recommend it (see my testimonials); please fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page, and let’s have a confidential and no-obligation chat about how I might be able to help you forward.

In my business coaching practice, business coaching and mentoring often merge to ultimately give the client the best value, experience, and results.

Should any sports team or athlete invest in a coach? Of course, they do. It would be unthinkable for them not to. A good Sydney business coaching expert will typically help fast-track the path to designing a successful business in far less time than someone trying to achieve this on their own. Think about how much more focus and effort one typically puts into working with a personal trainer compared to training on their own. The same principle applies when working on your business.

You may be wondering what the investment is for a Sydney business coach

Business coaching costs in Sydney vary depending on what you are looking for. If it’s a dedicated one-on-one business coaching service, the intensity/frequency of your coaching sessions will usually determine the investment. The amount of work that needs doing in your business depends on the size of your team, what business goals you want to achieve, and what time scale you would like to achieve those goals. The best way to get an idea of investment in hiring a Sydney business coach is to speak directly with a business coach.

If you want to explore my highly regarded business coaching programs and associated investment, please contact me today for a confidential, no-obligation chat.

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Yes. Unlike the bigger coaching firms, you will only ever work with me. Every step of the way.

If you’re keen to discuss your business aspirations further, please call 0403 881 105 or you can also book a phone chat on Calendly here.