Dream Team: Business Coach

It’s totally normal to sometimes feel overwhelmed, anxious or frustrated about running your business. Like Ted Lasso says, “Taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse, isn't it? If you're comfortable while you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong.” However, if you are feeling out of your breadth more often than not, it may be time to call in reinforcements. No team is complete without a coach, and a business coach may be just what you need to help get you on track. A business coach is a professional guide that helps you develop goals, hone leadership skills, create strategies and navigate problems. Here are four ways a business coach can help you:

Fill in knowledge gaps.

We can’t know it all. Having a professional on your team to suggest strategies and resources you may not have considered (or even been aware of!) can really help you find solutions to the everyday issues that you face as a business owner.

They are an objective third party.

Sometimes you can be TOO close to a situation and so emotionally invested in the outcome that it clouds your judgment. A business coach has the objectivity necessary to see the big picture and make recommendations based on reason and not emotion.

Help navigating challenges.

Have a difficult decision to make? Need help figuring out how to have that really awkward conversation with an employee? Your business coach is there to help be a sounding board and the voice of reason when you don’t know what to do and need help hashing out your options.

Accountability.

We all have that friend (or maybe YOU are that friend) that tells you the hard truth. A business coach is your own personal Roy Kent for your professional life, holding you accountable and making sure you stick to your plans.

Would you work with a business coach? Give us a 👍 in the comments if you think a business coach could help you.