Starting business coaching is kind of like joining the gym – you are so pumped at what it will look and feel like to have that transformation, but inside it’s more feeling a bit embarrassed if your attendance drops off before you start seeing results. So, here are the cold hard facts of what your first year with a coach really looks like.
Phase 1: The Slap in the Face
Don’t expect miracles immediately. For the first few sessions, they are probably going to ask you a lot of cringe-worthy questions about your existing state. Like a detective, your coach is going to cut through the charade. You will be uncomfortable or angry maybe — but that is okay.
This phase is all about setting baselines and what the biggest bottlenecks are that’s holding you back. It could be that the marketing issue is actually a pricing problem, or your time management issues are due to not having clear boundaries with clients. For Evesham Business Coaching, contact https://www.randall-payne.co.uk/services/business-advisory/business-coaching/evesham/
Months 4-6: The Breakthrough Period
From here on it gets interesting. Marketing actions start to be carried out and the first results are observed. Perhaps you will finally have that tough conversation with a bad client, or start the service you have been kicking down for months. You start racking up small wins, and your confidence starts to grow.
Realistically, you will also resist this step. Change is a difficult uncomfortable process, and this goes for positive change as well. Your coach will support you when life happens (which it always does) and your old patterns come calling to be brought back into the driver seat.
Months 7-9: The Momentum Phase
At this point, coaching has become a habit you do and not something new you are “trying” Experience a quicker more confident decision making process. Once you roll the systems out, things start to work more seamlessly and then passively you will begin tracking quantifiable results within your business.
Months 10-12: The Integration Phase
The last quarter is all about supporting your journey sustainably. Life and business changes will be difficult, you are expected to keep the ball rolling without someone constantly holding your hand by forcing upon you various data points. Clients often begin thinking of the next level, what is possible for them to grow into.
What Success Actually Looks Like
This is not an overnight, turn it on and wake up tomorrow to 3x revenue+no stress kind of solution. True success with business coaching is often not as sexy: being able to make a decision without agonising for weeks, having systems that will work when you’re not there or just more confidence in the direction of your business.
