All of my Business-Life Coaching
programs designed to support you to build your unique beautiful businessYou weren't actually planning to build it all on your own, were you?
Being in and around small business for the past 30+ years, I’ve come to understand the value of Business – Life Coaching and mentoring, because I have learnt two things:
- That many small business owners often feel overwhelmed and stuck in their daily lives as entrepreneurs. (More about overwhelm and personal wellbeing for small business owners here)
- That the most effective way out of that overwhelm is to find the right external advice, guidance, mentoring, or coaching. It doesn’t matter what name you give it, what it comes down to is: Asking for Help
My own experience as the owner of a building company in Sydney for 20 years was exactly like that and I’ve seen the same patterns repeated over and over with most of the small business owners I’ve met. The only sure fire way to step out of overwhelm, get unstuck and start moving forward again as energetically and positively as you did in the early years in your business, is to stop trying to do it all yourself.
Because you can’t do it without external advice and help, trust me on that. (More about the different forms of business support, advice and guidance here)
It takes a village
No business owner who ever built a Beautiful Business and Life, did it on their own. Successful entrepreneurs know it takes a village, and they look for the best advisers, mentors, and coaches they can find. For example you can read the story of one of my most successful clients here.
All of my Business – Life Coaching, mentoring, webinar and workshop programs below are designed specifically for small business owners who do find themselves overwhelmed and stressed in their business. They’re designed for people who want to start Having more Fun in Business again. The programs are aimed at helping business owners discover what their own unique Beautiful Business and Life could really look like and then to help them build it.
It's difficult to decide: Free Five Steps to Discovery Process
My business coaching and mentoring programs are listed below with links to more information. But I know it can be difficult to decide what kind of support and guidance you really need at this stage on your journey as a business owner, just from reading a few pages on a website.
Because of that I suggest we follow my Free Five Steps to Discovery Process before you make any decisions about how or when to engage with me, starting with a free 30 minute Discovery Coaching session (Skype) combined with a short business discovery survey and report.
Next Steps
You can book a Discovery Business Coaching session and Business Discovery Survey through any one of the forms of this page. In the Discovery session, we’ll get to know each other a little and I’ll will ask you a thousand questions to get a good understanding of where you are in your business and life, what your challenges and opportunities are and how I can best support you, allowing me to tailor the next steps in the Five Steps to Discovery Process.
The Coaching Programs
These are my different coaching programs, click to read more or book an initial session:
- Free Five Steps to Discovery Process
- The Fun in Business Intensive (individuals and husband and wife business partners)
- The One-Month Business Transformation programs
- Brainstorming and sounding board
- The Small Business Masterminds webinars
- Small Business Growth Club
- Fun in Business and Purpose in business workshops
“Having Roland’s support and guidance is like being infused with 20 years’ experience in six months”.
(Dan Kordiak, DynaFix)
Further reading and resources about business coaching and getting external advice:
- Why I don’t believe in Business Coaching and why it works
- How to find the right support in your business
- About my background as a business coach
- All my freely downloadable books, special reports and other resources
- Is your business coach really a consultant? A rose by any other name…
- All about mental health and wellbeing for small business owners on this dedicated page here
- There is a lovely guest post from one of my clients, Geoff Anderson from Sonic Sight about his experience with business coaching here
- Here is an article I wrote about how to go about finding the right coach for you
- And here are three articles on how to go about finding the right business coach on Inc.com , on Entrepreneur.com and on Fastcompany.com. All worth a good read if you’re considering the idea of getting a business coach or mentor soon.
- I’ve also written here, about the power of great conversations, which is how I fill my days as a business coach.
How would it be to blow away one big hurdle first?
Click here for the Full One-Month-Transformation page
Summary: What’s it all about:
The one Month business transformation programs are short sharp, intense business coaching programs designed to tackle one specific issue in your business, find the clarity and focus you need and implement a series of effective and simple strategies that will transform that aspect of your business.
The Transformation programs consist of up to 4 business coaching sessions of between 1 and 2 hrs each via Skype, spread out over one month. Read about all of the one-month transformation programs here.
“I wanted to find out ways of reshaping my company to enjoy my work more and get back to doing the things that made me choose my vocation in the first place. Roland helped me do this and has re-energised me and my company.”
(Michael Hill, Lightwell)
Why it’s important for you:
At any one time in your business there may be one challenge above all others that needs to be tackled effectively right now before you and the business can start to move forward again:
- Maybe it’s your marketing that isn’t working and you are not getting enough new inquiries,
- Or maybe you’re not converting enough inquiries into new sales, or
- You’re always struggling to pay the bills on time, or
- Maybe your staff are not delivering for you, or
- Your business plan is way out of date
- Or you simply feel that you are drifting from job to job, client to client, without a sense of direction.
Most of us experience at least one of those challenges at some stage in our journey. And when we are in the midst of such a challenge it can be like a fog through which we can see very little else. Is that true for you at the moment? And what is the issue that causes the fog for you?
What you can expect from the program:
Before we even start a One-Month Program, I will help you decide which is the challenge that keeps you awake most, the issue that must be tackled before you can start to look for the horizon again (see the “Discovery Session” below). I will then customise the program to make sure we address that issue in the most effective way possible.
Then we’ll work together intensively for a month to bring about a real change in this aspect of your business. At the end of the month, you will feel a great sense of relief; The fog has lifted and you can start to see the horizon again, and you’ll not be kept awake at night any longer by that issue.
Free Five Step Discovery Process:
Before we engage in any of my coaching programs, I always suggest we follow my Five Steps to Discovery Process, starting with a free 30 minute Discovery Coaching session (Skype) combined with a short business discovery survey and report. You can book a Discovery Business Coaching session and Business Discovery Survey through any one of the forms of this page. In the Discovery session, we’ll get to know each other a little and I’ll get some insight into what stage you and your business are at, allowing me to tailor the next steps in the Five Steps to Discovery Process.
Next step:
Fill in the form below to book a free Discovery Business Coaching Session with me, or go to the One-Month-Transformation page for more information.
The Fun in Business Intensive
Are you ready for the adventure of a life time?
Click here for the full Fun in Business Intensive page
Summary: What’s it all about:
The New Perspectives Fun in Business Intensive is a transformative 6 to 12 month business coaching, mentoring and leadership development program designed for individual small business owners and also especially husband and wife business partners (read more about husband and wife family business owners here), who want to change and Build a Beautiful Business and Life and who are ready to get stuck into doing so now.
The business coaching program combines Visioning, Goalsetting, Planning, Strategy, Accountability, Support, Guidance, Brainstorming and Advice with Coaching and Mentoring methodologies and resources that simply work. Fun in business or why running a business doesn’t have to be like playing whack-a-mole
Further reading about why Fun is the opposite of Overwhelm
More about overwhelm and getting unstuck
All about the Fun in Business Program
Why it’s important for you:
Change happens on journeys. Nothing ever happened in the safety of the harbour. To change our business and our life we have to get out onto the ocean and set sail for the horizon and above all, we can’t ever come back.
When you are ready to change your business and your life, I’d love to come on the journey with you. I will help you set a course, and adjust the course when required. I’ll keep you focused on the course and I’ll guide and teach you how to keep the ship safe and heading in the right direction. I’ll warn you when there’s a storm or a reef coming and I’ll make sure that you know when to row and row hard and when to let the wind take you along for a while.
What you can expect:
The Fun in Business Intensive is not for the faint hearted. The structure of the “Intensive” ensures that we will tackle the big issues, all the big rocks that have blocked your way to the business you dream of will be blown away or we’ll find a way around them; The program is called “The Intensive” because it is the most intensive one-on-one business coaching and mentoring program you can engage with while also running your business at the same time. It’s is full on and it has made grown men cry… But it works, every time.
Coming on the Journey with me in the Fun in Business Intensive will truly change your business and your life for ever.
I promise you
Free Five Step Discovery Process:
Before we engage in any of my coaching programs, I always suggest we follow my Five Steps to Discovery Process, starting with a free 30 minute Discovery Coaching session (Skype) combined with a short business discovery survey and report. You can book a Discovery Business Coaching session and Business Discovery Survey through any one of the forms of this page. In the Discovery session, we’ll get to know each other a little and I’ll get some insight into what stage you and your business are at, allowing me to tailor the next steps in the Five Steps to Discovery Process.
Next step:
Fill in the form below to book a free Discovery Business Coaching Session with me, or go to the Fun in Business webpage for more information.
“I can’t recommend Roland enough to any business owner who wants to grow their business strongly, they will benefit enormously from his ongoing advice and support.”
(Michael Nelson, Scissors, Paper, Rock)
Brainstorming and sounding board
What’s it all about?
Sometimes you need to know you can pick up the phone to someone you trust, because you need a sounding board, some independent input, a sense check, some advice or simply someone to vent your frustration on, allowing you to move on again.
I provide those functions for a number of small business owners, either on an ad hoc basis, when we book in an hour or more and I get you to think about a specific question to focus on in our session, or on an ongoing retainer basis.
Free Five Step Discovery Process:
Before we engage in any of my coaching programs, I always suggest we follow my Five Steps to Discovery Process, starting with a free 30 minute Discovery Coaching session (Skype) combined with a short business discovery survey and report. You can book a Discovery Business Coaching session and Business Discovery Survey through any one of the forms of this page. In the Discovery session, we’ll get to know each other a little and I’ll get some insight into what stage you and your business are at, allowing me to tailor the next steps in the Five Steps to Discovery Process.
Next step:
Fill in the form below to book a free Discovery Business Coaching Session with me.
Small Business Masterminds™ webinars
Click here for the full Masterminds page
Summary: What’s it all about:
Each of the Small Business Masterminds Foundation Webinars covers one of “The Truths” as featured in “The Ten Truths Trilogy” business books. The webinars are interactive and fast paced. Lots of valuable insights and resources will lead you to great clarity and insight and you’ll walk away with one or more simple practical steps that will start to change your business and your life. Watch any of the recorded Mastermind webinars here
Why it’s important for you:
The Small Business Masterminds Foundation webinars are free and the webinars will help you move past your key challenges in developing your business.
You will walk away with clarity, insight and focus and you’ll be able to implement one or more simple practical actions that will start to move you past your challenges in developing your business.
There are varying topics such as:
- The Purpose of Business
- Business Planning
- Keeping your finger on the Pulse of your business
- Time Management
- Why Fun is all that matters in business
- Sales,
- Marketing
- Continuous improvement
- Leadership
Next step:
Follow this link to read about this month’s webinar and book in. The Small Business Masterminds Foundation webinars are always free to allow you to check out how my Fun in business programs can change your life.
“In the brief 6 month period it took to complete Roland’s ‘Fun in business intensive for Small Business’ we transformed a small, work from home, Architecture practice into a beautiful new expanded vibrant business.”
(Mathew Stubbs, Stubbs Design Tribe)
The Business Growth Clubs
Note: Growth Clubs are run by request by a minimum of 8 small business owners
The Business Growth Clubs Program is designed to provide small business owners with a true advisory board for their business.
Why it’s important to you:
Most small business owners feel overwhelmed and alone from time to time. There isn’t anybody to brainstorm and share stuff with. The Small Business Boards are small groups (max 6) of small business owners who commit to support each other and hold each other accountable and come together for that purpose once a month.
Next step:
If you think you’d like to have a Board of your peers to support you and to hold you accountable to your Goals every month, follow this link to find out more
Custom workshops and webinars
Note: On request, by application
I deliver customised powerful business development workshops and webinars on many topics from Fun in Business and Purpose to time management and Leadership to groups small business owners in various industries.
The workshops can and will be tailored to your needs.
“For the first time in 8 years I have been able to take a mid year holiday”.
(Andrew Kitchen, Lobster Software)