Go Joe!

People come to coaching for different reasons and often what they discover is wrapped in a dazzling package.

Joe came as a client wanting a breakthrough in his business. As a business broker, and sole proprietor, he needed a jumpstart to help him create more income. He also needed a support system to keep his enthusiasm alive. He was confused and depressed about all the leads that he had gotten, opening doors, only to have the doors shut in his face. He was tired of working alone and wanted to add a partner to share his vision. With firm determination and quiet resolve, he worked diligently to expand his perception of how to build a business.

He had many resources at his fingertips. People that he realized were there to help him in his quest for a new insight into his work. As his coach, it was important to learn more about how his business worked and what would be beneficial to support him in realizing his dream.

Reviewing his strategies for networking and also for publicizing his business were structures that he wanted to put in place. We discovered that he did not have a viable web site and he worked hard to set this up. Joe was a very talented writer and had never put this creative talent to work. He got inspired and wrote some great articles about what he had done with successful clients and posted them on his web site. With a new outlook, he started to see fresh possibilities to build his business.

Next Joe started gathering a list of people he knew as possible partners and created a very clever idea—“dinner with Joe.” He started having social dinners with colleagues to get the word out about what he did. Joe also was ferreting out potential partners who could join him in his business. And the dinners were costly.

His money was running out and he was getting discouraged. He continued working on what he knew about the business and building on his strengths of networking and speaking. Within six months he had built his client list, authored three articles and had several viable leads. Joe also found a potential partner that he could work with to build his vision. He was a willing participant to create a game plan for a successful coaching partnership and he tapped into his creative genius. Joe learned that he could break through what had been holding him back from going for the gold.

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