Marcus Child

Creating a successful partnership with your business coach calls for more than just expertise — it's about connection. Find someone whose personality resonates with yours, someone you can communicate with openly and who will support you on your business journey. Check out my blog that looks at why personality is so important when selecting a business coach, and which qualities to focus on during your search. And remember you can always book in a FREE first business coaching session with me, no obligation, to see if we are a great fit. https://lnkd.in/ehfGiwcT #businesscoaching #connection #communication

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I'm posting 5 Second Spring FAQs this week. Today FAQ#3 answers “How close to retiring do I need to be to have retirement readiness coaching?” For more info and other FAQs visit www.second-spring.co.uk

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Great to meet Edward Ephraim at today's Gatwick Diamond Business meeting, and his great question: "What's the main theme that you see in your business coaching work?". Hmm. Interesting. There's no one theme, but three do come up again and again more often than the rest. Number One: when I'm working with teams - management teams or operational teams or across the threshold where the two meet - it's communication. Almost never about the *content* of communication, almost always about communication *style*. I regularly see people with great skills, shared beliefs and values and (at least to start with) great respect for each other experiencing breakdown in professional and personal relationships because they have different communication styles. Catch it early and it's just a healthy rupture-and-repair cycle, and the repair process makes the relationship stronger than ever. Catch it too late and the damage can be too deeply entrenched and sometimes the best you can hope for is more-or-less benign toleration. And if neither party is willing to experiment with adapting their communication style (because, obvs, it's the other guy needs to do that) then all hell can break loose and it's a parting of the ways (Surely this never happens in personal relationships too 🤔 🙄 ? Discuss). Number Two: when I'm working with solo business owners, the most common theme is getting stuff done. Not the client stuff - that's always the top priority - or the easy-and-fun, illusion-of-progress stuff, it's the stuff that will *genuinely* grow the business and make next year better than this year. Michael Gerber coined that phrase more than three decades ago and it's a real issue, especially for solo business owners: most know it's a thing but few consistently do it! Which is why so many are in the feast-and-famine cycle. Number Three: Whoever I'm working with there is almost universally a challenge around clarity. Clarity of options. Clarity of priorities. Clarity of symptoms. Clarity of diagnosis. Clarity of outcome. Clarity of action. Clarity of resources. Clarity of measurement. The list goes on. Which means, I guess, that the first challenge is to get clear about where the clarity is lacking! Your thoughts? Thanks to Gatwick Diamond Business for a great meeting as ever and especially to Dee Mathieson for her inspirational words. Lovely to chat with Charlie Lloyd - CIPD, Sally Brown, Mark Vaesen, Shaun Amedee, Arabella Alexander DipPFS, Amanda Lusted about her wonderful charity Ten Tiny Toes (check them out), Louella Flooks, Mike Bosnovic. And always so heart-breaking and heart-warming to be reminded by Ian Wilkins about the impact Crawley Open House has on real lives in our local community. I frequently walk into these big meetings feeling 'oh no, here we go again' when I see a crowd of anonymous backs, but I almost always come away feeling inspired, entertained and educated. Note to self, though: take more selfies to make posts more interesting 🤦‍♂️ ! xx

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Great feedback from my latest Business Coaching client. If you would like gain greater clarity in how to overcome the challenges your business is currently facing and build actionable strategies to improve your leadership then get in touch to book a free coaching/strategy session today! #coaching #happyclient #vision #clarity #leadership

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Time's running out to join us today for real-life divorce coaching examples to deepen your understanding of what divorce coaching is and how the practical application of coaching techniques impacts the client's experience. Real Live Divorce Coaching: https://lnkd.in/eANT8Kb

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Thank you to Antoinette Daniel and Lynsey Harrison for giving me the opportunity to talk to them in a MasterclassMini. I share more about Discover Insights and how that can help businesses and professionals understand how their personality, mindset and motivation all come together to drive their success. If you are curious then give the recording a listen it is only 15 minutes long. #PersonalityTesting #PersonalDevelopment #TeamDevelopment

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Clarity is key Did you know that I also support private clients too. Sometimes the solutions you need relate to your personal life, your personal development, or relationships. 3WH - Whatwhenwhyhow Ltd works with individuals too, so take a look at the private solutions here too. #coach #relationships #lifecoach #careerscoach #midlifecoach #empowermentcoach #lifetransition

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Time's running out to join us Weds for real-life divorce coaching examples to deepen your understanding of what divorce coaching is and how the practical application of coaching techniques impacts the client's experience. Real Live Divorce Coaching: https://lnkd.in/eANT8Kb

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We made a bit of a bold choice in celebrating our decision not to niche our coaching business by rebranding and changing our name to NoNiche Business Accelerators. We can’t even count the number of times we have been asked “What niche industry do you work with?” Or been told, “You have to niche to target your market properly.” We tried, we sat with more marketing companies that we like to remember, we have workshopped, we employed specialist coaches to help us ‘find our niche’ but the reality is that everything we came up with was simply inauthentic. The truth is we don’t have a specialist niche industry, we love all businesses. The more industries we work with, the more we learn and then we get to share that knowledge. Business problems are fundamentally the same in all industries, and we believe the business owner holds the answer to most of those problems, we just need to help them cut through the weeds to find the solution. Our strength is working with the key challenges that most business owners are faced with at some time in their journey and help to overcome them. ⭐️ Lack of confidence ⭐️ Lack of time ⭐️ Stressed ⭐️ Not enough money ⭐️ Team issues ⭐️ Run out of ideas ⭐️ Stuck ⭐️ Can’t grow If you can relate to any of these key challenges and would like help in moving past them to take you and your business to the next level, feel free to reach out. NoNiche Business Accelerators #noniche #businessaccelators #empoweringentrepreneurs #goalsetting

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UNLOCK - LEVERAGE - THRIVE Are you ready to unlock your true potential and harness your innate talents? Join us on Yowah Radio for an inspiring episode of #ProjectMe! 📅 Date: Sunday, 16th June 2024 (Yes, Father's Day here in the UK!) 🕕 Time: 6 PM (UK) 🎙️ Special Guest: David Howell In this episode, "Unlocking Our Innate Talents," David will share his incredible journey from policing to personal and organizational development. We'll explore the importance of self-awareness, team dynamics, and the transformative power of recognizing and addressing burnout. Together we'll explore...  🔸 The significance of self-awareness in personal and professional growth  🔸 How Humanixs and psychometrics can enhance team dynamics  🔸 Strategies to recognize and address burnout effectively  🔸 Thriving by understanding and leveraging your innate strengths 🤔 We're curious... What innate talent have you discovered about yourself recently? How do you leverage your strengths to navigate through challenging times? Don't miss this chance to discover how to become unbreakable, navigate through chaos, and achieve success without compromise! 📻 Tune in on YOWAH Radio - Your wellbeing and happiness radio station🔗 The link is in the comments below! Remember, you are not nothing, and that is a very good place to start.  Let's unlock our potential together! 🧡 #SelfLeaderMe #ProjectMe #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #TeamDynamics =================================

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