DO YOU WANT TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES DEVELOP - BECOME A BUSINESS COACH!

Businesses are now having to operate in very challenging environments, which for many smaller businesses particularly will be very daunting. 

Are you:

• An experienced business person
• A consultant in a specific field
• Looking to develop your own business
• Wanting to support other business people to be successful

Then the role of business coach could be for you. This role can be very flexible allowing you to develop your own business as you continue working in other areas. It is also a growth area, as businesses look for support in navigating the world around them.

Business coaches support a variety of different organisations, including:

• Startups - those looking for guidance on breaking into the market
• Independent businesses - small businesses who need support with a specific area e.g. marketing, strategy development
• SME's - managers looking for coaching to lead their team more effectively, developing the business mindset etc. 

Think about how rewarding it would be to support businesses develop and thrive, all from your own experience and expertise. 

If this sounds like it is an area you want to explore, then enrol with us today and join the business coaching world.  

Lesson Structure

There are 8 lessons in this course:

1. Nature and Scope of Business Coaching
   • Nature of Business Coaching, Life Coaching and Sports Coaching
   • Terminology
   • Why People Use Business Coaches
   • Case Studies
   • Business Failure or Success
2. The Initial Consultation
   • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
   • Goal Centred Approach
   • Reality based approach
   • Motivational Approach
   • First Contact
   • SWOT Analysis
   • Replace Negative with Positive Habits
   • Monitor and Evaluate Progress
   • Closing
   • Case Studies
3. Considering Alternative Actions
   • Developing a Business Plan
   • Feasibility Studies
   • Formal Documentation
   • Operational Management
   • Strategic Planning
   • Operational Planning
   • Components of a Business Plan
   • Implementing Ideas
   • Changing Behaviour
   • Looking after long term Viability
   • Partial Sell Offs
   • Restructuring
   • R & D
   • Changing Products and Services
   • Buying a New Business
   • Staff
   • Selling or Winding Down
   • Case Studies
4. Improving Productivity
   • Quality Circles
   • Cause and Effect Diagrams
   • Pareto Analysis
   • Brainstorming
   • Motivation
   • Internal and Intrinsic Incentives
   • Incentives External to Working Environment
   • Social Reinforcers as Incentives
   • Tangible Rewards
   • Case Studies
5. Marketing
   • Introduction to Marketing
   • Marketing Strategy
   • Starting out in Business
   • Making Contact
   • Controlling Growth
   • Improving Results
6. Building Better Staff
   • Staff recruitment
   • Team building and Team Management
   • Staff development and Training
7. Improving Resource Management
   • BRM (Business Resource Management)
   • Stress Management
   • Case Studies
8. Putting it all into Practice
   • PBL Based Project
   • Significance of knowledge of interviewing and assessment
   • Incentives and motivational strategies
   • Productivity and marketing strategies
   • Theoretical information to derive sensible solutions
   • Initial business coaching assessment for a specified business
   • Actions for improving and sustaining the level of performance

Aims

• Describe services that a business coach can offer clients; identify opportunities to work as a business coach; and develop an understanding of a business coach’s role.
• Understand how to gather relevant data and conduct an initial consultation with a client.
• Explain the options for action to optimise the operation of a new or existing business.
• Understand methods of providing business coaching to improve productivity.
• Develop awareness of ways in which business coaching can improve marketing.
• Discuss ways to provide business coaching to improve the recruitment, skills, performance and motivation of staff.
• Understand how business coaching can be used to improve resource management.
• Deliver a comprehensive business coaching service to a client.

What You Will Do

• This course is designed to help people identify opportunities to work as a business coach and develop an understanding of a business coach’s role. You will learn how to gather relevant data and conduct an initial consultation with a client.
• Throughout the course you will learn about optimisation of business models for new or existing businesses, whilst focusing on improving productivity within a business. Understand how business coaching can be used to improve resource management.
• You will develop awareness of ways in which business coaching can improve marketing, and also improve the recruitment, skills, performance and motivation of staff.
• You will have an opportunity to develop and practice the delivery of a comprehensive business coaching service to a client.

WHAT DOES A BUSINESS COACH DO?

 Business coaching can help a business owner, manager or director to:

•  make better decisions
•  reach their goals faster
•  set better goals
•  improve relationships

Business coaching usually involves working with the individual on THEIR problems, so every client will receive a different form of business coaching, individualised to their needs. So a business coach may work with a business person in one of two ways:  

1. To help them as an individual perform better

• how they respond to staff
• their work life balance
• their organisational structure
• delegation
• staff training
• motivating staff
• better management skills
• time management

2. To help their business perform better

• looking at ideas for the structuring of the business
• employment of staff
• time management with staff
  
  

Being a manager or business owner can be a lonely job at times. So a business coach can be there as a sounding board and confidant to help the business person to voice their issues and then help the person to find solutions to their problems effectively and quickly.  

Business coaching is generally considered to be a good method of intervention to improve a business or the way the business person works, as it can be:

• time efficient
• effective
• is individually tailored to the person’s requirements
• is outcome focused

In summary business coaching:

• is a one to one service for an individual business person, aimed at improving the success of that individual or their business
• focuses on the important factors and helps the individual to focus on their goals and to ACT on those goals.
• helps individuals grow their business, give support and also improve their overall life hopefully.
• provides skills and knowledge. The business coach will also share with the business person different tools and skills to use in their business and personal life for the short and long term success.
  
  

Don’t be confused here. A business coach is not the same as a business consultant, they are not there to help the business person to set up a new rota or procedure for employing people, but they are there to look at issues that could be affecting how well the business is running and find ways to help the business person to change that. Business coaching can also be confused with other interventions, such as counselling, life coaching, consultancy and training. It is not the same though.

WHY STUDY WITH ACS?

There are lots of reasons why you should sign up to do this course with us, including:

• The information within the course is wide ranging which gives you an insight into the variety of different opportunities available to you and doesn't restrict your career path
• Within each lesson you have the opportunity to apply your learning to activities in order to extend your knowledge and research specific areas of interest, enhancing your understanding
• Whilst you have the business acumen to become a coach, there are lots of other aspects to consider - this course gives you all of that
• Business coach can take you to all kinds of different businesses, giving you flexibility now and in the future
• Our subject specialist tutors will be there to support you throughout your course, they are only too happy to share their industry knowledge and experience with you
• When studying with us you set your own deadlines, meaning you study at your own pace enabling it to fit around other commitments

TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND ENROL NOW!

You can enrol on the course now, but if you have any questions about the content of the course or studying with ACS, then please get in touch with us today - use our FREE COURSE COUNSELLING SERVICE to get in touch with our expert tutors. They will be pleased to help you!