A six-month coaching program

Running a successful business means keeping the day-to-day operations intact while planning for the future. Our coaching sessions will help you to step back and evaluate the direction of your business, generate fresh ideas to keep you ahead of your competitors, and continually help you grow as a leader and as a person.

The Assessment: What Coaching Re-evaluates

  • Win-loss analysis: what’s working and what’s not (business development, marketing, administration, leadership, personal satisfaction)
  • Fine tune the vision and timeframe for moving forward
  • Redefine short and long term goals to match business plan and personal needs

The Plan: What Coaching Does

  • Provides on-going analysis of business strategies and adjusted goals
  • Keeps a steady eye on the big picture to stay on track
  • Provides a resource for idea generation

The Benefits: What Coaching Provides

  • An objective, confidential sounding board and trusted advisor with real world experience: I have built two professional services businesses, one with a team and one on my own, and sold one to the largest health insurer in New England.
  • Collaborative partner for brainstorming ideas and expanding awareness
  • Objective advisor to identify and evaluate roadblocks to success
  • Identification, and sharing, of networking resources
  • A focused approach to achieving business objectives
  • A partner to help develop leadership skills

The Topics: What Coaching Can Address

  • Business growth: new and/or expanded directions
  • Staffing up: evaluating needs and defining roles
  • Working less, making more: maximizing resources for best balance
  • Negotiating the isolation of self-employment
  • Increasing industry visibility
  • Developing an exit strategy
  • Strategic business partnerships and indirect channel sales opportunities
  • Maximizing the sales and product funnels
  • Leveraging your marketing machine: tapping into your sphere of influence
  • Strategies to develop and solidify client relationships
  • Use of advisory boards: researching choices, benefits, and timing
  • Making the move to an outside office: recognizing needs, planning for growth
  • Professional associations: researching choices, evaluating benefits and fit

Contact me if you are ready to boost your business!

Read What Other Business Owners and Consultants are Saying:

“Andrea’s greatest gift to her clients is that of simplicity. Andrea has given me an approach to viewing my business life that removes the frenzy of the emotions of my practice and enables me to see my clients needs (and my own needs) in a very clear and simple manner.” Partner, Law Firm

“Andrea is extremely bright and personable. She is able to zero right in on the areas that you need support or training. I recommend her highly.” Business Owner, IT Consulting

“Andrea is a wonderful coach. She really listens to where you are in your life and gives advice that is thoughtful, supportive and action oriented. If you are looking for a coach, Andrea is someone you must speak with. I cannot imagine anyone doing a better job at helping you wherever you are in your life and moving you to a better place.” Business Owner, Mental Health Care

“Andrea is a long-time colleague and friend. I find her advice and counsel on client situations and balancing my busy life invaluable.” Business Owner, Management Consulting

“Andrea is and has been a wonderful resource for network information, professional and personal support. She is great in helping to bring focus to a business plan or personal concerns.” Business Owner, Insurance Industry

“Coaching has provided me with a structure to identify goals and make them concrete. It is extremely helpful to be held accountable for “activity goals”. This weekly practice helps me to measure my progress and to feel the satisfaction of moving forward.” Consultant, Financial Services Company

“Whether it’s a shoulder to lean on, an objective sounding board for ideas and concerns or a coach to keep me focused and moving forward, Andrea is there.” President, Employee Benefits Consulting Company

“Through coaching, I have a better sense of my role and where to focus my attention. Having someone I trust on my side is the greatest value.” CEO, Healthcare Services Company

“Working with Andrea gave me both focus and accountability. I moved from “scattered” with too many ideas and distractions to creating a business that combined my two passions in life.” Business Owner, Animal Products Company

“With Andrea’s exquisite coaching, inquisitive line of questioning, her ability to think outside the box and hold the mirror up for me to see exactly what was going on, I am pleased to say that I have exceeded all of my goals increased business growth, affirmed my leadership style, developed a long term exit strategy and committed to an exercise program.” CEO, HR Consulting Company

“Andrea has a great way of pulling me out of the day to day frenzy to think about the big picture – setting goals and checking progress against them. She understands me, she understands my business, and offers such clarity on how to take specific, actionable, measurable steps towards the goals that I determine are important to me. My scheduled time with Andrea is actually one of the highlights of my week because she shares in my excitement over accomplishments, and helps me work through tough issues where I need a valued, but private opinion. Hiring a coach is the best thing I’ve done to ensure the success of my business during this critical startup phase.” Owner, High Technology Consulting Business

“Andrea is a terrific executive coach. She is a great inspirer; she helps me chart out and focus on my goals, overcome obstacles and be creative in achieving those goals. She has a wonderful network and has been able to put me in contact with others that have helped me along the way. She is one of the main reasons my company has not only come to fruition, but grown dramatically in such a short period of time. She makes anything seem possible!” Business Owner, Executive Recruiting

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