Business Coaching

Have you heard about business coaching and coaches, who’s using them, and what they can do for your company? Are you interested in starting a business coaching business? The following articles give a brief overview.

What is business coaching?

From Webster’s Dictionary we find the following definitions:

Business – trade or commerce; occupation or profession; a firm; a factory; one’s concern or responsibility.

Coach – a sports instructor; a tutor in a specialized subject; to teach or train.

Business is pretty self explanatory. Coach or coaching is not always as straight forward. A business coach is definitely a tutor in a specialized area, business. But many times business coaches try to be business consultants. Knowing the difference is an essential step between being an excellent and respected business coach or just another “consultant.” Do you know the difference? Eliciting people to perform their best is different than creating environments were a team can excel. These and many more issues face business coach’s everyday.

We’ve created three articles to help guide you in the following areas of business coaching.

Why companies might hire a business coach
Hiring a business coach
Starting a business coaching business

Becoming a business coach touches on the reasons companies can benefit from business coaching. What is means to an employer and what it means to an employee?

Hiring a business coach gives a few tips on what to look for when evaluating the best coach for your business. Starting a business coaching business discusses some of the basic tools and practices required to become a business coach.