No Reason to Operate a Business in N Texas and Not Have Access to Business Coaching Tools for Growth

If you operate a business in N Texas there is no reason not to have access to the tools to grow your business.

At ActionCOACH - Business Coaching there are at least 5 major categories of products and services offered to business owners. View YouTube link.

1.  Our Flagship program is our one-to-one coaching  where we coaching week-over-week with the business owner toward the ultimate goal of a commercial profitable business that works without the business owner always being there.  This is our most intense program and it’s not for everyone.

2.  The next program is group coaching.  We gather 8 to 12 business owners to work bi-weekly together where the coach facilitates the knowledge to grow a business going through ActionCOACH’s 6 Steps - Mastery, Niche, Leverage, Team, Synergy and Results business level capabilities.  This is for owners not quite ready for the intensity of one-to-one coaching but often after these 3 months they find they know a lot more and graduate to the one-to-one coaching programs.  

3.  The third level consists of seminars and workshops on specific business growth topics from business vision and planning, marketing, sales, customer experience, systemization, team building to name a few of the topics.  These vary in length from a few hours, half day, day to two days.   These can be customized for your specific business or franchise group.

4.  Next are ActionCOACH’s digital products on the business growth topics similar to the seminar and workshops plus our ActionCOACH books.  With these products you can gain the know how and refer back to them for reference.  These are often included as part of the one-to-one and group programs.

5.  Finally, we offer special projects for business owners perhaps seeking expansion capital, hiring new talent, preparing for exit or transition, deciding whether they are ready for expansion via licensing, franchising or organic growth.

Based on the business owner’s needs, commitment to growth, resources and time availability, we select the right offer to move you forward.  Thus, no matter what level of budget and time availability, there is likely a program designed for you.

So let’s have the conversation to moves you and your business further faster than you thought possible.  Call me at ph:  972 709 6776  eM:  StephenMarino@ActionCOACH.com

How Aligned are Your Employees to Your Growth Targets? And What You Can Do About It

Is your business on track?  Yes, toward the double digit growth targets that you’ve set for increasing customers, revenues and profits.  If you’re like most business owners with 3 to 30 employees it’s the daily time, team, money and system challenges that get in the way of predictable increasing profits and productivity.

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Here’s a business tip that will test how well aligned your employees are to your growth targets:

1.  Ask each employee to describe how their specific job impacts customers, revenues and/or profits?  Now how does that description compare to their key performance indicators?

2.  How do their performance matchup to your expectations for the strategies employed?

3.  How big is the gap between where your are and where you want to be?  

4.  And finally, what gives you confidence the team and strategies you’ll employ will get you to your growth targets?

If you’re open to getting solutions that will overcome the time, team, money and system challenges and humble most business owners then let’s talk.

Call me today at ph:  972 709 6776 or eM:  StephenMarino@ActionCOACH.com

Leaders - Want Results...? Include These People!

Want faster more effective results?  Include these types of people in the decision making process up front.

1.  Set out the issue and desired outcome to those directly involved

2.  Include those to be consulted - when and how

3.  Give feedback to those that need to be informed timely 

Make decisions using this guide, then you'll achieve results faster and more effectively than you would otherwise.

Let's have a conversation on leadership and team issues if they are getting in the way of predictable increasing profits and productivity.

Logic Gets You Thinking...Emotion Gets You Acting - You Need Both!

If you're like most business owners, you're about actions.  Whether working with employees, engaging with prospective clients, seeking funding or ensuring performance, these conversations or meetings lead to doing.

Yet blind actions leads to chaos without prudent thinking.  So next time you're seeking to influence others, combine both.  Provide the discussion with logic to get them thinking on how to do the right things right.  And appeal to their emotions and passions so they feel the propensity to act on what they know and decided.  This combination of logic and emotion achieves more than what could be otherwise.

If you're facing challenges on how to approach your next sales presentation, team meeting or negotiation and want to brainstorm approaches to combine the logic and emotion to think and act, let's discuss how. 

How to Accelerate the Growth of Your Business in 6 Steps...

You're invited to discover the 6 steps to building a commercial profitable business that works 'without' you via live webinar on Wed, May 29, 2013 (01:15 to 02:15 pm)

Discover How to Make Your Business Work So Well That You Don’t Have To!

How to make more money?
How to gain control of your time?
How to find and keep good people on your team?

You're provided with specific, effective ideas and systems that massively improve profits and productivity immediately!

     

What You’ll Gain From the 6 Steps to a Better Business Webinar

• How to work ON your business instead of IN your business

• How to take immediate control of the time you spend at your business

• How to turn your advertising and marketing into an investment instead of an expense

• How to get back thousands of dollars in lost profits

• How to recruit, motivate, educate, and retain exceptional employees

• How to leverage your time to maximise efficiency and profits

• How to systemise your business to provide consistent, exceptional customer service

• How to get the quality of life that you started your business for in the first place!

The webinar condenses into 6 steps what ActionCOACH - The World's #1 Business Coaching Firm learned by coaching 15,000 business owners monthly from 1000 global offices and across numerous economic boom/bust cycles since 1993.  So no matter what industry segment you're leading, it's likely we've coached it.  

By the end of the webinar you'll see how your business stacks up, assess what you can/must do to move faster and prioritize your actions.    

Since the webinar seating is limited and only by invitation - there is a "First Mover" Bonus - Learn More - Click Here

For the first 17 business owners attending this webinar, you'll receive a special link for the bonus after the webinar.  

This Bonus includes the book - The Business Coach:  How to Climb the Ladder of Success in Your Work and Your Life.  Its authored by ActionCOACH CEO Brad Sugars and myself.  The book captures the business owner's experience appling these 6 steps to grow their business - to work 'without' them.  

We start at 01:15 pm Central Time and go for an hour.  The webinar link is sent via email once registered.  It's recommended you log-in about 10 to 15 mins early or about 01:00 pm on Wednesday, May 29th, to make certain you get a connection.

There is no charge to attend with this invitation.

Coaching You to be TexasRICH - Thinking Bigger, Insisting on Win/Win, Being First to Inspire!  Stephen  

p.s.  By registering now - you'll also receive a Bonus eBook outlining how to build effective relationships with other businesses having similar customer databases.  It's called "Instant Host Beneficiaries."  In 35 pages you're guided through one of the most cost effective way of attracting more business.   

p.p.s.  Ok, so go put your name on the "early list" and qualify for one of The Business Coach books.  

How Much More Business Would You be Doing with a New Playbook...?

Throughout baseball's history there's been a playbook to get the offense to score runs and defense to shut down hitting and base running. Your business playbook is no different. Time’s now to get your plays down on paper so your team can execute for more customers, revenues and profits.  Registration ends Friday, May 10, 2013, for this Massive Action Day - 90 Day Planning Session - "The Playbook for Your Profits and Productivity."

How much more business would you be doing with a new playbook?

Here's the workshop that gives you the confidence and conviction on how to rewrite your playbook to higher profits and productivity for the next 90 days and beyond.

The Ranger Ballpark venue was selected to see yourself in a championship environment, to step outside your day-to-day perspective and to surround yourself with like minded business owners and top business coaches focused on your growth.

Do you know of a single successful business owner who isn’t GOAL directed, persistently measuring, perfecting and re-directing their efforts?  When your GOALs remain in your heart and head, how much chance is there of achieving them in the shortest amount of time and energy?  And if you are one of the select few with written goals, are you holding yourself accountable to doing the small things today that get you to your BIG dreams of tomorrow?

So let’s get started...!

Yes!  I’m taking control of my business.  Sign me up for the Massive Action Day - 90 Day Planning Workshop – "The Playbook for My Profits and Productivity."  I’ll prioritize this time to step out of the business and get focused.  I’ll participate with a group of like-minded business owners and experienced business coach committed to moving my business forward.  No more procrastination, no more excuses, I’m ready to take ownership of the company’s performance and have an incredibly successful 2013.  After each 90 Day Planning Session, I’ll leave with the right specific actions in each of the following areas:

1. Mastery - Time, Delivery, Processes, Purpose and Money - Move from Choas to Control
2. Niche - Attracting and Keeping Customers, Easy to Buy from you with Iron Clad Guarantee - Not Competing on Price
3. Leverage - Systematize the Routine for Effiiciency - Humanize the Exception. Production On Time, Spec, Budget and Wow - Every Time
4. Team - From Employees to Team - Team Makes Decisions in Interest of Owner
5. Synergy - Well Oiled Machine - Sustainable Growing Cashflows. Owner Works "On" the Business. GM/Pres/COO is doing the Day-to-Day Operations
6. Results - Business Works "For" the Owner. Gains Freedom, Capability, Opportunity & Growth

There are various ticket options so you can bring your team and get results faster as well as invite others.  I know the investment amount is not an issue at $395…because as usual, I give you my Iron Clad Guarantee that if you participate - you'll leave energetic, passionate, enthusiastic, self-directed, prepared, focused, supported, systematic, timely and proactive. If you continue to feel drained, directionless, pessimistic, vague, reactive, impulsive, critical, haphazard, scattered and hesitant or just plane dissatisfied you can just stand up and walk out with a refund…

For every other business owner, vendor or client you refer, I'll refund you $100 off your ticket and they'll receive $100 refund off their ticket too.  There's no excuse to operate a business in Texas and not have plans to achieve your goals.

Once registered you'll receive a Prep Pack immediately there after that requires you to think about your business ahead of time so that you can get the most from this Massive Action Day. We're also going to remain there for lunch on us as we maximize our time.

Here's what other business owners have stated about their experience from the Massive Action Day...Click Here

Yes, taking massive action is optional but getting more productive and control of your business is not.  Investing in yourself and your team is a surefire way to get your business on the track to more productive time and personal gratification.

Register here and rewrite your playbook for more customers, revenues and profits! Playball!

How to get Your Plans, Goals & Actions Landing in Fair Territory

Every baseball season - owners, general managers and coaches are setting a vision, making plans, setting goals and implementing action. Few know this better than Ranger's GM - John Daniels, CEO - Nolan Ryan and Coach - Ron Washington. You can see their concern when they heard your business was not registered for this Massive Action Day, yet!

Here's the workshop that gives you the confidence and conviction on how you'll achieve your productivity and profit goals these next 90 days and beyond.

The Ranger Ballpark venue was selected to see yourself in a championship environment, to step outside your day-to-day perspective and to surround yourself with like minded business owners & top business coaches focused on your growth.

Do you know of a single successful business owner who isn’t GOAL directed, persistently measuring, perfecting and re-directing their efforts?  When your GOALs remain in your heart and head, how much chance is there of achieving them in the shortest amount of time and energy?  And if you are one of the select few with written goals, are you holding yourself accountable to doing the small things today that get you to your BIG dreams of tomorrow?

So let’s get started...! Register Here

Yes!  I’m taking control of my business.  Sign me up for the Massive Action Day - 90 Day Planning Workshop – Playbook for My Business. I’ll prioritize this time to step out of the business and get focused.  I’ll participate with a group of like-minded business owners and experienced business coach committed to moving my business forward.  No more procrastination, no more excuses, I’m ready to take ownership of the company’s performance and have an incredibly successful 2013.  

After each 90 Day Planning Session I’ll leave with the right specific actions in each of the following areas:
 

Level 1: Mastery - Time, Delivery, Processes, Purpose and Money - Move from Choas to Control

Level 2: Niche - Attracting and Keeping Customers, Easy to Buy from you with Iron Clad Guarantee - Not Competing on Price

Level 3: Leverage - Systematize the Routine for Effiiciency - Humanize the Exception. Production On Time, Spec, Budget and Wow - Every Time

Level 4: Team - From Employees to Team - Team Makes Decisions in Interest of Owner

Level 5: Synergy - Well Oiled Machine - Sustainable Growing Cashflows. Owner Works "On" the Business. GM/Pres/COO is doing the Day-to-Day Operations

Level 6: Results - Business Works "For" the Owner. Gains Freedom, Capability, Opportunity & Growth

There are various ticket options so you can bring your team and get results faster as well as invite others.  I know the investment amount is not an issue at $395…because as usual, I give you my Iron Clad Guarantee that if you participate - you'll leave energetic, passionate, enthusiastic, self-directed, prepared, focused, supported, systematic, timely and proactive. If you continue to feel drained, directionless, pessimistic, vague, reactive, impulsive, critical, haphazard, scattered and hesitant or just plain dissatisfied - you can just stand up and walk out with a refund…

For every business owner, vendor or client you refer, I'll refund you $100 off your ticket and they'll receive $100 refund off their ticket too. There's no excuse to operate a business in Texas and not have plans to achieve your goals.

There is a Prep Pack that requires you to think about your business ahead of time so that you can get the most from this Massive Action Day. We're also going to remain there for lunch on us as we maximize our time.

Here's what other business owners have stated about their experience from the Massive Action Day...Click Here

Yes, taking massive action is optional but getting more productive and control of your business is not.  Investing in yourself and your team is a surefire way to get your business on the track to more productive time and personal gratification.

 

Click here and start hitting, scoring and playing solid defense for more customers, revenues & profits - Fair Ball!

Fallacy of the Social Media Boom...

If you're like most small business owners, you're being approached by social media evangelist claiming the demise of your business without Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google +1 marketing strategies.  The premise is everyone is doing it, the start-up costs are nominal and you're going to loose out to those that do.  Well let's test the premises.

1.  Everyone is doing it.  The social media info graphs show phenomenal growth over the past few years.  Yet my non-scientific study of nearly 900 business owners inclusive of B2B and B2C in the DFW area, with revenues less than $3 mm, with 3 to 35 employees and in business at least 2 years revealed few had social media accounts much less a company strategy.  Many still didn't have any web presence at all.  The alarming finding what that less nearly 20% didn't even answer the phone with a high percentage going to a boring voice mail.  How much business is being missed here?  Technology may be a help with call forwarding to a cellphone.  People still want to talk to a human being first.  The first question is where are your customers in the greatest quantity?  Ask whether there is sufficient market penetration to merit the investment?  Or recognize you're going to invest a lot to pioneer this effort.  

2.  The start up cost are nominal.  Partially true.  To open an account it is without a monetary cost.  Next comes the smarts and labor required to put relevant, timely and valuable content into numerous social media platforms.  By the way, you need to tailor your content and for each site differently so that the message is suited to each social media's purpose.  For instance...you Tweet - "I'm eating donuts,"  Facebook - "I like donuts,"  LinkedIn - "Eating donuts is one of my skills."  Google +1 - "I am a donut eater and I have the data to prove it."  This is worst than grammar class congregating verbs back in the day.  This initiative requires a lot more energy to inform, attract and edu-tain long term.  How would this work enhance new or existing customers?  Is there a ROI - if so is it near or long term?  

3.  You're going to loose out to those that do.  Well who is making money today applying social media?  I'm told this is not the right question.  This is all part of brand building and takes time.  Okay.  Most business owners are seeking to delight their customers.  If you can enhance the experience with social media go for it.  Just go into this with your eyes wide open and make the judgement call when to get apply the resources to be effective in social media. 

Social media is here to stay.  It is growing fast.  Learn enough to assess if your customers are there before investing.

Why Goals...

Let me see your current list of goals.  No list?  I can guess your bank account, stress level, overall level of happiness.

Your list of goals defines your future.  Ask yourself what has to happen for you to feel happy about your progress in the next 36 months?  That list will become your future state.  The equation is simple - fuzzy goals equals fuzzy results.

"If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. 

If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. 

Whatever good things we build end up building us."  Jim Rohn - Business Leader

Do you believe that life - professional & personal - is by design, not by coincidence or accident.  This implies you have a lot more control and thus responsibility than you thought or acknowledge and may be difficult to accept.  But it's true.  Goals call your attention to a resource - your imagination and starts you thinking about your future – near, mid and long term.

Goals are like a magnet.  They pull, and the stronger they are, the more purposeful they are, the bigger they are, the more unique they are, the stronger they pull.  When the going gets tough they pull you through the tough times.  When the goals are big and your reasons why big then the how gets easier.  Making them achievable requires a high level of desirability and believably.  You overcome the internal fears and obstacles that will come up.  All of us face resistance.  It’s how we overcome that resistance that determines our character.  Life's events do not determine the man.  Life events simply reveals the man.  So let's choose our what you want to HAVE in your life, decide what you're willing to DO and ensure it's the person you want to BE.

Do you see yourself successful and fulfilled because of these goals?  If not reset them.    You have more control than you may believe.  

Want to discuss this concept about how much more control you have with GOALs than you thought, have a conversation with your ActionCOACH business coach.