Business coaching is for owners who do everything themselves and feel stuck. We work on your pricing, sales, hiring and delegating, and systems, so the business can run without you. I coach owners in person in Langley and across Metro Vancouver, and by video across Canada and the US.
What we work on
Coaching is practical. We look at your real numbers, your calendar and your staff problems, and each session ends with a few things you will do that week. The usual ground in the first months:
- Pricing that reflects what your work is worth.
- Cash flow you can predict, with you paid first.
- Sales conversations that feel helpful, not pushy.
- Hiring and delegating, so the work stops waiting for you.
- Systems: the work written down as simple checklists, so it survives a busy week or a new hire.
Who it is for
Coaching fits an owner who is busy but feels the business is running them. If you cannot take a week off without the phone ringing, if margins shrink as sales grow, or if every process lives in your head, start here. If you would rather have the work done for you, that is consulting or a custom build, and many clients use both.
Coaching, leadership coaching or mentoring?
Owners need different things at different times, and most clients move between these as the business changes.
One-to-one business coaching
Steady sessions, usually every week or two, each ending with commitments we check next time. That accountability is most of the value: plenty of owners know what to do, and almost none of it happens without a date and a person attached.
Executive and leadership coaching
Once a business has a team, the owner’s job changes from doing the work to deciding it. Executive coaching is private, one-to-one work on the calls only you can make: delegation, hiring and firing, hard conversations, and how your week is spent. Leadership coaching helps new managers, and owners whose team has outgrown the habits that worked with four people, build a real management layer: clear expectations, useful meetings, and problems handled early.
Mentoring
A lighter rhythm, usually a monthly check-in. You bring the decisions on your desk, like a lease, a manager hire or a big client, and leave with a clearer view of them. I will not make the call for you, but you will make it with the numbers checked and the risks said out loud.
Advice on one big decision
Buying equipment, taking on debt, opening a second location, or getting ready to sell. I lay out your options side by side, with the full cost and the risk of each, in writing you can share with a partner or a lender.
Coaching packages and prices
Monthly coaching, in US dollars:
- 3 months at $999 a month
- 6 months at $799 a month
- 12 months at $749 a month
- 18 months at $699 a month
There is a free trial of the self-guided program, and you can compare the packages on the home page.
How it starts
Most owners start with the System Audit: $497, one flat fee, tax included. I spend about 3 hours on your business. You show me on screen, or tell me, how you work now. Then you get my recommendations and a written 90-day action plan you keep. If you go ahead with implementation, it is $100 an hour and the $497 is credited in full. If I find your business cannot be audited, you get a full refund.
In person or online
Sessions run in person at our Langley office, at 20466 Fraser Highway, Unit 207, for owners in Langley, Surrey and the rest of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Owners anywhere else in Canada and the US meet by video.
Questions
What does a business coach do?
A business coach works one-to-one with the owner on pricing, cash flow, sales, hiring and systems, and holds them to a few clear actions each week until the changes stick.
How is coaching different from consulting?
A consultant studies the business and often does the work for you. A coach builds your own ability to run it, week by week. Many clients use both at different stages.
What is the difference between executive coaching and business coaching?
Business coaching works on the company: pricing, cash flow and operations. Executive coaching works on the person making the final calls: delegation, hard conversations and how their time is spent.
Is a business mentor worth it for a small business?
Small business owners often have nobody impartial to talk to before a big decision. One lease you did not sign, or one hire you did not make, can be worth more than the mentoring.
Is coaching confidential?
Yes. What you say in a session stays there. Coaching only helps if you can say the hard parts out loud.
