It didn’t take very long for me to see and understand your level of expertise and ability to extract useful chunks of information of who I am, and then get them to start producing clear and understandable results for direction. I appreciate how deliberate and focused you are about what you do.
Greg Hector
LightHouse Consultants, LLC
Breakthrough Success
If you’ve ever asked one of the following questions, then the ‘Breakthrough Success’ coaching could be for you.
- How do I get to the next level in my business or career?
- How do I manage the challenges and changes I am facing?
- What strategies can I employ to navigate in a toxic work environment?
Areas that we can address:
- Success Strategies
- Decision-Making Style
- Obstacles to Success
- Personal Board of Directors
- Strategic Alliance Building
- Mentors & Mentoring
- Operating Principle
- Ideal Client Profile
- Operational Process Map
- Marketing Map
- Naming the Year
Success Strategies
Signature Success Strategies are the distinctive ways each of uses in arriving at a positive outcome. Most of us swing into action when we want to accomplish something important. Yet there are times when we would benefit from having defined strategies at the quick and ready.
The more we know about these strategies the more we operate in a fluid and powerful manner. The better we meet change head on, and embrace the possibilities, the more likely we are to seize a rare opportunity.
Decision-Making Style
Your Decision Making Style is the blend of unique steps and internal processes used to make critical decisions. Some people approach decision making analytically, some more intuitively. Some employ their process knowingly, some unconsciously.
The purpose of this exercise is to clarify, define, and enhance the process you use, so that any edge you bring to decision-making can be repeated at will. You will also discover areas of breakdown and have an opportunity to replace undesirable processes with strategies of choice.
You will come away with a clear ‘internal process map’ which will assist you in situations requiring critical thinking, strategising, planning, and both short- and long-term decision-making.
Overcoming Obstacles to Success
The issues that reoccur in our lives are often opportunities to learn new skills, gain a different perspective, or push ourselves to a level we never thought possible.
By examining previous obstacles and patterns of behavior, we open the door to new options. Another outcome of learning about how you have handled obstacles in the past is the recognition of certain patterns that are not favorable or that we’d rather not repeat. This work helps you identify realistic ways to use current strengths to manage liabilities and move forward gracefully in your career goals.
Personal Board of Directors
What is a Personal Board of Directors? It is the group of individuals you routinely turn to when making important decisions. You are the director and the beneficiary of this board, as well as the nominating committee.
Perhaps you have utilized your board of directors informally in the past. There is power in naming the individuals you wish to rely on, clarifying the roles that each plays, and identifying any gaps in your present board.
Strategic Alliance Building
Strategic Alliances help us expand our spheres of influence and increase visibility where it counts. Strategic Alliances are those influential individuals who work in businesses closely allied to our own, but are not in competition. When we identify those natural allies who share our values and an interest in mutual success, exciting things happen.
A close-knit and carefully cultivated group of Strategic Alliances is one of the most powerful referral and marketing tools you can employ. When done correctly, this process leads to exponential growth.
Mentors & Mentoring
Mentors are like levers in our lives, moving the heavy boulders from our paths that we could never budge on our own. Mentors open our eyes to our own potential and foster growth in areas we never knew possible before. Mentors have our success and satisfaction at heart. At their best, they help us remove obstacles to success and never stand in our way.
By developing and implementing defined criteria for mentor relationships, we can move along the path to success in a fluid and focused manner. We do not have to wait for the mentor to appear, but can source the relationship through the defined criteria. By the same token, through mentoring others, we can also create opportunities to give back to individuals and the business community in order to demonstrate gratitude and create a positive legacy.
Operating Principle
Each of us has underlying core thoughts and assumptions we make that shape our view of ourselves, and our place in the world. This set of thoughts and assumptions can be distilled into one or two statements that, consciously or not, inform our decisions and shade our perceptions.
These thoughts and assumptions are the ones that occur and replay in our heads when we are most stressed, challenged, or conversely when we are happiest. By giving definition to these thought processes we have an opportunity to decide if our operating principle is useful, helpful or a hindrance.
Ideal Client Profile
The purpose of this work is to create a profile of the ideal client for your business. We will identify the desired behaviors and attributes of your ideal client so that we can focus future marketing efforts. The information we gather in the profile can be used to identify where to find your ideal client, how to create targeted marketing materials, and how to deliver a brand promise that is compelling to prospective clients.
It is important to remember that we can choose who to work with in our businesses. In order for your business to be resilient and prosperous, it is critical for your clients to understand and value what you offer. Ideally, your clients will come to view you as a partner in their success. The first step to creating this outcome is attracting and choosing clients carefully.
Operational Process Map
Every business and business function can benefit from an operational process map. Whether you are in sales or manufacture a physical product, there are critical steps that must be followed to create successful outcomes. In addition to managing quality an operational process map helps to assign individual accountability and prevent communication breakdowns. This work is intended to assist individual performers and small teams. For complex processes, we are happy to refer to you experts in quality management.
Business Marketing Map
Creating consistent revenue streams that lead to growth is impossible without an effective plan. Once you have identified and are selling to your target market it is equally important to measure the effectiveness of your various efforts.
A marketing map measures your marketing activities and, among other things, provides a ‘Pipeline Report’ which helps you gauge current and future revenue streams. This helps you to assess and refocus the effectiveness of your activities. This tool helps you become unflinching in your assessment of true opportunities and will move you forward in deciding which opportunities to pursue and which waste your time.
Naming the Year
The process I have dubbed ‘Naming the Year’ is about identifying elements and themes for change based on personal values. The process culminates in a single theme for focus and a corresponding success map for the year ahead.