I have been in business for 14 years running my own solicitors practice and Stress Check Ltd a stress management resource company with sales predominantly on Amazon.  I had a vague idea where I wanted to be in 10 years time but had not really written it down.

At the beginning of 2016 I felt that I have too much on my plate with 2 businesses to run and had a vague notion that one would be sacrificed for the other.  That was effectively my goal.

Both businesses were doing well, Stress Check was starting to recover from the recession and was my main focus of attention, yet most of my working time was spent in the solicitors practice.

I met Mandy just under a year ago at my accountants and liked her philosophy about getting ahead in business.  Since Mandy has started to help me I have set clear goals for Stress Check and my solicitors practice and have a clear personal goal of where I want to be in 10 years time.

I started a Coaching with Mandy in April 2016 and attended her Quarterly planning meeting with other like minded business owners.  To be honest I floundered a little as the other people there all seemed so organised, focused and knew what they were doing and where they were going with their business.  By the end of the day I had written down some goals for the year with a bit of a plan as to how to achieve them.

The next two Quarterly planning meetings were different I came out at the end of the day with a real business plan and goals defined for the next quarter fired up knowing I could achieve them.

Mandy followed up the Planning meetings with regular coaching sessions picking up points about the plan I had drawn helping me flesh the plan out and give it momentum.  She gave me the drive and confidence to focus on the business and organise my time so that I had the work done and time for working on the business.

This helped enormously as things I knew I needed to do were getting done which had a beneficial effect on my business and my personal life.  I even got to the stage where I had a full day each week working on developing the business and planning the bigger goals I will achieve.

Throughout all this process Mandy has been there as a mentor, guide, conscience, supporter and friend.  She has been able to give helpful and useful pointers, she has a large network of helpful connections.

At the beginning of 2016 the solicitors practice turnover was £95,000, it is now on course to achieve £150,000 with a 30% profit margin.  Stress Check where most of my focus has been on with Mandy’s help has changed dramatically. 

My long term goal is clearly in view and getting closer by the day. Mandy’s coaching definitely helped me in two clear ways:-

  1. I am focused and efficient building my businesses and am comfortable with the growth I will achieve with them;
  2. I have greater personal life with time for my family and friends and my own ‘me’ time to do the things outside work I want to do.