I’ve been in business for over twelve years and before coaching had always felt that the business ran me rather than the other way around. Work flow and turnover varied and I never really had a clear plan of where I wanted to take the business and what I wanted to get back from it. After meeting Mandy at ActionCOACH in November 2011 and signing up to monthly coaching sessions, I started for the first time to set clear goals and have a defined plan for the future to aid our growth.
In the four years we have been coaching with Mandy the business has continued to grow and flourish. In August 2012 we were awarded the UK and Ireland sole distributor rights for a new product called Edge Safe, a product that significantly improves stage safety for performers as well as protecting instruments.
In the latter part of 2014, my wife Sharon joined the business on a full-time basis. In the last 15 months we have worked together to build on our success and in December 2014 we moved premises to enable us to diversify our product range further. We already had a strong customer base for the installation of audio visual equipment but demands for hire of equipment continued to grow and we needed the space to facilitate this.
In the last two years we have re-invested £140,000 of our profits back into the business. This included our new premises, a giant video wall that regularly goes out on hire, audio visual hire stock, and IT systems. In addition we doubled our Team from three to six leaving me more time to work ON the business and others to take the weight of work from my shoulders.
Now spends 40% of time working ON the business
Coaching has helped us to define where we are going as a company, and work out what we need to do to get there. It keeps us focused on what’s important, to help us not get bogged down in the day to day running of the business, and to keep us working on development and growth.
