Business Coach

Transform Your Business & Life!

John Creighton

Western Cape,

South Africa

Contact: 0833 24 24 25

Email: johncreighton@actioncoach.com

Running a business can feel overwhelming & frustrating.

FREEDOM – do you feel stuck & trapped in your business because things stop or fall apart when you’re not there?

GROWTH – has your business hit a growth ceiling, stagnated and not getting to where you want it to be fast enough, with no strategy on how to break through to the next level?

PROFIT – do you feel that your business can achieve more revenue & more profit, but isn’t?

PEOPLE – do you feel that the more your business grows, the more your Team isn’t performing at the level you need?

EXECUTION – do you have ideas & goals for your business but don’t have the systems, accountability or consistency to implement them?

CONTROL – do you feel that your business is controlling you, rather than the other way around, things feel a bit chaotic and it’s a lonely road that you’re travelling?

EXIT – have you come to the realisation that you don’t have a plan or clarity about your exit (exit to become a true CEO, exit to let someone else run your business, or exit by selling)?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then Business Coaching with me is the right move for you.

Avoid the cost of doing nothing!

Staying ‘stuck’ where you are, leads to:

your business feeling like it’s ‘hustle & grind’ with no enjoyment,

more stress, frustration & burnout,

not living the life you deserve.

Hi, I’m John Creighton

Internationally Certified Business Coach

“I’ve been in your shoes and know what it’s like!

No ‘fuzzy’ talk, just real, ‘in the trenches’ experience

& a simple, proven system that grows your business without you, so you can finally enjoy the profit & freedom you deserve”

  • 30+ Years (75,000+ hours) owning, leading, coaching Businesses,
  • The school of hard knocks – I’ve been hospitalised twice from burn-out, been betrayed by partners, nearly bankrupted from a failed business venture, had friends nearly sink my business,
  • On the other hand, I’ve had 3 very successful entrepreneurial start ups (all successfully sold, one sold to a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Company)
  • Achieved 9th place in South Africas Top 100 fastest growing Companies (a start-up)
  • Was Managing Director of 2 Companies
  • Internationally Certified Business Coach with ActionCOACH – the worlds number 1 Business Coaching Company

Learn More about John

I’ll guide you to:

  • Design your Business, to work without your constant presence, so that you’re not working in an unproductive, micro-management state,
  • Substantially Increase your Sales Revenues & Profit levels, so that you reduce your stress levels, create better cashflow & build real value for yourself,
  • Create systems & processes so that your Business runs like clockwork, which frees up your time & gives you more life balance
  • Develop a winning Team, who are purpose driven, motivated & focused on achieving your Business goals,
  • Produce an actionable Plan for your Business, so that you & your Team are aligned and crystal clear on where your Business is headed.

I’ll ensure your success by:

  • Using proven Business Growth & Operating solutions, tailored to your needs, tested and perfected over the past three decades,
  • Using my 30 years of experiences earned & lessons learnt, to support & guide you to achieve your success,
  • Using my ability to cut through the clutter, solve challenges & provide practical solutions,
  • Nudging & encouraging you to perform at optimal levels,
  • Guiding & supporting you on your success journey.
  • Providing you with a Results Guarantee

It’s in the numbers

Average results from Business Coaching:

ROI

5x – 20x+
Return on coaching
investment.

GROWTH

40%+
Growth in revenue
& profit within 6 months

TEAM

53% – 67%
Increase in employee alignment, engagement & productivity.

Some of the Businesses I’m guiding through their Transformation journey

(Retailers, Wholesalers, Attorneys, Engineers, Tech Companies, Spiritual Healers, Restaurants, Hotels, Education Institutions…to name a few)

Coaching Programmes

Training Programmes

Employee Engagement

Transform leadership skills with proven strategies to boost engagement and create a motivated, high-performing workforce. By fostering a positive culture, you’ll retain top talent, increase productivity, and drive sustainable business growth. Our coaching ensures participants leave with a clear, actionable plan to enhance engagement and achieve real, measurable results.

Training Programmes

12-Week Sales MasterCLASS

Enhance your sales skills with our learning program, featuring twelve sessions for continuous development. Engage in facilitated group coaching sessions with an ActionCOACH to apply what you’ve learned. Your team will track and report key performance indicators like conversion rates, ensuring accountability and real-world application of sales strategies.

Training Programmes

12-Week Leadership MasterCLASS

Develop your leadership skills with our learning program, featuring twelve sessions for continuous growth. Engage in facilitated coaching and apply your knowledge with guidance from an ActionCOACH. Participate in live group sessions to network with like-minded leaders and business owners, ensuring accountability and real-world application of the lessons learned

Training Programmes

12-Week Management MasterCLASS

Enhance your management and leadership skills through our 12-week program, with each session building on the last for continuous learning. Engage in facilitated group coaching sessions to apply what youโ€™ve learned, and stay accountable with regular KPI tracking to measure your progress and success.

Training Programmes

12-Week Business MasterCLASS

Take control of your business by setting your own priorities and making it work for you. Focus on high-value activities that boost financial results and free yourself from daily business burdens, improving both your quality of life and overall success.

One-on-One Coaching

Alignment Consultation

Align your personal and business goals to unlock the path to success. Gain clarity and motivation with our Alignment session, understanding both how and why to achieve your objectives. Create a 12-month plan with a detailed roadmap for the next 5, 3, and 1 years, empowering you to manifest your aspirations and transform your future.

One-on-One Coaching

CorporateCOACHING

Align your business vision with company and customer needs through strategic focus on execution and growth. Boost productivity and performance with regular executive meetings and planning sessions. Strengthen leadership and team cohesion to effectively navigate challenges and achieve business success.

One-on-One Coaching

CEO COACHING

Gain clear business direction, achieve operational excellence, and expand with strategic partnerships and growth strategies. Maximise revenue through efficient execution, market insights, and industry trends.

Group Coaching

BusinessMEMBERSHIP

Achieve your business goals with tools, techniques, and a success plan designed to keep you accountable. Identify key areas for improvement, set actionable goals, and overcome obstacles to drive progress in life and business. Join a thriving business community of like-minded entrepreneurs and industry experts for collaboration and growth opportunities.

One-on-One Coaching

ExecutiveCOACH

Unlock your career potential with expert insights, proven strategies, and a coachโ€™s guidance. Stay ahead with industry trends, create clear success plans, and boost your performance to make a lasting impact in your business.

One-on-One Coaching

FreedomCOACH

Designed with successful businesses in mind with a programme focused on creating a better lifestyle for the owner, while improving the value of the company in the marketplace.

One-on-One Coaching

PowerUpCOACH

A highly focused growth programme for businesses with steady income and profits but need to expand a customer base, introduce a new product or open a new outlet.

One-on-One Coaching

StepUpCOACH

A more time-intensive programme designed with small business owners in mind who want to fast-track systems and results.

One-on-One Coaching

StartupCOACH

Designed with small business owners in mind, who want more out of their businesses but donโ€™t know how to achieve it.

Group Coaching

SeminarCLUB

A range that is a highly focused, interactive half-day, full-day and/or two-day workshop; PhoneRICH, ServiceRICH, SalesRICH, FinanceRICH, TeamRICH and TimeRICH.

Group Coaching

ActionCLUB

A group-coaching programme designed to fast-track the growth and success of a business. Like-minded entrepreneurs work together with an ActionCOACH business coach either over a quarterly period or over a year to learn, build and create sustainable, profitable growth.

Group Coaching

BusinessRICH

Our exclusive two-day workshop that introduces a variety of our proprietary business-building systems to business owners.

Group Coaching

ProfitCLUB

ActionCOACHโ€™s version of a networking club where the emphasis is both on networking AND education. Designed to jumpstart entry into the coaching process, it allows for the systematic development of a clientโ€™s skills and business growth.

Group Coaching

GrowthCLUB

A highly-focused and effective one-day workshop that gives business owners a chance to create an action plan for their companies for the next ninety days.

Group Coaching

PlanningCLUB

A facilitated business planning process where our clients build their own business plan through a simple, effective and effortless process.

Our clients love us and the ActionCOACH system we use.

But donโ€™t take our word for it, listen to what some of our clients have to say…

John is an exceptional business coach, who has helped us grow our business faster & with more focus, than doing it ourselves. If you are looking for someone who will help you focus on what’s most important and bring clarity to building your business, then look no further, you have found the right person. Thanks John, you’ve become a valuable to asset to our business.

Brandon Strydom

Working with John as my business coach, has been a transformative experience. His deep understanding of my business, coupled with insightful questioning and active listening, enabled us to set clear, achievable goals and develop effective strategies. John’s talent for simplifying complex concepts and providing constructive feedback has been instrumental in creating a solid roadmap for my business. His commitment to my success is evident in the personalized attention he gives to each session. I highly recommend John to any entrepreneur seeking a dedicated and skilled business coach. I am forever grateful for his invaluable support and endorse his services wholeheartedly.

Eulenda Lebese-Cussons

So many aha moments! The most valuable 90 minutes in a very long time! Thank you John!

Gill Warner

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Transforming your business, is easy:

Step 1: Contact me (to discuss your Business, the goals you have and the challenges you’re facing),

Step 2: Start your journey (from day 1, receive solutions, guidance, support & solutions that take you & your Business to where you want to be),

Step 3: Result – Successfully transform your Business & Life (build your Business to work for you, not because of you and achieve financial & time freedom).

For peace-of-mind, here’s my results guarantee

TRANSFORM
YOUR BUSINESS

Business Coaching For:

  • Business Owners
  • Leaders of Business

The most comprehensive & most long lasting means to put yourself and your Business on the path to growth, scale, operational success & freedom.

  • Build your business to work without you
  • Significantly increase Revenues & Profits
  • Reduce stress & overwhelm
  • Achieve more from your Team
  • Achieve more free time for yourself

Receive:

  • ‘One-to-One’ Personal Coaching
  • Access to all Business building Systems, Models, Frameworks & Resources
  • Continuous, ongoing Business development, guidance & support

TRANSFORM
YOUR PEOPLE

Training Programmes For:

  • Business Owners
  • Leaders of Business
  • Senior Executives
  • Managers
  • Heads of Departments

Completely transform your Sales, Management & Leadership Teams.

  • Access to World-class People Development Programmes
  • Business, Leadership, Management & Sales Master Classes
  • Facilitated online or in-person
  • Build highly productive & competent people, who deliver results
  • Develop high levels of competency & productivity within your Team
  • Foster better communication & understanding.
  • Get the very best from yourself, your People & your Business

10 Frequently Asked Questions

Every great performer, elite athlete, business legend or performing superstar, is surrounded by coaches and advisors.

As the world of business moves faster and gets more competitive, itโ€™s difficult to keep up, ahead and at the top of oneโ€™s game, in addition to running your business every day.

Just like great athletes who find success by following the lead of a coach with a winning game plan, more and more business owners are turning to Business Coaches to help them develop a winning game plan for their business.

Why?

First of all, it is very difficult to be truly objective about yourself. A Business Coach can be objective for you and can see the ‘forest for the trees’.

A sports coach will make you focus on the game and make you run more laps than you feel like. A good coach will also tell it like it is and will give you small pointers about the game. A coach will listen and guide you to success.

Likewise, a Business Coach will make you focus on your business and hold you accountable to the things you should do and to where you want your business to be. I will also be like your one person Board of Directors. I will help you when it comes to marketing, sales, training and every other area of your business.

Simply put, when you work with me, I’ll become your partner, your confidant, your mentor and your unreasonable best friend.

This is how I support you, to make your dreams come true.

ActionCOACH is expert in the areas of sales, marketing, business development, business management and team building and, with literally hundreds of different profit-making strategies, you’ll soon see how truly powerful our systemised approaches are.

Because you are the expert in your business and industry, together we can apply our systems to make your business more effective.

Because of our network of coaches all over the world, there is not a type of business, industry or category that ActionCOACH hasn’t either worked with, managed, worked in or even owned, that is the same or very similar to yours.

Our extensive network means that when you hire an ActionCOACH, you hire the full resources of the entire ActionCOACH team to find a solution for any and every challenge you may have. Imagine hiring a company with the collective knowledge of thousands of experts, in virtually every industry, in every corner of the world, ready to help you…

Our ‘5 Ways’ and ‘6 Steps’ are two of the most powerful formulas in the world of business and we put it to use to work with you in all areas to help you multiply your revenues and profit…but that is just one area of our focus.

When you work with me, the emphasis taken will depend on you, your business, and of course, your goals. The key areas are:

  • Sales & Finance – You can’t know if you’re winning, if you don’t have a full understanding of the scoreboard. This is the backbone for creating a profitable business and one of the areas we’ll help you get spectacular results in.
  • Marketing & Advertising – If you want to make a sale, you’ve got to find a prospect first. I will teach you amazingly simply, yet powerful, streetwise marketing techniques and approaches that will drive profits.
  • Team Building & Recruitment – You’ll never wish to find the right people again. You’ll have motivated, passionate, enthusiastic and loyal team members for your business when I show you how to put the de-selection process to use.
  • Systems & Business development – End the hopeless cycle of “the business running you” and begin running your business. I will show you the secrets of having your business “work”…even when you’re not there.
  • Mastery and Customer service – Discover how to deliver your product or service consistently, making it easy for your customers to buy and leaving them feeling delighted with your service. Learn new ways to motivate your current customers to give you referrals and to ensure their repeat business. These are just 2 of the many strategies we will teach you.

Theย ActionCOACHย business coaching goal, is to coach business owners to build a valuable, successful businessย defined as aย commercial, profitable enterprise that effectively works without the owner.

The last three words (‘without the owner’) are the most important because, in the end, my goal is to have you no longer working โ€˜INโ€™ your business, but instead working โ€˜ONโ€™ your business. This means more time to spend doing what you want to do while the business serves you, instead of the other way around time.

Of course, when you set the plan with me, it may seem a bit overwhelming, but no one ever said attaining your goals would be easy…

In the first few months it will take work to adjust to the new plans but the further you work into the programme, the less work you’ll actually have to do. At the same time, your business will be more productive.

Simply put, after the first few months, you’ll be working differently (not more) and you’ll be amazed at how focused you’ll be and how much you’ll get done.

With focus, working me and the ActionCOACH systems, you’ll be achieving a whole lot more, with the same or even less effort.

Your investment will depend on the size of your business and the scope of the change and work you decide on. We willย agree on a suitable coaching solution appropriate for your business and the goals you want to achieve. Rest assured, your investment withย me, anย ActionCOACH, is guaranteed. We are the first and only only Business Coaching company that guarantees that you will ‘find your fee’ in your results, within the first 17 weeks, or your coaching is free.

Because of our guarantee, you won’t have to break the bank to work with me. In fact working with me will bring you increased revenues and profit.

You’ll find that it’s like having a marketing manager, sales team leader, trainer, recruitment specialist and consultant – all for one nominal investment, an investment that’s guaranteed to work.

Everything you do with you me (as your Business Coach)ย is a true investment in yourself and your future. Not only will you begin to create great results in your business, but you’ll end up with an entrepreneurial education that is second-to-none! With your acquired knowledge you will be able to repeat your business success over and over again in other ventures.

Having said all of the above, our coaching programmes range from as little R5,000 per month, to R32,000 per month. Once I’ve fully understood where you’re currently at & where you’d like to be (i.e. what challenges you have and what you’d like to achieve), I’ll be able to recommend the best coaching solution for you.

We are the leading coaching company in the world and we are also the only coaching company of any kind to guarantee our work….because we know you will get results!

We guarantee to get results and that you will be able to ‘find our fee’ in your business within 17 weeks of ActionCOACH coaching your company…or your coaching is FREE.

Remember, I am your Business Coach and I can’t do your work for you. You are the ‘player’ and it will always be up to you to ‘take to the field’.

I will push you, help you, be there for you and even do some things with you, but in the end, you’ve still got to DO the work.

Ultimately, only YOU can every be truly accountable and responsible for your own success but we will guarantee to provide the best service and support available, to answer your questions and challenges promptly and offer you the most current and appropriate processes and approaches.

I am truly committed to helping you become successful.

Once I’ve helped you set your goals and create your plan, I will do whatever it takes to make sure that you achieve your goals….at the same time promoting a balanced lifestyle as an overriding theme in all we do.

This is to ensure that you never compromise either the long-term health and success of you or your company, or your personal values and what’s most important to you.

Everything from owners previously working 60-80 hours a week, down to working just 10….right through to revenue increases of 100’s and even 1000’s of percent.

There are three main reasons why this will work for you and your business:

  • First – I will help you get 100% focused on your goals and the step-by-step processes to get you there. This focus alone is incredible in its effect on you and your business results
  • Second – I will hold you accountable to get things done, not just the day-to-day running of the business, but for the dynamic growth of the business. You’re making an investment in your success and we’re going to get you there.
  • Third – I will teach you as many of our over 330 profit building strategies as you need.

So whether your goal is to make more money, or work fewer hours, or both, within a period of the next 12 months your goals can become a reality.

But, don’t take our word for it. Just ask any one of the thousands of clients who are or who have worked with ActionCOACH to achieve their dreams.

If you have been in business for some time, you would have seen some so-called โ€˜quick-fixesโ€™!ย We all know that there are NO quick fixes or โ€˜silver bulletsโ€™ in life or in business.

Most consultants seem to think they can solve your problems in a few hours or a few days or weeks. Atย ActionCOACHย we believe long-term success means we aren’t just offering suggestions or doing the work for you; it means doing the work with you, showing you how to do it, working alongside you and creating success together.

Over the course of 12 months, you will work on different areas of your business. Each month you’ll see your goals become reality, you’ll gain both confidence and the knowledge to make it happen again and again, even when the first 12 months of coaching is over.

Right now! Before you take another step, waste more money, lose another sale, work too many more hours, miss another family event or forget another special occasion, you need to contact us today.

Far too many business owners/leaders wait and see…mistaken in thinking that working harder will make everything better. Remember, what you know got you to where you are today. To get where you want to go, you’ve got to make some changes and most likely, you’ll have to learn something new.

There’s no time like the present to get started on your dreams and goals…

First…you need to get in touch with me (click on the ‘Contact Me Now’ button).

Next…I’ll meet to discuss your challenges, get some simple paperwork completed and you’re on your way.

Lastly, you’ll need to invest a few hours showing me everything about your business.

Together you’ll get a plan created and then the work starts. Remember, it might seem like a big job at the start but with me, you’re sharing the load. Together we’ll achieve great things.

Join over 300,000 Business Owners who, for over 30 years, have trusted our solutions, support & guidance and built their dream Businesses.

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BOOK JOHN CREIGHTON
FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT

John is a dynamic, entertaining and highly inspirational speaker. John speaks on range of Business topics, including Management, Sales, Business Growth and other business related topics.

John has spoken at a number of conferences & seminars and has MC’d many awards functions and other events. He has earned much respect as a speaker based on his content, his engaging presentation style and down to earth authenticity.

His signature talks , ‘Build your Business to work without you’ and ‘Scale, don’t Grow’ are 2 of his most popular presentations.

His other talks include:

  • 5 Ways to 10x your Business in 5 Years
  • 6 Keys to a Winning Team
  • Winning You before Winning Business

In addition, John delivers bespoke/custom made talks, supporting the outcomes that you & your Business are seeking to achieve.

As John is a highly sought after speaker, booking well in advance of your event, is highly recommended.

“So many aha moments! The most valuable 90 minutes in a very long time! Thank you John!”

  • 0833 24 24 25
  • johncreighton@actioncoach.com
  • Monday - Friday 08H00 - 17H00

Get in touch with John Today!