business coaching

Why some businesses thrive while others implode during economic downswings remains a puzzle to many entrepreneurs. Often, they mistakenly assume that all businesses must suffer through recessionary cycles. In reality, some companies are essentially recession-proof, and not necessarily because they [...]

Legacy. If you look up the word “legacy” in the dictionary, it states that the meaning is “an amount of money or property left to someone in a will”. In short, something that is transmitted by or received from an [...]

The lockdown of our economy has made Business Owners and Marketing Managers rethink the way marketing is done and how they can attract new customers.    Many Small Business Owners have traditionally relied on word-of-mouth referrals, networking events, and have had [...]

Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? Of course, we all want that – NOW more than ever!   Especially given the brutal reality of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the significant global change experienced daily. Economic stability, stable trading conditions, customer loyalty, predictable consumer behaviour…all concepts [...]

When coaching business owners, the assumption is that a business coach empowers you in the following areas; strategy, business plans, profit, margins and bottom-line. Whilst I most definitely do, there are three main wholistic pillars upon which business coaching is [...]

We have just entered the first week in Level 1 of a long Lockdown as well as the fourth quarter of 2020 and it is a reality that our economy is facing many headwinds. Business owners have had to face [...]

Change is the one thing that is always certain and we are living in such a rapidly changing world that our heads are spinning. Fear, financial challenges, and the very nature of how we—as individuals and as businesses—will have to [...]

Results. It’s a small word that holds big expectations. We all want results, but do we really know what they are? Do we truly know what we want? For most people, ‘results’ means achieving something, but therein lies the problem; [...]

ActionCOACH Business Coaches follow the 10x10 marketing strategy approach when we coach our clients.  This means you should always aim to have at least 10 marketing strategies running for your coaching business.  In theory, each strategy should deliver 10% of [...]

For a very long time, the concept of results was foreign to me. I don’t think I even noticed the word but I can tell you now – the frustration of plodding around the same hill, expecting to reach the [...]

One of the benefits of being a business owner is that your business can run with or without you. Currently, are you working IN your business doing the day-to-day operations of your business or, are you working ON your business [...]

Money is colour blind, gender-neutral and a simple measurement of an exchange of value.  Like it or not, it is the ingredient that keeps score and collectively makes up the critical element of finance in any business. Business is therefore [...]

Entrepreneurship can be daunting. Whilst often the most exciting adventure one has ever undertaken; it can also be the most complex and frustrating. Sadly no-one taught you to be an entrepreneur either. In those moments of desperation, when you lack [...]

As we complete the fourth month of Lockdown in South Africa—arguably the toughest and longest Lockdown in the world—our economy is showing signs of real strain. However, this is not what I want to focus on as I am sure [...]

It may seem a little obtuse; a man writing a blog post advising women entrepreneurs on how to thrive, but after spending more than a decade interacting with female entrepreneurs across South Africa, these are my findings on the areas [...]

Often the first thing that business owners do when business becomes tough is to reduce or cut their marketing. We have learnt to do the exact opposite! If our business goes through a lean period, we immediately ramp up our [...]