Often running a business on your own or working with your loved ones can result in feeling like you do nothing but work, especially if you live together, sometimes it's all you talk about, right?
Whilst at times this can be exciting, it can equally be exhausting and lead to arguments, resentment and let's not shy away from it; the constant grind can and is hard work.
You can get so busy building and developing the business, serving your clients, and dealing with staff and suppliers that you drift off track with the balance of life.
Everything you are working towards seems to take just that bit longer, that sales target you set, is so close yet so far, and the projects you deliver for your clients are exciting, but just as soon as you finish you fall back into a state of worry and anxiety, wondering where the next big project is coming from.
Business is good, you make good money and somehow you've gotten used to the roller coaster ride of emotions it brings, after all, isn't that how it's supposed to be?
Isn't it supposed to be hard work, going the extra mile, the long days, late nights and weekends?
Sometimes, yes!
Especially in the beginning, that's perhaps when "you just gotta hustle..."
...But
You can see where you want to be, the next level of business growth, but something seems to be holding you back...
...you can tell this if your profits have levelled off a little year on year and you're reporting similar results, which if we account for inflation, could mean you are quietly going backwards and that slippage can creep and bite you big-time if you are not careful!
Sadly we see this a lot!
Established businesses can get comfortable, and complacent and over time become stagnant and stale.
This turns to frustration and resentment and slowly the dreams you once had erode and evaporate.
The new car, the next house purchase, the holidays and the next boat you want to buy all get put off - delayed until eventually forgotten!
Ouch!!!
Yes ouch.
If you were to stop just long enough and take a close look at what's going on, the truth about your life and business is not quite as you planned, that's of course if you ever had a plan in the first place?
We want this to be fast for you for two reasons:
Our fast approach starts with getting you out of your usual surroundings, we invite you to spend the day with us here in the Dorset Countryside (just 2 hours on the train from Waterloo station).
We'll ask you to provide some information before your visit, to give us a summary of the big picture of who you are and what you do.
This gets the best out of our first day together.
The objective will be for you to leave with the beginnings of an action plan, a first draft to take away and make an instant start, run some tests and allow a little time to percolate your new thoughts.
Then over the next few weeks, we'll have a series of online video coaching and mentoring calls.
We will also with the help of our team in a completely collaborative approach with you, gather data you already have.
We'll create what we call the "Triangle of Truth".
This is a comprehensive process that allows our collective thinking to find the hidden profits inside your business, it could be a quick win or long-term approach, and you'll ultimately decide the details of your next action steps, once we are all presented with the truth!
28 days after your initial high-impact session, with the help of our team we will have a tangible report from the triangle of truth work we conduct.
You'll be invited to rejoin us again in Dorset (just 2 hours on the train from Waterloo station) for the day and together we'll go through our findings
Our goal will be for you to walk away with a refined action plan and the necessary tools to support you, something sustainable with measurable steps for you to follow...
... you might call this a blueprint or paint-by-numbers where you "do this, then this" approach.
In our short intense time together we will unearth a concise plan and identify your next objective, with measurable action steps for you to follow.
The next part is simple but not always easy - you gotta go back and do the actual work needed to achieve the objective you set!
Here you'll have 3 simple choices:
Either way, there is no obligation, it's all about getting you to STOP, and identify what you are doing that's holding you back and what your real next objective is.
The key to creating a comprehensive action plan forces you to take time out and stop and think.
Having someone challenge your methods, your thinking and your actions often lead to hidden benefits.
It could be in the form of more time or money and more choices, it's the essence of what's behind our book Rock Solid Growth 2.0.
This proven method of stopping and asking the right questions, digging into the data you already have and creating a specific action plan is all designed to help you find the seeds of hidden ideas in your business.
We know after working with hundreds if not thousands of clients over the past 30+ years that our methods work.
We can provide examples of real clients we have helped, some of the stories are truly exciting and if we told them here, you might not believe them or think we are bragging...
The only purpose of a few testimonials is to demonstrate some social proof and for you to know there are real people we've helped and maybe they are a bit like you.
We have been working with Kevin and Vicki since 2013, they are essentially part of our team and not an outside supplier.
Our quarterly meetings with Kevin and Vicki are energising and invigorating and they look at a multitude of ways we can improve our business.
Kevin and Vicki have given us much support, advice and coaching.
They are both excellent at identifying areas where we need to improve and making sure that we address these rather than shy away from them.
Design Unlimited / Award-Winning Versatile Yacht Design Studio
To a certain extent, we're all struggling with many of the same issues and coming at it from many different directions.
It's great to take a day out from everything that's going on and literally, just think about the direction I’m heading and to think about my thinking and where I'm trying to get to in life and why.
Picture Frames of Shaftesbury / Picture Framing Entrepreneur
The great thing about being a sculptor is that you can completely and utterly live in that dream world, but you are also at the same time running a business and when it comes to the business side, I desperately need a Kevin.
The likes of Kevin, keeps the blood pressure right down.
British Artist / Internationally Recognised Master Sculptor of Wildlife
With our book Rock Solid Growth 2.0, we also give away hours of our time and knowledge including the course content that was directly responsible for some of our clients' success back when we could not go out in the world.
In other words, if you like what we are saying, but are not sure about us, start with the book and the FREE content, you'll get to know us in the pages of the book, and the videos we recorded in the FREE resources.
None of this is highly produced, we write record and edit everything ourselves, it keeps it real, and our aim is to provide as much value as we can to help people who either can't afford our services or are not ready.
If this is the moment you believe you are ready to find hidden profits in your business, and you want to do this "FAST" then we need to put some dates in the calendar.
The first is to spend the day with us here in Dorset (just 2 hours on the train from Waterloo station), then a series of video calls, and get our team on board with you and yours to help gather the necessary data so that in 28 days we can meet a second time for the day and provide you with the insights and action plan to grow your business.
It all starts with a video call, you can speak to either of us, there's no hard sell, we can discuss the methods of payment on the call, but accept this will be a lot of work initially for us and everything is better if we are all willing volunteers to the process.
So the call is to book some dates and be sure we both want/and can do this.
Brilliant!
We simply need to speak, obtain some information and see if you qualify to work with us.
That starts with making sure we understand exactly what your key challenges are, so that we can confirm we can help you.
Just book a call with either Kev or Vicki and get the ball rolling:
If you're not quite ready, why not simply get a copy of our book Rock Solid Growth 2.0 it also gives you access to some extensive free training and resources (workbooks and videos of us both) it all compliments and adds value to the book,
The book is a practical step-by-step guide on how to build a sustainable business, it contains the fundamentals and framework of what is responsible for the success of so many of our clients.
It's a good way to check us out and see if you think we can help you
You can also complete "the digital scorecard"
It's the same 10-point scorecard in the book, but the digital version is quick and easy to complete.
There are no right or wrong answers, just a simple way to help you identify the 1 or 2 areas of your business, that if you focused some attention might give you the biggest and fastest win.
Assess your business performance and after you can consider booking a call and we can go from there.
Together we own and run Venture Coaching, we have developed a series of methods to consistently add value to our clients and if you are not ready to take action just yet, you can find out more about us by clicking through to our personal pages below:
Kev ran his accounting practice for 35 years, acting for 1,000's of businesses small medium and large.
Whilst crafting his skill and developing his career he also became a qualified coach and, by default, a small business advocate and mentor and has helped thousands of clients get results.
With the advancement in accounting technology including AI, he can now predominantly focus on his true passion: that of being a world-class coach and mentor to get even better results for our clients.
Vicki is a highly experienced executive coach and has worked with clients all over the world in a wide range of industries.
She continues to add to her skillset and is currently training to become a qualified clinical hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner.
Prior to becoming a coach, she owned and ran a property development business for ten years.
A wealth of hands-on small business experience, combined with her extensive coaching skills, makes her an exceptional ally to any small business owner.
