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Frequently Asked Questions
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- 15 Coaching Deliverables
- Tell me a little about your services.
- Six benefits of working with a coach.
- Coaching: An Empowering Way To Relate
- Been there, done this already, and it didn't work.
- It costs too much, I can't afford it.
- I don't have the time.
- Been there, done this already and it didn't work.
- I'm already successful, why do I need this?
- I don't want to create plans.
- What is a professional service business?
- What's a B2B?
- Why email coaching, too?
- Do you work with those of us in manufacturing, MLM, or who sell products?
- How do we pay you?
- When I hire your company, can I choose to work with Maria?
- How do I start the process of getting help from you?
15 Coaching Deliverables
1. Perspective
The coach provides fresh or different ways of looking at a situation, context.
2. Validation
The coach validates via encouragement and acknowledgement.
3. Message
The coach shares fitting knowledge, opinions, or wisdom.
4. Energy
The coach provides energy and support as needed.
5. Solution
The coach shares a solution to a problem or issue.
6. Plan
The coach co-develops a plan of action with the client.
7. Structure
The coach provides support and a check-in structure for the client.
8. Resource
The coach suggests/refers client to experts, books, tools, assessments.
9. Options
The coach expands the number of options the client thought they had.
10. Caring
The coach cares via listening, patience, safety and love.
11. Training
The coach trains clients in personal and business skills.
12. Advice
The coach provides advice via recommendations and suggestions.
13. Strategy
The coach develops or co-develops a personal or business strategy.
14. Feedback
The coach offers feedback, observations, insights, ideas and opinions.
15. Challenge
The coach provides a challenge to the client to stretch or make a change.
© 1999 CoachU. For use by graduates or students only. (Maria is a 2000 graduate)
Tell me a little about your services
If you are a business owner who is unhappy with the return you're getting on your business, if you're being paid less now than when you worked for someone else, or if you have poor or no life/business balance, EdVising™ our method of coaching that includes coaching, consulting, advising, and training can help.
Using our over 30 years business experience, coaching others before business coaching was even a profession, Maria has helped thousands of business owners and executives earn more, work less, and live a high-quality life.
We provide you with a suite of tools, information, resources and new skills to help you reach your goals. Our resources (templates, CDs, audios, exercises, etc) help you focus and make a big difference in your business.
My passion is working with women business owners. Learn more about our ideal clients here
We help clients develop new goals, then help them to design a plan and strategies that will help them reach their goals, and then guide them on the process to "to do it". We guide you, help you monitor your efforts, give you a kick in the ass that will get you moving forward quicker, and facilitate our meetings. Learn more about how we work with clients, click here.
Here's the thing. The business owners I work with knew that they needed to do business a differently than they were doing. But they didn't know that someone like me could help them until they were told by my happy clients or students of my coaching programs.
The level of return you get from any of our programs will depend on your level of commitment and focus to do the work necessary to grow your business.
10 years of experience has shown us that when our clients do the work and make such significant changes to their business that the returns are in excess of the cost of our programs. Is not unusual to double or triple the size of a business in 6 months to 2 years. And often that's combined with our clients having more time for their families, social activities, etc.
Six benefits of working with a coach
Coaching is proven to work when these two factors are present: 1. The client is willing to grow, and 2. There is a gap between where they are now and where they want to be. That is all that is necessary for you and your coach to solve problems, create a new life, create goals that are congruent with your most deeply held values, and design and implement a plan of action. Or whatever else is called for to ensure that you have what you need to get more of what you want.
With a Coach You Will:
Take More, Better, and Smarter Actions: BECAUSE YOU SET THE GOALS YOU REALLY WANT
Ultimately, humans do what they really want to do anyway. And to find out exactly what you really want for yourself and your business is our first task together. I help you to distinguish between what you coulda, shoulda, oughta and have-to want from what you, in your heart of hearts, really want for yourself. Once you create the ideal goal that is designed to act in concert with your most deeply held values, you're much more likely to naturally and consistently take actions to reach it.
Have a Balanced Life Which Works Well: BECAUSE YOU DESIGNED IT "SELFISHLY"
Sorry, but having it all means starting with a balanced life. And you know what that means -- It's time to be very, very selfish. Not egotistical, but Selfish. With a capital S. I'll show you how to be selfish yet responsible. And how to get your needs met and still be liked by other people! (This process is called establishing your Personal Foundation and there are only 25 steps. You'll love building your foundation because you know you're worth it. You need this base if you are to be your Self.
Make & Keep More Money: YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU'RE MAKING
Money, money, money! You gotta have it and have a lot more of it than you think. You know you can make (and keep) more money, so why don't you? I'll help you increase your business, fill your practice, pay off old bills, set up a financial plan and future and help design a strategy for you to earn more from your professional efforts. (Yes, you can!)
Reach for More, Much More: AND NOT BE CONSUMED IN THE PROCESS
When anyone has a partner they trust, they will always reach for more because they can afford to.
Make Better Decisions for Yourself and Your Business: BECAUSE YOUR FOCUS IS CLEAR
Every single client of mine is smart, smart and smart. Yet, they still use me. Why? Because they know the value of sharing ideas with someone who understands them and is subjective enough to want a lot for them, yet objective enough not to be biased or self-serving. Just you talking about your options with someone who can listen is often enough to have it all become very clear. You'll always get my honest, constructive views.
Have a Lot More Sustainable Energy: NO MORE CHUGGING ALONG
When you're happy, productive and free from tolerations and problems, you are going to feel better!
© 1999 CoachU. For use by graduates or students only. (Maria is a 2000 graduate)
Coaching: An Empowering Style of Relating
- The client and coach strive to create a relationship that is trusting, challenging, and supportive
- The client uses the coach as a resource, taking action weekly to accomplish results
- The coach expects a lot of the client, but never puts the result ahead of the relationship
Coaching is a Technology of Development
- A coach develops a client's personal foundation so their natural gifts and talents are appreciated and leveraged
- A coach helps the client create a balance of fully experiencing the present while planning for the future
- A coach uses advanced personal development tools to promote their growth, but the client does the work
Coaching is a Form of Consulting
- Like consulting, the client discusses challenges and opportunities and asks for information and advice
- The client pays a fee, usually monthly, for services rendered
- Assessments are used to understand the complete picture of a client's unique abilities and strengths
Coaching Focuses on the Entire Person
- The coach helps the client balance and integrate all areas of life so they work harmoniously
- The coach helps the client strengthen their communication and relationship skills
- The coach helps the client clarify values, set goals, develop action plans, and implement them
© 1999 CoachU. For use by graduates or students only. (Maria is a 2000 graduate)
Been there, done this already and it didn't work.
If you have already ready invested a lot of time in training and other coaching programs that didn't help you much, we've seen that happen!
Being a life-long learner myself, I have been there, too. I've spent a few hundred thousand dollars on my "education" only to get minimal results . What I found is that action is not enough. "To Doing" all the time with no plan, does not work. Not monitoring what I was doing, did not work.
So with a majority of our 1:1 or group coaching programs you will create and use two plans to use as your guide -- a life and business plan. You will also learn how to monitor your efforts and learn how to determine when it's time to adjust what you are doing or stop doing it all together. How? We provide knowledge, experience, resources, and support to get you to the next steps in your businesses development. Every resource you receive from us will be used during our time together. And most importantly, you'll take consistent action to reach your goals.
It costs too much money. I can't afford it.
This is the number 1 concern from clients globally. And sometimes it's true, you can't afford our services. But if this is your only concern, the question I have for you is "what has it cost you to NOT get help?"
You know, after our client's complete their One Page Business Plan® they say that having that plan and watching it come to life, has been the highlight of their year! Sure they complain about having to do it, (even though they know they need it) but they'll tell us how much time having it has saved them, too. They tell us that they made more money in "x" months than they made the previous year. They tell us that they've stopped second guessing the decisions they have to make. Can you imagine saying those things? Most people do not think of strategic planning that way, until they get the plan done. Now, I cannot promise that you will make a certain amount of money, but I can promise you that if you do the work, and implement what you have learned, you should see a return on your investment that exceeds your monetary outlay.
NOTE: We have stuff to help you grow your business from between $9.99 and thousands of dollars a month. That leaves a lots of customizing opportunities open for us to tailor a program to meet your needs and your budget.
If you truly think you can't afford coaching, tell us what you can afford and then add a bit more to that amount (after all comfortable got you where you are right now and you want more). I'm sure that I can customize a program for you that fits your budget. And our mastermind group maybe "just what the doctor ordered." See if you qualify for below-market services learn more
One thing though, our policy is to work with clients based on a fixed price investment that means you know exactly what you need each month to keep your budget in order.
I do not have one minute of extra time to add any more work to my already full schedule.
Here is my guess. You are doing what I call "to doing" for the sake of being busy and are not focused on the key things that will bring you the most money or free time. One thing I can guarantee is that when you get focused on the key strategies that will bring you profits, you will have the time to do more than you thought was possible. How? We will provide you with tools to get focused. You will eliminate things that are not working. You will concentrate your time and efforts on those high pay-off activities that help you get the results you deserve. Have you hung around successful people? They have time to do the things they enjoy doing because they are focused on their life plan and business plan. They say "no" a lot, too. So if you want to have more time, you need to be focused, too.
If I'm already successful, why should I want to work with you.
If you are here reading this, chances are that deep down you want more than you have. You might be like "Mary" who wanted to double her already terrific revenues? Alternatively, " Theresa" wanted to set her business up so that she only worked 1 day a month, but her company had 16 million in sales. Barbara originally said she wanted to open one branch office, but after prodding her on her "big audacious goals" she admitted that she wanted at least 6 offices! On the other hand, maybe you want to make your business sellable in "x" years and get the most amount of money for your investment. There could even be a disconnect between your business and what you truly want from life. Whatever has brought you here, let us talk, and see which program would be the best fit for your situation.
Maybe you want to create products or speak or write a book. Whatever your goals are, we can help you attain them faster.
The truth is that our clients are all successful.
I don't want to create a life, business or marketing plan because ____________(your excuse here).
Sorry, we're unable to help you. It's imperative that you create plans. We run a tight ship and have a proven system and we won't take on new clients who won't create their roadmap to greater success.
What is a professional service business?
A service business is a business, company or it could be an executive working as an agent of a company whose income is derived by the sale of knowledge, skills, experience, or information. Some service businesses also sell products. Service businesses range in size with zero to hundreds of thousands of employees.
They also go by other names such as "trusted advisors", "agents", "principals", "service professional" and "independent service professionals."
Learn more about our ideal clients here.
What's a B2B?
It's so interesting to that many B2B's don't know that they are B2B's! A B2B a business, company or an executive at a company whose income is derived primarily from working with other business owners and high level executives. Like a CPA who works only with Small Business Owners. Or a copier company who sells to other businesses. B2Bs can sell products or services. For example an executive who sells promotional items to business owners sells a product.
Why eMail Coaching, too?
Email coaching provides you with the option to contact us between calls with questions or requests for feedback. Some clients never contact us in between sessions while others contact us twice a week.
As you implement the ideas and strategies we talk about during our phone sessions, you are going to come up with other questions, or you may want me to critique something you're working on, or just give you my opinion on something. Well, I'll be just an email away where I can support you. Need something A,S,A,P,? Put RUSH in the subject line, otherwise I'll get back to you within 24 hours during the business week.
I don't live near you. How would I work with you?
We work with clients via phone, Skype, video conferencing, and in person. Years of results have proven that meeting in person is not mandatory. In fact, I have clients that I've never met and other clients I've met when I've driven across the county. I've also worked with clients from Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Korea, Australia, and the UK.
Some of our clients prefer to meet in person in their offices, our offices, the Columbia-Tower Club in Seattle, or at a retreat center.
Most often, my clients send me a photo, which makes our working together a bit more personal. And you know what I look like from viewing the top of this website.
Additionally I can travel to clients locations by plane, car, and train to work with them and their staffs. I can conduct consultations with your staff, do a workshop, conduct business plan classes, conduct retreats or conferences. And I conduct all sorts of training's via virtual workshops and webinars.
Do you work with those of us in manufacturing, MLM, or who own products?
In the past, we have worked with all three business types. You can see a list here. At a minimum we can help you craft a business and marketing plan as well as create or increase your Internet presence. If you feel that the things you've read on this website pertain to you, contact us. We'll provide you with a free 20-minute consultation to see if we're a good match. Nothing for you to loose that way, and everything to gain!
Are your services tax deductible?
Typically small business coaching, consulting, and training is tax deductible as a business expense. Save your receipts for tax time. Executive coaching maybe tax deductible, but it depends on your situation. If you are not sure of the tax consequences, check with your CPA, EA, or accountant BEFORE hiring us.
Investment and Payment Options
The investment for all small business and executive programs vary in duration and payment.
We use an automated billing system, which will place your payment on your credit card at the same time each month for the agreed upon time we work together.
If you choose a program that is at least 3 months long, we offer a 10% discount to clients who pay in full before we start to work together.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Echecks, Checks, American Express and Paypal.
When I hire your company, can I choose to work with Maria?
Yes, you'll work directly with Maria although you might here from her assistant from time to time to provide you with information or to schedule session that you haven't scheduled online.
Although Maria does license her products to be used by other coaches and consultants, it's Maria who picks up her own phone, and Maria who partners with you to help bring you more success.
How do I start the process of getting help from Elevating Your Business?
First become familiar with our site, including our About You section. Then submit your contact information on our Free Discovery Session form Maria will receive a copy of your form and privately review it. And you'll receive a link where you can schedule your session at a time that is convenient for you. Then show up!
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