Could a business coach help your salon?

It’s often said that running a salon business is one of the toughest out there, as the owner not only do you have to know your business, you have to know how to market your business staying within the confines of the business budget, says business coach David Drew. The owner/manager has to be mentally tough, having resilience to bounce back from inevitable disappointments.

Statistics quote that being successful in business is 80% psychology and the rest is skill. In every sport coaching is seen as critically vital to ensure success.

Perhaps it’s time to ask yourself why you’re operating in this competitive arena of business without a coach, then re-evaluate how trying to run a successful business without a coach is working for you? You might be currently successful and that’s great, but can you truly say you wouldn’t want to expand and grow at a faster rate than you currently are? Everywhere you look these days someone is talking about coaching, it is a relatively young industry in the UK, but is set to grow exponentially over the next five years, the personal and professional coaching industry has increased significantly, it’s worth £50 million and the figure is rising fast. Why this boom in coaching? People are often looking for motivation because they’re not where they want to be or who they want to be, your daily habits, the things you do without even thinking about will ultimately define who you are. Change can bring instability and feelings of vulnerability, but these emotions can also serve very well and be utilised in coaching terms laying the foundations for a stronger future. Success coaching is more than just learning new strategies to get ahead in your business or life, it allows for the balance and momentum required to help make change happen, to go from where you or the business are now, to where you desire to be ensuring success becomes a reality. A success coach will do the following for you and your team:

• Support you and your business team to leave personal baggage behind.
• Coach you and your team to make the shift to enhance strengths.
• Draw out from you the skill sets required and help you and your team to understand that if you don’t change the actions that aren’t currently working for you and your business you will not change the results.
• Enlighten you about your personality and that you are the culmination of your habits.
• Coach positive communication, which is fundamental to successful relationships/partnerships.
• Provide tips and techniques to ensure both you and your team are operating at the top of your game.
• Strengthen your resolve and psychology to achieve & succeed when others would be beaten.

David Drew has some 40 years hairdressing industry experience. David coaches and consults salon owners on how to successfully run a salon and provides business success seminars and motivation days for teams at salons across the UK, for more information about David and the services he provides visit www.impactbusinessconsultant.co.uk