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Continuous Lifelong Learning - Business Owner, Executive & Sales Coaching Program.


Can I benefit from coaching? | FAQs

The game is the same but the rules have changed. Excellent performance today may not be enough to prepare you for the challenges of tomorrow. Forward thinking individuals and organizations understand that to remain in the game and have a fighting chance at winning is to develop a tenacious appetite for Continuous Lifelong Learning.

Realizing one's fullest potential may sound a little lofty, but, "A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step." Commitment, Accountability, Purpose and Process are essential. Whether you undertake this program as part of the private coaching process of The Alternative Board TAB or as an individual, it will help you take charge of your life to achieve your fullest potential.

CAN I BENEFIT FROM coaching?

When You Look in The Mirror, What Do You See?
Do You See a Person Who...

YES NO Takes charge of their life on a daily basis?
YES NO Manages his or her life with a plan and has a strategy for making the plan happen?
YES NO Reacts to challenges and opportunities with a plan for getting where they want to be?
YES NO Has a healthy lifestyle that is likely to provide the energy and the health that is needed to compete?
YES NO Does things they enjoy or are healthy for them, because they have created the time or the environment in which they can rely on others to perform their work duties effectively?
YES NO Has a net worth goal and a specific annual income goal?
YES NO Spends enough time at home during the normal work week?
YES NO Takes enough vacation time?
YES NO Lives a balanced lifestyle between their personal and business lives?
YES NO Has a plan for long term financial growth?
YES NO Sets realistic expectations for themselves?
YES NO Spends a significant amount of time on non-business passion-driven activities?
YES NO Feels they communicate well with all those around them?

If you answered "No" to any of these questions, contact us for a no-obligation consultation.

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FAQs

 

What is coaching?
Coaching is an interactive process that helps business owners, decision makers, managers and sales people to develop more rapidly and produce more satisfying results. We work with clients in many areas, including business growth, time management, team building. As a result of coaching, clients set better goals, take more action, make better decisions, and more fully use their natural strengths. (Please note that coaching does not focus directly on relieving psychological pain or treating cognitive or emotional disorders.)

How do coaches work?
We are trained to listen and observe, to customize our approach to your needs, and to elicit strategies and solutions from you. We are also trained to use various tools to help accelerate the process. We believe that our clients are naturally creative and resourceful, and that our job is to provide support to enhance their skills, resources, and creativity. While we provide feedback and an objective perspective, you are responsible for taking the steps necessary to produce the results you desire.

What kinds of tools does a coach use? Why not just talk to a friend?
Coaches are trained to listen on a different level than is typical in a conversation with a friend or colleague. We are trained to listen beneath the words. We use tools and techniques designed to move you ahead purposefully. We ask powerful questions. We use exercises that help generate new, dynamic thoughts. And we will give you materials to read, homework to do, and assignments to complete.

Who hires a coach?
People who really want to live their best business and personal lives hire coaches—people who realize that this is not a dress rehearsal, and want to make the most of their life and their business. The person who hires a coach is often already successful, but wants more. Coaching can help you find more success, joy, love, passion, money—and sometimes less stress, work, distractions, obstacles, and self-sabotage.

Which type of coaching is right for me?
Business Owner/Entrepreneur Coaching:

  • New and established entrepreneurs
  • Owners and managers of small companies
  • Start-up companies (actual or planned)
  • Professionals in private practice
  • People who run a business from their home
  • Executives considering leaving their companies and launching a business

Executive Coaching:

  • CEOs, executives, managers, and other professionals

Organizational Coaching:

  • Human resources departments interested in hiring external coaches
  • Companies looking to launch a coaching initiative
  • Companies intending to train their managers to be coaches
  • Companies that want to launch an initiative to prevent and/or cure burnout
  • Companies interested in coaching workshops
  • Companies that want the support of a coach for strategic planning, process re-engineering; creating a compelling vision; launching and developing teams; or 360-degree reviews

Sales Coaching:

  • Salespeople and sales managers at all levels

Small-business owners

What happens if I sign up for a free consultation call or visit?
First, we agree on a mutually convenient time to talk about why you would like to pursue coaching. Evening hours are available. You initiate the call. The coach will ask you some questions and together you determine whether or not coaching is right for you. For more information, fill out our free sample session request form and we'll contact you within 48 hours (business days).

I feel a little uncomfortable about calling. Do you have any suggestions?
It’s always a little difficult to start something new—particularly something so important and personal. The feedback we hear is that people feel immediately at ease when they talk to a coach and realize that he or she is just another human being: a person who is cheering you on; an advocate who doesn’t judge you. We are trained specifically to help you find and live your most fulfilling life, and are honored that you include us in your journey.

What if I try the sample call and decide I don't want coaching?
There is no obligation or high-pressure sales pitch with the call. We want to work with people who are enthusiastic about coaching. Trying to convince someone that coaching is for them doesn’t work.

Why is coaching usually done over the phone?
Coaching can take place on the phone or in person. However, most coaching takes place over the phone. You can be comfortable in your own office or home. You have quiet and privacy there. You don’t have to run to an appointment. Just pick up your phone. Coaches are trained to listen so that coaching over the telephone is very effective. It doesn’t matter where you live— we can coach you.

How are Business Improvement Services, Inc. coaches trained?
All coaches working with us have completed basic and advanced training at a top-tier coaching institute accredited by the International Coach Federation. Each has come to coaching with significant experience and accomplishment in his or her areas of expertise. (Read more about Greg Vacek’s training and professional background.)

Contact us for a no obligation consultation.

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402.312.4744
402.926.2230 (Fax)

GREG VACEK, PRESIDENT
Tab Midlands
Business Improvement Services, Inc.
gregv@tabmidlands.com

10050 REGENCY CIRCLE, SUITE 505
OMAHA, NE 68144