This St. Patrick’s Day, ActionCOACH Pinellas asks business owners and corporate executives to be honest with themselves. Have the 2010 Q1 results been achieved by luck or design? Are the owners and leaders accountable to a well-designed strategic business plan, or are they simply getting lucky?
ActionCOACH Pinellas wanted to define what it means to be successful in business in today’s economy, so the firm evaluated what its leading clients had in common (full results in white paper available at www.actioncoachpinellas.com)
The coaches found that their clients (i.e. CEOs, Business owners, Leadership Team) shared thirteen traits and values. Overall, they all
1) Communicate to entire organization
2) Manage him/herself
3) Seek professional assistance for knowledge gaps
4) Commit to continual learning
5) Focus on vision
6) Encourage and support visibility of team score card
7) Practice and support accountability
8) Revisit business model
9) Gather feedback from employees, customers, industry best practices
10) Identify most important systems
11) Review all contracts/agreements
12) Design and implement lead tracking system
13) Leverage and optimize their web sites
And, they all work with a business coach!
“Business owners and leaders today cannot wait until they find a four-leaf clover,” said Barb Kyes, president and managing partner at ActionCOACH Pinellas. “Luck will only get you so far, and even the most intelligent and driven business owners will benefit from a coach who provides a foundation for change, pushes them further, and holds them accountable to a growth plan.”
To learn more about ActionCOACH and taking your company to the next level of development, visit www.actioncoachpinellas.com or call 727-786-2900.
About ActionCOACH
ActionCOACH has been ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as the #1 Business Coaching and Consulting Franchise in the world consecutively since 2005 and is currently ranked 65 on the publication’
