Over the last few weeks here at the blog we’ve been exploring different elements for year end. This week I wanted to draw your focus to a big of a laundry list of common year end items coaches may find themselves working around. Last year, as part of the Coaching Biz Growth Lab, (a group I host throughout the year) I pulled together a handy, year-end checklist which you can download here. You’ll note that this list includes a list of a variety of different tasks and activities including a focus on financials, clients, goals and other areas. Taking some time BEFORE the end of the year is critical for getting the year wrapped up and setting focus for the year ahead. What are the areas you want to put attention around? Before you move onto your next task, be sure to download a copy of the year-end checklist! Enjoy and in the comments let us know what you found most useful OR things you also added. Jennifer Jennifer Britton
Coaching Business Builder | Group Coaching Essentials Supporting coaches to grow their business and skills in the areas of group coaching Recipient of the Prism Award for Excellence in Coaching (2016), and i4pL Award of Excellence - Curriculum Design (2017) Contact Jennifer to set up a call to see how her 1-1 coaching or group coaching support can help you move towards your year-end and 2020 goals. Phone: (416)996-8326 Did you see the BLACK FRIDAY Special on for the 2020 Coaching BizGrowth Lab? This is an annual coaching group I host throughout the year on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month. Join us for planning, community and focus on your business! Save $550 on an annual membership until December 4th. Click here to register.
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It's December 1st which means that we're stepping into a new month and a new focus with the 1 BizStepADay series. This daily prompt series started at the beginning of the year and invites to you engage with a daily prompt. This month's focus is for you to take some time to note your accomplishments and celebrate. The 1BizStepADay series includes a daily prompt to get you taking action on a different aspect of your business. Each month has a different theme. We've explored systems check (August), developing your signature program (June), major projects (September) and in October we turned our attention to client outreach. If you haven't taken a look at November's focus around Planning, check that out as well as you are invited to dream a little, or a lot for the new year. Please join us join us for some daily steps this month with the daily prompts, as well as connect in with some of year-end planning sessions I will be hosting. You can download this month's 1BizStepaDay list here. Don't forget as well, the Black Friday special on the Coaching Biz Growth Lab 2020 membership. We meet on Fridays from 3 - 4 pm Eastern and connect around topics related to growing your coaching business. Take advantage of special pricing here until December 4th. Earlier this week I held my annual year-end planning hack, a 45-minute series of reflective prompts to quickly zoom into your vision for next year. While a 45-minute working session may not be the full amount of time you may dedicate to vision work, it often is enough to create a high-level overview, from which annual, quarterly and monthly plans can flow. If you have a copy of either of my workbook planners, Coaching Business Builder, or PlanDoTrack, check out the Vision Questions which are found in both Sections 2 and 5. (Note there’s lots of repetition between the different sections to help you keep unlayering your vision and insights). Several years ago, I also recorded a short 15-minute annual vision audio as part of the Inner Biz Leader Virtual Business Planning Retreat. Even though it is a few years old now, I wanted to share it with you here. Please grab a pen and listen in...noting what you want to create in your work 3-5 years from now. It will take you 10-15 minutes to listen to. Grab a pen and listen in here: Want something shorter? Check out this 2 minute vision video here at my YouTube channel. Questions you may want to consider are:
All the best, Jennifer Jennifer Britton
Coaching Business Builder | Group Coaching Essentials Supporting coaches to grow their business and skills in the areas of group coaching If you want more like this post, join us at the CoachingBizGrowthLab in 2020 OR participate in the Inner Biz Leader Virtual Retreat. Contact Jennifer to set up a call to see how her 1-1 coaching or group coaching support can help you move towards your 2020 goals. Phone: (416)996-8326 Metrics are the heart of any business. Numbers and data provide patterns and insight for those who take time to explore what metrics are available to them. As a solopreneur, or small business owner, it can be useful to take time on a regular basis to track what your numbers are saying. Here’s a quick list of some of the metrics you may want to track:
Questions to consider:
Jennifer PS - Don't forget to join us today - Monday November 18th from 11 -1145 am ET for a special 2020 Planning Hack. Bring your pen and planner and join me in zoom room 270-302-0415. We'll start promptly at 11 am ET. Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC
Author multiple books including the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner (2018), Effective Group Coaching (2010) Potentials Realized Phone: 416-996-8326 Check out the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series of daily prompts for your work and business over on Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder. This week’s Solopreneur myth explores the notion of “I need to do it all alone”. While you may be choosing to run a solopreneur company, it may not mean that you have to do everything alone. Whether you are building a team of part-time or full time workers or are looking to bring different people onboard as sub-contractors for specific projects, being able to build your team is critical. The September 2019 Coaching Business Builder call focused on building your own team. It explored what it means to grow your team as a solopreneur. You can check out that call here. Be sure to grab a pen and take some notes as you go! As you grow your team, key themes to explore include:
Questions to consider: 1. What does the team need to excel in the year ahead? 2. What will help the team be at their best? 3. What is going to be the major challenge for the year ahead? The major opportunity? 4. What development opportunities do we want to build in (retreats, team coaching, mentoring etc.?) 5. What requests do I need to make of the team right now? 6. How will we measure our success? And as a bonus… What will help to expedite or magnify what's working? Enjoy your focus! Jennifer Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC
Author multiple books including the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner (2018), Effective Group Coaching (2010) Potentials Realized Phone: 416-996-8326 Check out the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series of daily prompts for your work and business over on Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder. It’s getting to be that time of year to earmark some time for year-end planning, whether it is for yourself, your team or your business. This has become a passion topic of mine for many decades now as a retreat leader, and for the past couple of years, my authorship of two workbook planners – PlanDoTrack (for Remote Workers) and the Coaching Business Builder (for coaches) has brought me more into the landscape of planning on a regular occurrence. As you go to develop your plans for 2020, and perhaps the new decade, it may be useful to segment your planning along the lines of PLAN, DO, and TRACK. First, prepare. We know that planning and preparation can save ample time. An old project management adage is that “ten minutes of planning will save 1 hour of unfocused effort”. Before you go to sit down and work on your plan it may be useful to:
Next , PLAN: As you go to prepare for 2020 planning consider:
Then, DO: Another important part of planning is the DOING. Consider what kind of plan is going to work for you. Are you the type of person who likes to review? Make notes once a week? Take a deep dive monthly? Both PlanDoTrack and Coaching Business Builder includes an undated planner with monthly, quarterly and annual planning pages. You can start using them at any time, and in seeing how people engage with these, it's fascinating to note the different preferences people have around planning. Once you have decided your responses to these questions, consider doing a big list of all the things you want to focus on (projects, tasks and activities) for 2020. Make a list according to your preferred style:
As Drucker is often quoted as saying, “what doesn’t get scheduled, doesn’t get done”. Finally, TRACK: Tracking is another part of planning and productivity success. What do your numbers say Without metrics around a plan it’s hard to know what really is changing. While some may only see numbers as numbers, the value of tracking metrics is that over time you will start seeing some interesting patterns. If this is an area you want to get better at, check out the Monthly Daily Trackers, and Content Trackers in both PlanDoTrack and the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planners (see section 5 - the planners). Questions to consider:
If you are looking for a framework, consider using the Monthly Daily Trackers which you will find in the 5th section of PlanDoTrack or Coaching Business Builder. There are 12 sets of them. For more on metrics, stay tuned for next week’s blog post. I’ll be dedicating it to the topic of metrics. Best, Jennifer PS - Save the DATE! I'll be hosting an open invitation planning for 2020 session on Monday November 18th from 11 - 1145 am ET. Grab a pen and your journal and join us! Jennifer Britton
Coaching Business Builder | Group Coaching Essentials Supporting coaches to grow their business and skills in the areas of group coaching Recipient of the Prism Award for Excellence in Coaching (2016), and i4pL Award of Excellence - Curriculum Design (2017) Contact Jennifer to set up a call to see how her 1-1 coaching or group coaching support can help you move towards your Q 4 and 2020 goals. Phone: (416)996-8326 Welcome to November! What are your key goals this month? As we step into November it's a chance to focus on PLANNING, SCALING and GROWING, this month's topic in the 1BizStepADay series. This month you are going to be able to engage in prompts around visioning for your business, as well as planning. What's possible for you and your work? This month you are invited to dream a little, or a lot! The 1BizStepADay series includes a daily prompt to get you taking action on a different aspect of your business. Each month has a different theme. We've explored systems check (August), developing your signature program (June), major projects (September) and last month we turned our attention to client outreach. Please join us join us for some daily steps this month with the daily prompts, as well as connect in with some of the November planning sessions I will be hosting, including the complimentary Virtual Book Club call on Monday November 18th - the 2020 Planning Hack! Join me in my zoom room on 11.18.19 from 11 - 11:40 am ET that morning with your pen and paper. You can download this month's 1BizStepaDay list here Enjoy the focus this month! What else is on your daily focus list for these last two month of the year (and decade)? Remember consistent action + daily steps = momentum. How far have you come this year? With best wishes, Jennifer Jennifer Britton - GroupCoachingEssentials Join us throughout 2020 for a focus on your coaching business on Fidays from 3 - 4 pm ET bi-weekly for the Coaching Biz Growth Lab. Focus in on core topics for your business and fun, impactful coaching! Reach out to Jennifer to set up a call to discuss. Phone: 416 -996-8326 In this month’s Group Coaching Essentials newsletter I focused on Keeping the Conversation Going with clients as you are running a group or team coaching conversation. You can read the October 2019 Group and Team Coaching Ins and Outs newsletter here. Coaching is a process of change. Changes take time and involve a series of ups and downs. Likewise, people are probably having lots of insights and AHAs in between our conversational touch points. What can we do to harness this? Community building for your groups. Earlier this year I focused on starting to launch the Conversation Sparker Zone on Mighty Networks. It’s a venue where coaches can come together to focus on and discuss what’s important to them around group coaching, team coaching, virtual conversations and business development. I hope you’ll join us! Be sure to check it out here. In keeping the conversation going it can involve some pre-planning on your part. Consider some of these different strategies:
What are the things you want to do to keep the focus alive for the people you are working with? Best, Jennifer Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC
Author multiple books including the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner (2018), Effective Group Coaching (2010) Potentials Realized Phone: 416-996-8326 Check out the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series of daily prompts for your work and business over on Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder. There is another solopreneur myth that many solopreneurs may find themselves falling into which is that “I need to be available all of the time”. Boundaries in business are a key part of efficiency and productivity. Being able to switch on and off throughout the day is key in keeping things focused and being able to get the work done. There has been much written about business owners figuring out when they are working ON the business, or when they are working IN the business. As a coach, activities around working IN the business might include:
Working ON the business:
What is the balance of time you want to spend on working IN the business vs working ON the business? In business, it can be important to leave enough time to continue working on the next inflection point. If we get too wrapped up on working in the business, even when we are established, we may find ourselves short of time and focus for sustainable growth. Check out this past CBB Blog post from earlier this year – Boundaries in Business – read it here. What boundaries are important for you to put into place? Best wishes, Jennifer Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC
Author of the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner (2018), Effective Group Coaching (2010) and others Potentials Realized Phone: 416-996-8326 Join us during 2020 and the rest of this year to work ON your business with the Coaching Biz Growth Lab. WE meet bi-weekly for group calls on Friday from 3-4 pm ET. Group coaching, learning and lots of ACTION! Visit CoachingBizGrowthLAb.com to sign up. This week's Solopreneur Myth gets you thinking about your boundaries around time and availability. The challenge for the solopreneur is to find the balance between being available, and also having time to do the work, and keep at your prime in terms of renewal and energy.
Many newer coaches feel that it's important to always be available. Discernment in this area can help you protect time for strategic thinking and action needed in your business, networking, and keeping yourself at peak performance. Questions to consider:
While saying YES can be important, so can saying NO. What are the boundaries you want to create to enhance your focus, traction and results? Enjoy the reflection, Jennifer Jennifer Britton Coaching Business Builder | Group Coaching Essentials Supporting coaches to grow their business and skills in the areas of group coaching Recipient of the Prism Award for Excellence in Coaching (2016), and i4pL Award of Excellence - Curriculum Design (2017) Contact Jennifer to set up a call to see how her 1-1 coaching or group coaching support can help you move towards your Q 4 and 2020 goals. Phone: (416)996-8326 |
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