Instead of working ON your business, are you always working IN it? Why can't your business manage without you? If you don't know, a Shape Your Business coach can help you find out. It could mean others have to take on more of your day-to-day responsibilities. You might even have to change some of your processes. But whatever has to happen, a Shape Your Business coach helps you put some goals in place that will free you up to enjoy a lot more of life outside work. And to make sure your business continues to thrive and survive we will develop key drivers and performance management measures. So when you're not IN the business, the business can keep functioning as if you were.

One of the most important decisions you will ever make is when to exit your business. Our Shape Your Business coaching system helps you develop a clear process for owners to fully monetise their business asset at the time of their choosing. We call it Shape Your Business Transition Planning. There are many elements that make up a transition plan and our coaching experience suggests that it might take up to three years to get your business ready for sale at the best possible price. It is critical to get the business in a position where it is attractive to buyers and can achieve a sale price that will fund your lifestyle needs in retirement.

If your primary asset is your business you will need to create a plan for reducing your reliance on the business income. Most likely by building assets outside of the business.

Our business coaching system means you can expect to free up cash to fund these outside investments and manage the investment income to ensure you get the best possible financial return.

Like any form of wealth creation, building a high-performance business takes time, patience and a lot of hard work. But all that gain can evaporate overnight if you are not vigilant in monitoring the actual performance of the business against budgeted performance.

Our business coaching process helps you structure a business plan with key performance indicators specific to your business and ensures that all your business processes, including strategy and financial management, are aligned to support your objectives.

Our business coaching approach starts out with a goal-setting meeting which sets the foundation for aligning the owner's personal financial objectives with the business objectives.

We use this information to develop a Shape Your Business coaching 'action plan' that lays the groundwork for achieving these goals.  We meet with you regularly to ensure that everything is going to plan. If there is any slippage, we can undertake remedial steps to help you get everything back on track.

Our business coaching clients enjoy growth and continue to generate profits irrespective of the economic climate.  Their progress utilising the Shape Your Business coaching system during the GFC proved this.  To achieve sustainable growth you need a competitive strategy and a rock-solid business plan with clearly defined objectives. Shape Your Business coaches have helped many businesses in a variety of industries achieve their growth objectives while ensuring they had a financial strategy in place to fund that growth. Understanding your strengths and weaknesses in relation to your competitors is only a starting point, but it is a very important part of any growth strategy, and our business coaching system is designed with this in mind.

Children's education, the mortgage, an investment portfolio, it all takes money. Is your income enough to support your current lifestyle needs? Our business coaching system helps you determine the current return being generated by your business and our coaches help you work on ways to improve your income. As part of this financial review, we can build a budget for the business and implement tailored coaching key performance drivers that will improve profitability and  performance. As part of this business coaching process we also conduct ongoing performance monitoring to ensure your goals are being met.

There are times in the lifecycle of any business, small or large, when cash is tight. How do you prepare for it? Our business coaching system makes sure you have adequate financial management systems working for you. For example, a financial ratio analysis can identify the key drivers of cash, and a cash flow statement will assist in planning for any cash shortfalls. Once the fundamentals are in place, Shape Your Business helps you implement achievable goals and monitor the ongoing performance of the business through our unique business coaching system to ensure your financial goals are being achieved.

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