From Good to Great: Achieving Business Success with the Help of a Business Coach

Growing a business is a journey—one filled with both blessings and challenges. And while this calling is a powerful one, there are times when all entrepreneurs feel stuck and seemingly unable to move forward.

If you’re finding yourself caught in the same old grind—struggling to move from good to great—this article’s for you. So sit back, relax and enjoy as we explore how working with a business coach can make all the difference for your and your business.

What Does a Business Coach Do?

A business coach is a trusted mentor. Their role in your life is to provide you with valuable insights into your business—and then help you set clear goals and provide accountability while implementing those changes.

A Christian business coach will also help you through the specific challenges believers face in the modern work environment. This allows you to grow your company in a way that also serves your faith—stewarding the resources God has entrusted you with to build His Kingdom.

Here’s how.

How A Business Coach Helps You Build A Great Business

There are a number of ways a business coach can help bring your business to the next level. These range from practical business dealings to having someone by your side that understands what you’re going through as a Christian leader.

For example.

#1. Learning How to Delegate

If you’re feeling overwhelmed and caught in the day-to-day, you’re taking on too much. Period.

That said, it’s nearly always true that a business owner will have a lot on their plate—especially in the beginning. But when all’s said and done, trying to do everything yourself is simply holding you and your company back.

Learning how to delegate is a skill a business coach can teach you. It requires trust among your team as well as clearly defining your most needed roles. And once you have, you still need to fill those roles by searching for and even training Ideal Team Players.

A business coach can help you do all of this and more. And when working with a Christian who shares your faith, they can help you build a team and company structure that aligns with your values and larger purpose. 

Speaking of which.

#2. Define Your Company Culture

Your company culture is like the soil your business grows from. In a way, it even attracts the right seeds to plant—by building a team of individuals that all share a common vision and attitude toward work.

The first step to building a healthy, thriving culture is clearly defining those guiding principles. Your coach will help you clarify those feelings and find the right words to communicate what’s most important to you.

Your coach then helps you put that company culture into practice—guiding you through the process of searching for and hiring the right people and using that vision and mission to better serve your clients. 

Ultimately, this makes you “soil” even more fertile—and helps bring your organization from good to great.

#3. Improve Your Financial Margins

Many business owners lack clarity with their numbers. They don’t see how the decisions they make directly affect their bottom line. As a result, they may not be bidding jobs accurately or have a reliable means of tracking job costing.

Obviously, the costs of this can be tremendous. But the uncertainty can also lead to a kind of insecurity about running the business in general—leaders never seem to know if they’re doing the best they can.

A business coach can bring you the clarity you need. And it’s not uncommon for businesses to almost instantly improve their margins simply with an increased awareness as to where their money is going—or if they are pricing projects properly to begin with.

A coach can also help by referring you to a reliable bookkeeper (more on this in the next section) who can provide you with accurate financial reports. In turn, these insights help you make even better financial decisions moving forward—a necessary step for moving from good to great.

#4. Become Better Connected in the Business Community

Similar to the above statement (finding a bookkeeper) a professional business coach should be highly connected in your local business community. The benefits of this network will undoubtedly help your business grow.

Connected coaches may know wonderful employee candidates. Perhaps complementary service providers to partner with. Or even just like-minded friends to meet and connect with—most (or all) of whom will share your faith. 

Ultimately, business is about serving people. And the better connected you are with your people—the ones sharing your vision, values and who will benefit the most from your services—the smoother the transition from good to great.

#5. Aligning Your Business with Biblical Principles

Running a business is challenging. This is true for all entrepreneurs. But Christian leaders face an additional hurdle—aligning their business practices with their faith.

This is where a Christian business coach can help you in a very unique way—by guiding you through the process of implementing practices that reflect your Christian values. Things like a Biblical approach to financial stewardship, practicing integrity, honesty and trust.

They will also pray with you and be a partner in honoring God. In other words, a guide and friend who understands you and where you’re coming from.

Is Working With A Coach Right For You?

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 shows us the value of companionship: 

“Two are better than one… If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” And this is just the support a business coach offers—a commitment to helping you overcome obstacles and challenges. 

If you’re curious about how a Christian business coach can help you, reach out today for a free Discovery Call. Your call is simply a time to share a bit about yourself, your business, and the challenges you’ve been facing with one of our expert coaches. Then, they’ll give you all the information you need to make the right decision in your own time.

Your call comes with absolutely no strings attached, and is just an opportunity to connect. So don’t stay stuck in the same old problems any longer—take the first step from good to great with your free call today.