In case it’s not apparent, this pandemic has fundamentally shifted the landscape for all businesses, notably smaller enterprises where “doing more with less” is a daily reality. While there are new financial-aid options from federal and regional business-development agencies, these will not be accessible to all owners, and this reality brings the need for evolving one’s business into acute focus. And that’s something that leveraging an external business consultant can directly support with the right vetting.
The term business coach, which has become more mainstream over the past dozen or so years, appropriately connotes an ongoing mentorship relationship that’s intimate to the influence of both individual leaders and — by extension — their organizations.