Wendy’s Coach You To Success Blog

If you are just starting your own business, a mentor can almost be a necessity. There’s a lot to learn and a lot to coordinate. Someone who has “been there and done that” can help you master the tricks of the trade. Their business coaching can fill in a lot of important information in operating your enterprise, even if you work at home. If you do direct sales, you would want someone who has direct sales experience, for example.

Your mentor will have to be someone with whom you can work and have a good relationship. They won’t be working with you forever, but the communication will have to be good and you will have to be able to agree with their principles.

If you have already developed a business and just need help in certain areas, you will already know what you are looking for and can approach it more knowledgeably. You will know exactly what areas need improvement and the coach you pick should have these areas as an expertise.

First, make a list of the things you need assistance with and what you will require of a mentor. Will it be business coaching from the bottom up? Or do you just need some advice and information on how to set up an affiliate program or start in network marketing? List out what you know you will need to start with. The list could lengthen as you go, but then again, it may not.

Research the mentors or business coaches offering services online. You may also know people through your own connections, such as friends, people you met through professional organizations or even previous teachers. Someone who has been a role model for you in the past could make a good coach. List all the possibilities out and note beside their name pluses and minuses of using them. You can get a lot of information right off the Internet.

Pick the top ten listed who have the most “pluses” and get in contact with each one. Tell them you are interested in meeting with them to get their input on your new (or old) business. Set an appointment to meet with them. If you take them to lunch, pick up the tab. If the mentor is someone with a program online, you could make the “meeting” over the phone.

In the meeting (or phone call) with each potential coach, ask him or her for their feedback on what you are doing and tell them what you are looking for in business coaching. Take notes on what they tell you. You can either leave it at that and go home to study the responses you got, or if you really think one particular person would be the one right for you, you can ask him or her if you both could have an ongoing relationship for mentoring for your business endeavors, no matter what kind – network marketing, direct sales, work at home entrepreneur opportunities.

If you both decide to go forward with a more permanent coaching relationship, you should put agreements in writing. This protects both of you.

Wendy Stevens, Nashville, TN as a single mom vaulted to the top of the Direct Sales Industry in 8 months. Wendy is a former 3-time Division I All American Lacrosse Player, NCAA Division I National Champion & Division 1 NCAA Head Coach. Wendy is one of the top 1% earners in the entire direct sales industry. As Marketer, Trainer and Speaker, Wendy is in demand nationally. She earned 7 figures in networking marketing. Information on Wendy, visit http://www.coachyoutosuccess.com

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