Business coaching, as opposed to corporate coaching, is directed towards the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) business segment.

The business or enterprise owner often faces many issues unique to their business, even though the business may appear to be successful and providing the autonomy and financial returns desired.

Issues commonly faced by businesses may include:

• excessive reliance on the owner to operate it
• too much attention to certain areas of the business and not enough attention to other areas e.g. marketing vs administration vs planning vs operations
• excessive work hours or inappropriate work/life balance
• conflict between and/or performance issues with family members in the business
• lack of an exit/retirement/sale strategy
• no succession or contingency planning
• no operational or strategic planning
• financial pressures or inadequate financial returns for the hours and capital invested
• no risk management planning

Coaching can provide an independent third party to see the business through a different "lens" and assist the owner in developing solutions to enhance the financial and non-financial returns from the business.

I bring to my business coaching my professional qualifications and experience, my investment experience and my experience in running the Starting Your Own Business course for DBM Australia's clients.