Cost Reduction Consulting
Optimize savings and profits with innovative strategic planning
www.us.capgemini.com/CostManagement
Optimize savings and profits with innovative strategic planning
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Consulting
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Top Career Coaches -- NYC
Take career, business to next level Rigorous. Effective. Enlightening.
www.ExecutiveCoachGroup.com
Take career, business to next level Rigorous. Effective. Enlightening.
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Become a Life Coach?
Start your own coaching business. $1 trial offer - limited time only.
www.Life-Coaching-Resource.com
Start your own coaching business. $1 trial offer - limited time only.
www.Life-Coaching-Resource.com
Career Change Retreat
Find the work you love: walk in Spanish mountains with coaches
www.thebigstretch.com
Find the work you love: walk in Spanish mountains with coaches
www.thebigstretch.com
Professional Life Coach
For High Functioning Individuals Call for consultation, 415-686-9592
www.OnYourPathConsulting.com
For High Functioning Individuals Call for consultation, 415-686-9592
www.OnYourPathConsulting.com
Become A Consultant
Make money as a consultant in your own field. Complete Manual $29.95
www.money-op.com/consultant
Make money as a consultant in your own field. Complete Manual $29.95
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Business Coaches Needed
Earn $250K plus. Many income streams. In-depth training.
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Earn $250K plus. Many income streams. In-depth training.
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Creativity Coaching
Increase Productivity, Creatively Save money, sign up now!
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Increase Productivity, Creatively Save money, sign up now!
www.elizabethhumphrey.com
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Coaching Leaders & Teams
Provider of coaching for individuals, small businesses, executives and corporations as well as mentoring for new coaches.
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Provides services related to the tools and processes that contribute to individual, team and organizational effectiveness.
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B Coach
A virtual organization that provides a virtual business coach development system using telephone and web-based project management tools.
www.b-coach.com
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21st Century Coaching & Consulting
Our mission at 21st Century Coaching & Consulting is to use the knowledge and skills of business psychology to help companies hire, develop and keep valuable employees in the competitive, global marketplace of the 21st Century
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Calmas Associates
Business coaching for entrepreneurs, executives, managers and family businesses. Designed to increase productivity, enhance profitability, reduce employee turnover and improve employee-employer relations.
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Clear Directions
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Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness
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Center for Coaching and Mentoring develops and delivers training, consulting services and materials that facilitate change through coaching, mentoring, teamwork, leadership development and organization development.
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Feld, Judith
Business coaching that includes one-on-one telecoaching, group coaching and cybercoaching. Also works with corporations and organizations, with in-person workshops and seminars.
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Coach Partnership
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Connecting Point
Provider of speaking, coaching and consulting services specializing in communication and stress management.
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Provider of speaking, coaching and consulting services specializing in communication and stress management.
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Eagle Alliance
Coaching and training for leaders, business owners, and professionals.
www.eaglealliance.com
Coaching and training for leaders, business owners, and professionals.
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Effectiveness Inc
Services include consulting, coaching, facilitating, assessments, and resources to help enterprises of all types become higher-performing, agile, learning organizations.
www.effectiveness.com
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Effective Environments
A national consulting firm dedicated to providing consulting, executive coaching and workshops that boost individual and organizational effectiveness.
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Provider of leadership training and personal coaching for private and corporate clients through workshops and speaking engagements.
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Essential Communications
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Evolution Coaching
A personal and business coach who works with executives, corporate leaders, professionals, small business owners, entrepreneurs, musicians and athletes to attain higher levels of personal and professional success.
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Greylock Associates
Helps leading organizations take a strategic approach to coaching, organizational change, employee development and leadership.
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Helps leading organizations take a strategic approach to coaching, organizational change, employee development and leadership.
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Provider of professional service to help individuals in business to become more productive and profitable through coaching programs.
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ICS Group
Management consulting firm that leverages project management principles through project portfolio management, coaching, training and change management.
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Management consulting firm that leverages project management principles through project portfolio management, coaching, training and change management.
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Innerworks
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Provides coaching, psychotherapy, consulting, and mediation, as well as seminars and workshops.
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International Coaching Centre
Provider of individual coaching and government and corporate training to executives and managers to use coaching skills in the workplace.
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Provider of individual coaching and government and corporate training to executives and managers to use coaching skills in the workplace.
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J. J. Baumhardt & Partner AG
International coaching company which supports organizations in future-oriented benchmarking and the implementation of best practices.
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International coaching company which supports organizations in future-oriented benchmarking and the implementation of best practices.
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Joyce K. Reynolds
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Helps businesses, groups, and individuals with change management, organizational development, communications, conflict resolution, strategic leadership skills, group facilitation, team building and problem solving.
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Leadership Services LTD
Provider of individual coaching for executives and middle managers. Programs emphasize situation appropriate leadership, effective interpersonal and organizational communication, personal development and strategy activation.
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Provider of individual coaching for executives and middle managers. Programs emphasize situation appropriate leadership, effective interpersonal and organizational communication, personal development and strategy activation.
www.leadershipservices.com
Leadership Communication
A California-based consulting firm, offering one-on-one coaching and leadership communication programs to corporate, political and community leaders.
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www.leadingoutloud.com
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MacroPlan Wealth Strategies
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Business and personal coaching for entrepreneurs, professionals, models and athletes.
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Master Track
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Provider of one-on-one coaching, corporate development, leadership training, motivational speaking and productivity workshops.
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Professional Development Associates
Human resources consulting firm that provides training, consulting services and coaching in leadership, customer service, communication skills, negotiation skills and project management.
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Human resources consulting firm that provides training, consulting services and coaching in leadership, customer service, communication skills, negotiation skills and project management.
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Murray Goldsmith
Corporate motivational coach and speaker specializing in stress management and hypnotherapy.
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Move the Mountain Leadership Center
Provider of leadership programs, coaching and consulting focused on on developing and supporting leaders in business, human services, education, government and faith communities.
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Provider of leadership programs, coaching and consulting focused on on developing and supporting leaders in business, human services, education, government and faith communities.
www.movethemountain.org
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Organization Plus
Provider of business coaching and organization skills for managers, sole proprietors or partners of new, established or expanding businesses through one-on-one consultation or speaking engagements.
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Pathwise Coaching and Development Services
Provider of personal development services, such as career coaching & retirement coaching, as well as small business & organization development services.
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Performance Improvement Technologies, Inc.
Executive, team and organization development firm that coaches and educates executives and teams and co-designs and co-facilitates action workshops.
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Executive, team and organization development firm that coaches and educates executives and teams and co-designs and co-facilitates action workshops.
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Performance Unlimited
A management training and consulting firm that provides coaching and training programs to corporations, professionals, individuals and entrepreneurs.
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A management training and consulting firm that provides coaching and training programs to corporations, professionals, individuals and entrepreneurs.
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Performance Coaching
Provider of specialist advice on coaching for high performance, developing team players, developing trainers and developing high performers.
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www.performancecoaching.ca
Potential Realizations
Provider of consulting in effective communication, leadership, improving customer satisfaction, high-performance team building and executive and individual coaching.
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Provider of consulting in effective communication, leadership, improving customer satisfaction, high-performance team building and executive and individual coaching.
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Quantum Leap
Provider of training programs in organizational design and development of systems, personal coaching, team leadership, strategy development and implementation, mediating conflict and improving communication quality.
www.quantumleap.org
Provider of training programs in organizational design and development of systems, personal coaching, team leadership, strategy development and implementation, mediating conflict and improving communication quality.
www.quantumleap.org
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Special Event Business Advisors
Business coaching for small enterprises in the special event industry.
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Business coaching for small enterprises in the special event industry.
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Lipman, Doug
Provider of coaching services, workshops and consulting that promote the use of storytelling. Also provides articles and publications.
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Provider of coaching services, workshops and consulting that promote the use of storytelling. Also provides articles and publications.
www.storypower.com
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Company Coach
Provider of training, coaching and speaking services in order to improve team performance.
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Provider of training, coaching and speaking services in order to improve team performance.
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Raymond W. King
Provider of personal and professional performance enhancing coaching through speeches, workshops and seminars.
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Provider of personal and professional performance enhancing coaching through speeches, workshops and seminars.
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1 on 1 Personal Coaching
WeCoach is a Coach training and marketing firm dedicated to providing the largest and best qualified network of personal success coaches on the planet.
www.wecoach.com
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www.wecoach.com
Williams & Company Consulting, Inc.
Provider of strategic and operational human resource management interventions such as management development, executive coaching, change leadership and organizational performance improvement strategies.
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Provider of strategic and operational human resource management interventions such as management development, executive coaching, change leadership and organizational performance improvement strategies.
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Expanding Thought
Provider of coaching, consulting, diagnostic tests and team or meeting facilitation. Also sells problem solving games.
www.xtho.com
Provider of coaching, consulting, diagnostic tests and team or meeting facilitation. Also sells problem solving games.
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Your Own Coach
Business and personal coaching for professionals, executives and managers, entrepreneurs, corporate change agents, leadership teams, external consultants and trainers and individuals in transition.
www.yourowncoach.com
Business and personal coaching for professionals, executives and managers, entrepreneurs, corporate change agents, leadership teams, external consultants and trainers and individuals in transition.
www.yourowncoach.com
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John Fletcher Consultancy
Provider of professional coaching on writing reports and business letters.
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Provider of professional coaching on writing reports and business letters.
www.zynet.co.uk
Cost Reduction Consulting
Optimize savings and profits with innovative strategic planning
www.us.capgemini.com/CostManagement
Optimize savings and profits with innovative strategic planning
www.us.capgemini.com/CostManagement
Consulting
Search 45,000 Jobs that Pay Over $100,000. Start Searching Now.
www.TheLadders.com/Consulting
Search 45,000 Jobs that Pay Over $100,000. Start Searching Now.
www.TheLadders.com/Consulting
Expert coaching services let small business owners gain some balance in their lives. Running a company of any size is hard work and can stretch you to the edge of sanity. As the decision maker you're responsible for setting goals, hiring and motivating employees and marketing services to clients. It can be difficult to manage all these tasks on your own, and no matter how much you love what you do it can become repetitive, boring and frustrating.
Gaining assistance from coaching and consulting services lets you interact with an expert who can help you to set goals for taking your business to the next level. For those just starting out and unsure of how to get a business off the ground coaching experts can assist you too.
Not all coaches offer the same services to small businesses. Choose a coach with the experience and resources that can best assist your business. Here are the top criteria for choosing coaches or running a business coaching business:
1. Look for online local coaching consulting companies
2. Examine expertise of the coaching consultant
3. Preview coaching services before your buy, if at all possible
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Gain hands on expertise with coaching specialists
Face-to-face coaching consulting offers a coach who can visit your office and see your daily operation. However, it lacks the convenience and scheduling opportunities of virtual business coaching. Virtual coaching allows a flexible experience with the use of chat, email or video.
I recommend: Search with the Coach Referral Service from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and contact small business coaches offering CyberCoaching. Test yourself with this quiz from Passion for Business to determine if you're ready for a small business coaching consultant.
Check coaching consultants' credentials and references
Specialized business coaches can bring in their own experiences and contacts to diagnose business problems. Accredited coaches have completed professional training and must meet ethical standards, however, experienced business coaches with years of experience may lack accreditation. Regardless of their training, coaches should be eager to provide references.
I recommend: Use this assessment questionnaire by Clear Direction to determine the type of coaching best suited for you or your employees. Sign up employees for group coaching from A Better Workplace.
Look for coaching consulting services that offer a trial period or free session
Professional coaches go the extra mile to ensure you're comfortable with their style and service. Most coaching consultants are able to provide a complimentary or free session, while virtual coaching usually features low-cost options.
I recommend: Sign up for a free sample email coaching and consulting course from Professional Strategies. Visit The Growth Coach for flexible low-priced email based business coaching.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • Most coaching programs last for at least 3 months; you and your coach should discuss your goals to agree on a length of time and total fee.
- • Consider coaching vs. consulting services. Consultants are experts that diagnose then fix a problem. Coaches offer long-term assistance and aid you to create your own solutions.
- • Some coaches offer money-back guarantees if unsatisfied with their services during the first month.
