In this post, you’ll learn:
Why everyone has to be willing to go through a "learning" or "on-boarding" phase when starting a business
The difference between an employee role and an entrepreneur role
Why starting a new business is a lot like starting a new corporate job (and why it's totally not)
Why you're gonna NEED guidance and feedback as a Health Coach when you start your business
How to bring the office energy to your entrepreneur life, and set yourself up for SUCCESS
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How To Thrive As A Beginner Health Coach
I want to share something that has been frequently coming up for me, and that is when we are starting something new, such as a new business, you have to be willing to learn.
Starting a new project means having to accept that there is a learning phase or a beginner phase. It is akin to having your learner plates on your car.
Recently, I have welcomed a number of new people into my team and what I have been reminded of over and over again is that when you are hiring, it doesn't matter how talented the person is that you've hired, there is always going to be a training period for any new job.
Anyone who has done my programs or knows my community will agree that it is a high differentiator in my courses is that they don’t involve just me as a solo coach, but also the full support team, both in delivery of the program and also in the support of coaches.
Why everyone has to be willing to go through a "learning" or "on-boarding" phase when starting a business
When we start a new business we are essentially starting a new job. It is easy to think we can just wing it or that it will work itself out and this can lead to us being very hard on ourselves.
What we need to be willing to do is to go through an onboarding stage just like you would if you took on a new job. In business, though, it can be a lot harder when you have to do this for yourself.
When starting a new business, what you really need is someone to guide you through that process, and what my programs offer is support people who can train others and make them videos in a similar way to an online course.
We take the approach of mentoring people into new roles.
Why starting a new business is a lot like starting a new corporate job
If you look at it from the perspective of a corporate job, turning up on your first day and not being explained what to do, not being shown where the bathroom or the printer is, and not being told where files are kept would be crazy and, of course, you wouldn’t accept those kinds of working conditions.
So, thinking about this in the corporate job mindset, you would absolutely expect to have someone to train you, even if you were already experienced in your role. So, wouldn’t you agree that just like the experienced people I am currently onboarding onto my team, you are still going to need guidance even if you are working for yourself?
If you haven't done a specific role before you're going to need guidance from someone who has done that specific role because that is what would be expected. You would need the training manual and the step-by-step, day-to-day run through of what you are expected to achieve, and for at least the first couple of weeks, you would need someone by your side to do it.
Why you NEED guidance and feedback as a Health Coach when you start your business
Additionally, you would expect to receive feedback and in the corporate world, you would actually have someone telling you regularly if you had done a great job or how you could do something better. Going back now to new entrepreneurship, this is the type of support you miss out on.
It can be super tough, and if we as entrepreneurs and new business owners don't surround ourselves with support and someone who can give us feedback, how do we know how we are tracking?
It’s no wonder people become insecure and feel that they’re not enough because they don't have that support of someone saying, “hey, that was great”, or “hey, actually, this is how it could be better”.
The difference between an employee role and an entrepreneur role
In a regular kind of role where you are an employee, you would have a boss and your boss would usually provide feedback through a format such as a weekly meeting. This would establish a connection point and you would have that accountability and be given goals that have to be done by a certain time. You would no doubt take it seriously and set about achieving those goals.
What you need to ask yourself as an entrepreneur or new business owner is, “am I bringing that kind of energy to myself and my business in the same way I would if I was accountable to my boss in a corporate setting?”
So, how can you transfer this accountability to your own self and your own business and ensure you are bringing that energy into your every day?
Business owners can sometimes fall into a trap of being hard on themselves and it is important to strike the balance between being accountable and serious about business, by engaging a mentor and seeking feedback, but also not sweating the small stuff and self-punishing when things go wrong.
As women with our feminine energy, we are often getting into business because we're craving freedom.
We don't want structure, but conversely, it's actually structure that we need to allow us to flow and to allow us to actually relax.
How to bring the office energy to your entrepreneur life, and set yourself up for SUCCESS
Something that we can take away from the typical boss/employee relationship is setting up a meeting each week that allows us to be held accountable, to assess the situation and to ensure structures and support are around us at all times, just as we would typically have in a standard business environment.
Some people might say they can't afford a mentor, or they can't afford support, but the real question is can you afford not to? Is this a hobby or is it a business?
While we seek freedom, we also often want someone else to give us the structure and as your own boss, you have to decide if you are going to have to be the one who creates the structure or if you are going to engage support by hiring a mentor, hiring a step-by-step system, hiring someone to hold you accountable or whatever it might be.
If you are just starting out, you might not be in the financial position to be able to do all of the things you want to do yet. But it is a matter of priority and I encourage you all to be asking, “how can I take my business more seriously?”
Love,
Amanda xx
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