Having a Business and a Life in Balance is Possible

Eileen Bristol has a business in Ann Arbor and a business dream in Austin, Texas.  She never thought it was possible to have both.

Bristol found the solution to her dilemma with AdviCoach David Waymann.  The two worked out a strategy that is letting Bristol keep RelaxStation Massage Therapy of Ann Arbor while opening up a restaurant/lounge in Austin.

“Eileen is like a lot of good business people.  They start with an idea and expertise in a certain area that can get them started.  Often, what they don’t start with is a long-term strategy that might include expansion, or turning the business over to someone else in order to try something new,” Waymann explained.

The lack of a long-term plan results in a type of role reversal, according to Waymann. Many successful business people end up feeling the business is running them instead of them running the business.  Waymann has watched this happen many times during his 30 years in business which includes business development, sales management, consulting, product development,
and business coaching.

“At first David and I started talking about just finding someone to run the business so I could develop my second dream business in Texas,” said Bristol.  She soon discovered finding the right person and making sure the transition worked would be more involved than posting a job opening.

Bristol has been working in small businesses her entire life and didn’t realize how much she could still learn from Waymann.  “David gave me ideas that took RelaxStation to the next level. And as a bonus, I’ll be able to use those ideas in running my new business in Texas,” Bristol said.

Waymann started Bristol’s coaching experience by helping her set a balanced foundation that would enable her to keep RelaxStation while turning over daily operations to a manager.  The process included defining Bristol’s individual goals, establishing guiding principles for the business and identifying financial measurements. 

Next they prepared for the recruiting process by creating a job description, establishing expectations for the new manager, developing questions for the interview and even narrowing down the field to five candidates.  Waymann even sat in on the interviews and helped Bristol evaluate the candidates.

“The biggest surprise in all this was David’s generous spirit and persistence in helping through the entire process.  I thought he would get his money and I would get the bare bones.  Instead, he went above and beyond in helping me achieve my dream,” Bristol said.

Waymann believes a business coach must stay involved to help someone achieve their goals.  A big part of this involves helping owners learn how to strike a balance between business and personal goals so one does not dominate the other. 

Waymann helps create the balance by putting people in charge of their goals with what he calls a “bookend strategy.”  Basically it’s helping business people clarify the gap between where they are and where they want their business to be.  He then works with business owners to develop the necessary tools and strategies to help them keep focused on achieving those goals.

The “bookend strategy” is simple in theory but involves a lot of work.  Waymann doesn’t believe in taking “off-the-shelf” solutions and trying to make them work for every business.

“Every business is different and every business person has different goals,” said Waymann.  “Nearly every business owner or manager I talk with believes they could be doing better, they just don’t know how to make it happen.  My job as a coach is to help them define their success and then help them achieve their full potential.

During his career as an AdviCoach, Waymann has worked with companies in retail, health care, service and technology.  In many instances he has been able to help these businesses increase net profitability by more than 30% annually, build a team, and find time to enjoy other personal or business pursuits. Waymann has a Bachelor of Education from McGill University in Montreal and a Master’s of Science from the University of Michigan.

To learn more about AdviCoach services in the Ann Arbor, MI area, contact AdviCoach David Waymann at dwaymann@advicoach.com

Author and Business Coach Bill Banner Hits Amazon Best-Seller List With Book, “Counter-Attack”

World-Class business coach, Bill Banner, recently joined a select group of America’s leading entrepreneurs and businesspeople to collaborate and co-write the business and marketing book titled, “Counter-Attack: Business Strategies for Explosive Growth in the New Economy.” The book also featured noted business development expert, best-selling author and speaker, Brian Tracy. Celebrity Press™, founded by JW Dicks, Esq. and Nick Nanton, Esq, is a business book publisher that publishes books from thought leaders around the world.

Bill Banner is an author, world-class business coach and leader with an extraordinary range of business expertise to achieve unprecedented performance.  With 30 years of business experience, Bill mentors his clients with focus on business growth strategies, increasing profitability, igniting employee performance and satisfaction, and creating customer loyalty.

The book, “Counter-Attack: Business Strategies for Explosive Growth in the New Economy” was released on Thursday, January 27, 2011.  The book features business lessons that business owners can use to fight against declining revenues and learn the secrets of success in the new economy.  On the day of release, Counter Attack reached best-seller status in two Amazon.com categories: Marketing and Direct Marketing. Bill Banner authored a chapter in the book titled, “Creating Success Through Accountability.”

From CelebrityPress:
With the economic upheaval we have all experienced in the new economy, it's hard not to feel that the way we do business is under attack. Traditions and the status quo have all been replaced with "New Normals," making it more and more difficult to find a clear-cut path to success. In this refreshingly authentic book, thirty-five business leaders from around the world with very diverse backgrounds have teamed up to share what's working now-so you can stop wondering and start profiting.

To order a copy of the book, go to http://www.amazon.com/Counter-Attack-Business-Strategies-Explosive-Economy/dp/0982908342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296240376&sr=8-1

After such a successful release, Bill Banner will be inducted into The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best seller lists.

To learn more about Bill Banner, visit http://www.billbanner.ca/

To learn more about CelebrityPress™, please visit http://www.CelebrityPressPublishing.com


About Bill Banner:
      
Bill Banner is an author, world-class business coach and leader with an extraordinary range of business expertise to achieve unprecedented performance.  Having built his coaching practice upon 30 years of business experience, he is often called upon to apply his results based approach to operational excellence, team performance, marketing and business development.

Bill has written articles for BusinessLink Newspaper on enhancing business performance and coaches business owners and professionals on how to “get everything they truly want out of business ownership”.  Having grown and run successful multi-million dollar business units himself, Bill mentors his clients with focus on business growth strategies, increasing profitability, igniting employee performance and satisfaction, and creating customer loyalty.

Formally trained first as a mechanical engineer, Bill has always enjoyed building things.  What he is passionate about is building successful businesses and careers.  In addition to one on one Business Coaching, Bill also specializes in Group Coaching, Workshops, and In-House Training and Development.

Bill is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering , McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Bill’s business coaching practice is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

To learn more about Bill Banner, visit http://www.billbanner.ca/.  Bill can be reached at bbanner@focalpointcoaching.com or at 905-627-9285.


About Celebrity Press™:

Celebrity Press™, founded by JW Dicks, Esq. and Nick Nanton, Esq, is a business book publisher that publishes books from thought leaders around the world. Celebrity Press™ specializes in helping it’s authors grow their businesses through book publishing. Celebrity Press™ has published books alongside Brian Tracy, Ron Legrand, Mari Smith, Kelly O’Neil, Alexis Martin Neely and many other of the biggest experts across diverse fields.

If you’d like to learn more about Celebrity Press™ or to see if we’re a good fit for your book project, please visit http://www.celebritypresspublishing.com/contact-us


About The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™:

The National Academy of Best Selling Authors™ was founded by two attorneys, JW Dicks, Esq. and Nick Nation, Esq. who are also best selling authors and represent authors and experts nationwide.  Both of the attorneys are members of multiple organizations, associations and academies that recognize and honor the best in the business, and they thought a similar organization should be created for Best Selling authors who don’t always get recognition for their accomplishment. Authors themselves, they recognized that only a very limited number of books made the major New York Times Best Seller list and just like the awards shows put on by the entertainment-based organizations, they wanted to have more categories for authors to be accepted and recognized for their accomplishment. The National Academy of Best Selling Authors™ now honors authors from many of the leading independent best-seller lists.

To find out more about The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™ visit http://www.academyofauthors.org/