What I do

I figured I would tell everyone a little bit about my job and what I do exactly. I'm currently working for ActionCOACH which is the number 1 business coaching franchise in the world. The company was established in 1993 in Australia by a guy named Brad Sugars. Brad recognized early on that most owners of small and medium-sized businesses were unaware of how to effectively grow their businesses and achieve their goals. The company began franchising in 1997, and now has nearly 1,000 offices in 22 countries around the globe. Entrepreneur Magazine has ranked ActionCOACH as the #1 business consulting franchise in the world for the last five years, one of the Top 100 Franchises overall, 4 years running, one of the Top 20 Home-Based Franchises, and one of the Top 50 America’s Top Global Franchises. In PA we have 26 coaches all across the state. We are growing.

So now you ask what a coach does, basically a Business Coach is just like a sporting coach. A sporting coach pushes an athlete to achieve optimum performance, provides support when they are exhausted and teaches the athlete to execute plays that their competition does not anticipate. Well that's what a business coach does for business owners. The role of the Business Coach is to coach business owners to improve their business through guidance, support and encouragement. Having business coaching will help owners of small and medium sized businesses with their sales, marketing, management, team building and so much more. Just like a sporting coach, a business coach will make you focus on the game. They do this through one-on-one coaching, group coaching, workshops, seminars, and a whole lot of other ways.

So my job is to manage all of the marketing that takes place across the whole state of PA. There is a fund, called the 3% fund, that the coaches have to contribute to. I manage that fund. Decide how the money is being spent on marketing. I also help new coaches that are just coming out of training with their marketing and event planning. Once our state website gets up and running I'll be handling that as well. So basically I get to spend money that doesn't belong to me. How sweet is that!?!?!? And what's the best part on top of it all, I GET TO WORK FROM HOME!!!!!! That's right, starting Monday I'll be working from home. Since I started in December I've been training in Camp Hill during the week. Staying with friends of ours and then heading home on the weekends. It will be nice to finally live in our apartment.

So that's the jist of what I do. If you really want to know more you can always ask. I know it might not see fun, but it really is.