Business Coaching · One to one and in small groups
A business that runs on you is a job. Coaching turns it back into a business.
Most owners I meet are not short of effort or ideas. They are short of a second set of eyes that has done this before, and of a rhythm that keeps the important work moving when the day to day takes over.
Sound familiar?
Is this you?
- The business is growing, but the profit is not keeping pace, and you cannot point to why.
- Every decision of any size still waits on you, so the business stalls whenever you step away.
- You know what you should be working on. The week just never leaves room for it.
- You have no one inside the business you can talk to honestly about money, people, or whether to sell one day.
How it works
What we do together
We start from your numbers, not from theory. The first work is finding where the profit is trapped in how the business runs today, using the same diagnostic approach as the Profit Baseline. From there, coaching runs on a steady rhythm: regular sessions where we pick the few moves that matter most, agree who owns them, and review what actually happened before we pick the next ones. Pricing, follow-up with past customers, getting the right people making the right decisions: the agenda is whatever is costing you the most, in the order it costs you.
Coaching is one to one, or in a small group of non-competing owners working through the same material together (see Group Business Coaching). Either way, it is business coaching, focused on the business’s profit, systems and value, and on you spending less of your life inside it.
Deliverables
What you get
- ✓A clear, dollar-sized picture of where profit is trapped, and the order to go after it.
- ✓A regular session rhythm with decisions, owners and deadlines, not just conversation.
- ✓A sounding board who has been an owner himself, for the calls you cannot make alone.
- ✓Management depth: help building a team that can run the week without you at the centre.
- ✓A business that is worth more each year, and easier to step away from when you choose to.
Client feedback
What clients say
“You will see the difference between someone that is vastly knowledgeable and a coach that has taken a few courses. He is in a different league of his own if you are looking for a local business coach in Victoria or abroad.”
Robert C., business owner
“Phil is both knowledgeable and experienced, capable of providing very valuable insights into ways to improve efficiencies and increase profitability.”
Melissa H., client
FAQ
Questions owners ask
Is this business coaching or consulting?
Coaching, with a consultant’s toolkit. I will not hand you a report and leave. We agree the moves together in session, you and your team make them, and we measure what changed. When a piece of work is better done as a defined project, I will say so, and we can scope it as one.
How often do we meet?
One-to-one coaching usually runs twice a month, with brief check-ins between when something is live. Group coaching meets twice a month as well. The rhythm matters more than the hours: steady beats intense.
What does it cost?
One-to-one fees are set around the size of the business and the scope of the work, and we agree them before we start, after the diagnostic shows where the money is. Group Business Coaching is USD $497 a month with 30 days notice to stop. There are no lock-in contracts on coaching.
Do I need the Profit Baseline first?
It is the usual starting point, because it puts a dollar figure on what coaching should go after. If you have already had one, we start from its findings.
Is this only for Victoria businesses?
No. I am based in Victoria and work with owners across Canada and the USA, in person where it helps and by video where it does not.
Related services
Where else we can help
Profit Acceleration
If this sounds familiar: shrinking margins, stalled profit, marketing you cannot measure
Find the profit already inside your business with the Profit Baseline ($2,500), then capture it with a 12-month roadmap and regular check-ins.
How profit acceleration works →Exit Planning and Value Growth
If this sounds familiar: not knowing what the business is worth, or how to sell it well
See your business the way future buyers will with our Exit Acceleration program, close the gaps they discount, and sell on your terms with an advisor on your side of the table.
How exit planning works →Fractional COO
If this sounds familiar: growth that stalls because every decision still runs through you
An experienced COO inside your business, part time. We build the structure, weekly numbers and management depth that turn a busy company into a more profitable one, and give you your time back.
How a fractional COO works →Flash Coaching
If this sounds familiar: knowing what to fix, but never getting to it
A lighter way to start: a one-hour onboarding, then twelve months of short, focused strategy sessions that keep you moving.
How flash coaching works →Find out where the profit and value are hiding in your business
Book a short Discovery Call. We will talk through where the business is today, where you want to take it, and whether working together makes sense.
Book a Discovery Call