Navigating Your Mindset to Grow Your Company

As a business owner, you have many responsibilities. Often, you don’t realize you are burned out. The stress can affect your health, business, and life. A role of a coach is very important to grow your business. It is the coach who can guide you in realizing the problems and help you find solutions. In this episode, we discuss the importance of a coach in your business growth and how they can help you grow. Key Points: 6:18 - Jeff shares his coaching process on how he helps his clients overcome stress and achieve the desired outcome. 9:21 - What are the 8 areas of a business that are key for your business growth? 14:31 - Jeff shares his client's success story on how he helped his client achieve the desired result. 23:34 - Which type of business owner needs coaching the most and why? 24:21 - What is that one thing you need to avoid to grow your business. About the Guest - Jeff Schuster Jeff is an engineer by training, spent decades in sales, and eventually started, grew, and sold his own energy services company that served the Rocky Mountain Region. His company grew to 30-employees with revenues of over $10-Million dollars per year. After selling his business to a publicly traded energy services company, Jeff became a regional Vice President of that company. After a few years in this role, Jeff self-diagnosed himself as "burned out". He was tired and wanted a break and resigned. After a few months of catching up around the house, Jeff decided he wanted to go back to work as a small business consultant. A friend convinced him to get his life coaching certification. For the past six years, Jeff has mixed his Core Energy life coaching skills with his business expertise into his coaching practice called "Mechanics & Mindset Business Coaching". He primarily coaches energy service company CEO's on how to grow their business, while they live full lives to avoid the burnout he experienced in this same industry. Social Links to Follow Jeff Schuster: Website - http://www.mmbizcoach.com Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/mmbizcoach LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/schusterjl/ Offer - A free 1-hour Discovery Session with Jeff Schuster. The session allows business owners to share their hopes and dreams and get genuine feedback on ideas that may help. At the end, Jeff often recommends solutions, some of which may include a coaching relationship with him. The link to schedule this Discovery Session is: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=13780663&appointmentType=4766537 About the Host: Ann Carden is a highly sought-after Expert Business Growth Consultant, Marketing Strategist, three-time published Author, and a #1 Bestselling Author, and Professional Speaker for small businesses and entrepreneurs. With more than forty-one years of business experience and coaching and consulting hundreds of coaches, entrepreneur’s and owners in more than forty different industries to more success, Ann knows what it takes to succeed in all areas of business. After spending thirteen years in corporate business management, Ann started her journey as an entrepreneur building businesses for herself for twenty-nine years. Her first business started out of financial hardship and Ann was able to propel that business into the international market (before the internet.) After selling that business, she went on to start and build five more businesses to succeed. She has sold those businesses and today has a passion for helping small business owners and entrepreneurs build their success. She has been featured on the affiliates of ABC, NBC, CW, and FOX, among many other media outlets. Her articles have been published on Small Business Trendsetters and Business Innovators Magazine, and she has been a featured guest on multiple podcast shows such as; “Business Innovators Radio” podcast which can be heard at: BusinessInnovatorsRadio.com/Ann-Carden. She was also chosen as one of the top coaches in the world by Six-Figure Coach Magazine. Through the years Ann has educated thousands of professionals through speaking, workshops, seminars, and online platforms as a Speaker. Social Links: Website: https://anncardencoaching.com Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/business-consultant-coach Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/anncarden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ann-Carden-A-Carden-Inc-110882230558068 (0:00) Introduction to the podcast and guest, Jeff Schuster (1:09) Jeff's background and journey from energy manager to business coach (7:05) Jeff's unique coaching approach and focus areas (14:38) Jeff's strategic use of network and success stories in the energy efficiency industry (20:16) The importance and value of coaching in business development (24:08) Potential pitfalls for analytical, competitive CEOs and the role of ego in business decisions (27:04) Ann's personal experience with hiring a coach and final thoughts from Jeff (29:48) Ann's appreciation for Jeff's insights and encouragement to connect with him (30:46) Closing remarks and goodbye from Ann