Working Collaboratively to Grow Your Coaching Business

By Lynne Brisdon, PCC, CPCC& Jacque Small, CEC

We agreed to become strategic business partners two years ago to promote workshops in which we teach people how to release their emotional baggage. We set the intention to work easy and have experienced several benefits from working collaboratively.

Less Money
We both needed to promote our coaching practices more but wanted to minimize the expense. By combining resources both our businesses benefit from Maestro Conferences and Constant Contact memberships. Plus we blog at www.workeasy4lifebalance.com

Saves Time
By joining forces it takes less time to write monthly newsletters and blog articles. In under an hour we outline each month's newsletter and writing is a breeze. Plus co-developing and delivering our Emotional Hot Button Removal Workshops rather than competing, saves us both time and energy.

Creativity and Productivity
Working together we come up with more creative ideas to promote our services. Rather than struggling alone, ideas and knowledge flow freely from our conversations. Building on this we now share ideas for living magical lives on our free monthly Catalyst LIVE! tele-call. Collaboration has greatly increased productivity and enhanced the quality of ideas we generate.

Learning
We learn and grow together by sharing and combining our unique talents and strengths. Jacque brings vast business knowledge to our relationship and Lynne brings 20 years of spiritual exploration and teaching in both formal and informal settings.

Support
Like mastermind partners we are a huge source of support for one another. Being coaches this is especially true. We're there for each other's personal growth and business development; particularly if either of us is emotionally triggered. We are able to use our unique coaching techniques to resolve emotional reactions and keep moving forward.

Accountability
Our agreement to meet regularly every Monday morning has kept us on track. This commitment has been invaluable for taking on new challenges while building our businesses. Without our scheduled meetings it would have been very easy to lose focus on the promotion and development of business and to let our workshops lapse.

We both engage in several activities besides coaching and business building. Lynne serves Self Employment Program clients and Jacque has been writing her book on divorce, speaking and travelling. We usually start our business meetings with a check in to clear anything that's keep us from being at the top of our game. Our partnership has kept both of us focused on all aspects of business.

Fun
Finally, we also intended to have fun and do work we love. This way work ceases to be hard. By bouncing ideas off each other we stay inspired and have more energy to pour into work and life. We have fun, get things done with ease, and produce better work together than either one of us could have done on our own.

Working together really has made our lives easier and more balanced. Who could wish for anything more in life than inspiring work they love and a sense of balance?

Who could you work more collaboratively with?

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