Are you a team player? That is a question you often hear corporate business managers asking their staff or team leaders. But the question should be directed at the entrepreneur and small business owner also. In fact, it may be the first question a business coach will ask when working with a small business owner. 

It’s a challenge for the typical business owner to invest time and money into coaching. This economic environment is certainly conducive to negative mindsets. After all, isn’t coaching one of the last things people would spend any money on at the moment? Not so.

Many entrepreneurs, small business owners and practitioners are feeling the economic pinch right now. But here’s the real truth: these are the precisely the times when business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs need questions answered.

For professional be they an IT consultant or a graphic designer it would be considered by most ‘natural’ that a professional should aim to price their services at a ‘fair’ price; perhaps a little like Goldilocks not too high, not too low.  The truth is that who you ask for advice in this area could determine the answer to the question.

Do I need to discount my fees to get clients?

Getting the right business advice means much more than someone telling you when to file a tax form or showing you how to record business financial information.  It is a process that should be looked at much more holistically.  Though essential titbits of legal information and legal and accounting facts are important, it is observations  like that coming from business coaches and advisors  that can lead to a more successful enterprise.