Frequently Asked Questions
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How is this product different to others like it?
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What about the quality of the product?
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Why can't I look at the product before I purchase it?
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How can these frameworks help me?
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What kind of businesses and people use these tools?
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Is it a series of templates or business management system that you fill in on line?
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What kind of coaching does the Essential Business Coach provide?
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How is this product different to others like it?
This product distills 20 years of management experience and best practice in business, executive coaching and consulting work into proven processes that work. We want to make these solutions readily accessible to everyone in your business.
We are passionate about personal and organizational development. By virtue of our own, direct experience, we know that what we have to offer works, and we know that it will take your business to a whole new level of excellence.
Take time out to read some of the articles and the blog posts on the website to gain a bit of an understanding of who we are and how our product may be different to other offerings you have seen.
The power of our approach begins with taking your experience seriously and contextualizing the tools and frameworks to your particular needs. That is why we have been so successful delivering these tools within a wide range of settings and customers.
What about the quality of the product?
These processes and frameworks comply with best practice. In fact, we have been told by several experts involved in the roll-out of Standards that by merely having this product on its shelves a business demonstrates compliance with various industry standards.
Mike Litman, who has helped us to develop and market these products for the Internet, is well regarded and his organization has endorsed the quality of these products, unconditionally.
Why can't I look at the product before I purchase it?
Unfortunately, due to the step-by-step, “how-to” nature of the product, once you view the manuals and detailed instructions, you basically take “ownership” of all the accrued knowledge, experience and wisdom contained in the product. (Of course, the coaching component that accompanies each Module actually brings the product to life and ensures that you maximize your return on investment.)
Sorry, but there is simply no way around this. Again, we would encourage you talk to us via the Free Consultation or drop us an email. We are always happy to answer any questions you may have and provide whatever additional details we can to familiarize you with our products, prior to your purchasing them.
How can these frameworks help me?
These frameworks and tools will help you to think critically through your business concerns and enable you to develop, align and integrate a whole-of-business approach in moving toward high performance.
These frameworks and tools facilitate your thinking to gain an understanding of the nature and direction of your business.
They give you processes for developing your business, within a strategic mindset, that will promote leadership and a developmental culture and that will enable you to make effective decisions through all your business activities, in an ongoing cycle of continuous improvement and upward momentum.
What kind of businesses and people use these tools?
There are a wide range of businesses and individuals that are currently using these tools.
Start up companies that want to have these foundational elements built into their business environment from the very beginning.
Businesses that are implementing service standards use these tools to ensure compliance in and around governance, strategic planning, effective decision making, leadership and organizational development.
Government bodies that are set up to help small business are using these frameworks and tools to assist those businesses to assess their own viability, attract investment opportunities and minimize business failure.
Businesses owners who want to transform their current companies are using these tools and frameworks to invigorate their businesses.
Businesses that want to use certain elements of the program to ensure consistency of approach and develop a common language, for example, in information processing.
Companies adopt the tools for their own internal Coaching, Management and Leadership Development programs.
Individuals who want to enhance or advance their careers by making these frameworks and tools part of their management repertoire.
Coaches who desire to have a set of frameworks and tools for their work with their particular customers or clients.
Non-profit organizations, Boards of Governance and CEO’s of Community Health Services, as well as school principals and administrators, are using these frameworks. These organisations have adopted these tools and frameworks for attracting resources and developing a business-like culture.
Because they are fundamental thinking tools, we keep discovering people and market segments that use the product in ways that we had never previously considered.
Is the product a series of templates or a business management system that you fill in on line?
No.
Your business has particular and specific attributes. It is true that some of these attributes are shared by other companies and individuals, but there are distinctions and differences that make your business unique.
Our experience has taught us that one size does not fit all.
The frameworks and tools used in this program facilitate and encourage you to think critically about YOUR business and its unique place in the market. This thinking is thoroughly contextualized into your business and tailored to the needs of your business.
You then transfer this thinking into the business management mechanisms that satisfy your business needs and objectives.
The coaching provided assists you by processing your content knowledge and enables you to incorporate the information into your business management and planning platforms.