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PASSION IS EVERYTHING, BUT IT’ S NOT ENOUGH - What Does Your Firm Need?

Here are some tough questions that you may get asked from clients, from prospects, from me, and/or even from yourself sometimes:
What makes your firm so special?
What are your best skills or abilities?
Are you an amazing tax specialist or a phenomenal business advisor or an awesome accountant?
Why should someone choose you to work with their business?
What can YOU do for THEM?

The answer “I have a great passion” is not exactly the answer someone is looking for when asking these questions.
But it is part of it.
Your passion helps create the impressions you give when you interact with clients, prospects, and everyone in general.
It will very much tell a story, whether you want it to or not, about who you are and what you’re about.

Passion will tell a wonderful, compelling story and guide you towards greatness, but you also need to back up the story with real value.

You need real talent, skills, abilities, technology, resources, systems, time, motivation, confidence, inspiration, and determination.

Please listen to me clearly here:
I am not telling you that you are not doing enough.

I am not telling you that you are sadly lacking or falling behind.

I am NOT asking you to do more.

I think you do more than enough already.

I’m asking if I can help.

I will come into to your firm and be your coach, YOUR BUSINESS COACH!!
Define “Coach”: one who instructs or trains: one who instructs players in the fundamentals of a competitive sport and directs team strategy
Why do sports teams have a coach?
Basically, the simple answer is, the sports players themselves get so caught up in the game and the action going on around them, that it’s hard to accurately assess how well they’re doing, how well the game is going, how strategy should be directed and implemented, who’s got unique talents and where should they be used, etc.
The coach is someone who can assess all the players and know each of their abilities, clearly see and understand the big picture of the game and how it’s progressing, and be someone who is invested and committed to making the team play better, and play to succeed.

In my work, a business coach is ‘one who instructs accounting professionals in the fundamentals of a competitive business and directs team strategy!

The nature of my work with accounting professional has afforded me titles such as:
HR Coach;
Partnership Coach;
CRO – Chief Results Officer;
Business Coach; and
Team Member.

I will make a positive, measurable impact in firms whether it’s working a few hours a month, 1 day a week, or even once every quarter.
Every engagement is customized to fits the needs of your firm.

Consider these important questions I ask most of my clients:

What are you doing really well in your work/life right now?
What do you want MORE of?
What do you want LESS of?

I’m asking if I can help.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss having a business coach who will help you:
see WHAT you might need to change and WHY;
know HOW to create more success according to your own definition of success;
DEVELOP practice management strategies and make them WORK for you;
TAP into leadership qualities of you and/or your team; CREATE a stronger, integrated, powerful team approach;
and
be INSPIRED -
- the benefit of which is you will see very positive, measurable changes in yourself and/or your practice. We will work as a team. I will champion your firm. We’ll celebrate your success!

Let’s get together in September!

There is a 20% discount on fees, if you respond to this particular offer, and contact me soon to arrange a meeting/discussion for sometime in September.
Contact me soon and simply book a date in September. Mention this eNewsletter to benefit from the 20% discount offer.

To your Passion and Your Successful Practice.

Best regards,
Debra Dowdell
Debra@PowerYourPractice.com
Bus: 905-951-9773
Toll-free: 1-888-272-2735
www.poweryourpractice.com

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“All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself "
-Bill McCartney, American football Coach at the University of Colorado and President of Promise Keepers

Best regards,