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TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
What does success look like for you? To create an amazing culture that attracts the best in your industry? To sell the business for a huge multiple? To be able to spend more time with loved ones? To gain more control of your life? To leave a legacy?
Everyone is unique. Everyone has different aspirations. Whatever you're aiming for, I'd like to help you get there.
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What clients say
Alan is approachable and good listener (not to mention quite patient). He is helping us improve the least strong areas of our business. Above all, it is being held accountable every 2 weeks / 90 days for individual projects and improvements that has worked best for us. These were plans and changes that we used to never quite find the time for (or get to). These now get implemented. Our business is growing and we are more profitable as a result of using Alan’s and ActionCOACH services.Iain Wishart, Wishart Wealth Management - Lifestyle Financial Planning
I have worked with Alan over the past 12 months and have found his contribution invaluable. I highly recommend one of his free seminars to see if coaching is for you.Richard Burgoyne, Cornerstone Letting - Property Management
We've been working with Alan since November 2015 and he's been instrumental in helping us find our focus again. As a result of his input and help, we've improved processes and are evolving services quicker than we'd anticipated, with great results. I'd highly recommend Alan to business owners looking for a proactive, results-driven coach who says it like it is, in a friendly supportive manner.Julie Diver, 39steps - Brand & Design Agency
I really enjoyed working with Alan. He has a passion for improving the capabilities of those in his team. At the time he was focused on building core sales skills and emphasising the importance of understanding the customer’s situation. He’s got a great breadth of commercial experience, strong leadership and coaching skills and is genuinely good fun to work with.Graeme Smeaton - Royal & Awesome
As a business coach Alan is by far one of the best! He really listens to understand my challenges and issues, and his advice and guidelines are always focused on achieving results - delivered in an empathetic way. If you are feeling stuck on how to move your business forward, or if you need an objective but 'honest friend', I would highly recommend Alan - he just gets what coaching people is all about.Martina Doherty, MD Consulting Ltd - Marketing & Communications
I have been working with Alan on my business since the start of this year and the results have been fantastic! I have a plan, I pretty much stick to it, and with Alan's encouragement, advice, business knowledge and friendship I am pushing through on all sorts of areas of the business which I had ignored until now. It's really easy to stick your head in the sand and hope that things might change some day but unless you make it happen, nothing will change. I'd really recommend working with Alan as a catalyst to action, growth and change and even if you don't think you need coaching, you probably do!Val Wishart, Beyond The Numbers - Accountancy
The training morning was very informative & fun. Alan is an excellent presenter and it shows he is very experienced in presenting to business people. I was reminded again and again of techniques I could use in multiple areas of my business.James Gough - Virtual Global
Very, very practical. Exceeded my expectations.Lorraine Gaffney, The Steam Machine
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Every month we hold workshops for clients to help them learn the things that will help them accelerate results in their business. On occassion we open places up to people who are curious about learning how business coaching will help their business so get in touch if you see an event that particularly interests you.
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We want Scottish businesses to thrive. We want your business to thrive! But the statistics show that without some form of plan, most businesses will ultimately fail or at best merely survive. GrowthCLUB helps you create your bespoke 90 day action plan for your business.
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Did you know that it’s 6 times cheaper to sell to your existing customers than it is to get new customers on board? Despite this, many businesses focus on marketing for new customers and overlook the potential benefits to be obtained from nurturing their existing customer base.
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