Summary
What if you hired a personal golf coach and started going to the driving range regularly to hone your swing? Your goal will be to consistently hit the green in regulation to lower your handicap. With sufficient practice, and by taking consistent action toward this goal, I bet you will accelerate your learning in perfecting your game.

It works in golf, you say, but will hiring a coach help me in other aspects of my game?

In one year of executive coaching sessions, Ceci has done all of the above and more: she has tripled her income, increased her business operation 11-fold and is creating amazing success for her clients.

She started the coaching relationship as a solo entrepreneur. At that time, her editorial and publishing consultation company, CeciBooks.com, had been in business for five years. Together, we determined her greatest talents and defined what she loved to do best. We then designed her ideal organization and team. Ceci then built a team of passionate people who share her commitment to uncompromising quality and who aim to create a published product that is just right for the message being delivered by CeciBooks’ clients. Each person on Ceci’s new team is now fulfilling this mission admirably and experiencing the success and joy in doing it.

In my years of coaching, I have observed that passion for the work has an inverse relationship with stress levels, and Ceci has once again proven this. Ceci’s biggest concern about growing her business was that it would be so much more stressful. In fact, she experienced the opposite. “I have so much less stress now than I had one year ago,” she said.

Ceci’s great results came from working with me to develop a well-defined plan for both the business and herself. Not only has she attracted ideal team members to serve her author clients, but also ideal clients whose books are receiving enthusiastic reviews.

You too can experience this kind of success. The journey starts with my T ake Aim Coaching Program. In this program, my clients align their swing with the target they would like to hit. We then custom-design a program that will empower them to take consistent action toward that goal. Once they succeed in developing consistency in their action, as Ceci did, they move on to the Stay the Course Coaching Program, where they gain a consistent source of support to remain focused on their targets.

One final note: Ceci’s return on investment (ROI) in coaching over the past year? A whopping 25 times what she paid out. How many of us can say that about our other investments?

Supporting your brilliance,

Jacque

If you’re planning a personal growth, motivational or spiritual book project, contact Ceci and find out how she can help you create an uplifting book that is irresistible to your target audience. Visit www.CeciBooks.com . Watch for Ceci’s new book in Spring 2006, Secret Visitations: Gifts of Grace that Transform the Heart and Awaken the Soul.

Catalyst Business Coaching is a corporate development organization. It works with people who want to achieve a greater sense of success for both themselves and others in the organization. It supports people to develop strong interpersonal communication skills and build foundations to develop dynamic teams. Jacque Small, principal and owner of Catalyst, founded the company in 2000.