Coaching for Founders, Business Owners & Entrepreneurs

There’s never a dull moment when you’re the Founder or CEO of a small- or medium-sized business.  The broad responsibilities demand that the focus of business owners pivot quickly from challenges in their leadership style, to sticky personnel issues, to the age-old challenge of scaling in a sustainable way without burning out.

Key Benefits:

One then may ask, how does coaching help maintain the strategic focus needed as a business owner and entrepreneur? The focus we take with each of these business owners is highly customized, dependent on their needs and where their business is at in its lifecycle. 

Flourish Executive Counseling & Coaching provides clarity, thought partnership, and sustainable frameworks to entrepreneurs who are standing up new businesses and consultancies.  Take one of our female senior executive’s for example:  Her identity and purpose was called into question when she felt compelled to leave her corporate position for good.  We helped her see past her fears to stand up a highly successful consultancy that provides stimulating work and aligns with her values in this chapter of her life as a young mother. 

Our CEOs with well-established organizations frequently turn to us when it becomes known that their leadership skills need to be improved or when they’re wrestling with the push and pull of scaling effectively.  The larger an organization becomes, sometimes the more unwieldy it can feel to its owners.  Making internal changes that create sustainability for the Owners becomes imperative.

More seasoned Founders who’ve been at the helm for over 7 years often turn to us for insight into what’s causing their burnout.  One of our Founders in Professional Services reached out after a series of business events left him feeling beat up. He had existential questions about whether or not he should sell and exit or if he could once again find happiness at the helm. Through his coaching with us he was able to emotionally put the past behind him.  We also uncovered some ineffective senior leaders in his company that were creating more work for him and needed to be replaced by individuals who would pull their own weight – thus lightening his load and making his role fun again.