How to Get the Most Out of Coaching: A Client’s Guide for Optimizing the Coaching Experience

Gwen Bortner is a workshop facilitator, speaker, virtual fractional COO, and operational strategist. She focuses on improved business operations utilizing her GEARS framework and works with coaches and consultants to build sustainable, scalable, or sellable businesses. Gwen has worked in consulting for many years, from working for Ernst & Young to being a professional knitting instructor. Whatever role she is in, Gwen is a natural educator and approaches every situation as an opportunity to share knowledge and learn in the process.

Today, Gwen shares what she does as an operational strategist and the types of businesses she helps. She reveals why the best operational systems for your business will depend on your goals and discloses the essential skill all coaches need for a profitable business. Gwen also discusses the assessment tools she uses to find where clients need her help and her new methods for helping business owners with effective quarterly planning.

“You shouldn’t be trying to look at the future until you’ve figured out what you can learn from the past.” - Gwen Bortner

This week on Profit for Coaches:

  • What an operational strategist does and the types of businesses Gwen works with
  • The essential skill that a coach, consultant, or strategist needs for a profitable practice
  • The assessment tool Gwen uses to identify where her clients need the most help
  • The new things that Gwen has started doing with her clients to help with quarterly planning
  • The FREE eBook you can access today!

Resources Mentioned:

  • Book: How to Get The Most Out of Coaching: A Client’s Guide for Optimizing the Coaching Experience by Karen Davis and Alex Mill
  • Quarterly Tune-Up

Our Favorite Quotes:

  • “CEOs tend to like the dreaming and the vision, and the COOs tend to like tactics and the implementation of things.” - Gwen Bortner
  • “The trick is to figure out what is the best right answer for you, and there can be multiple right answers.” - Gwen Bortner
  • “A real key element to success is to be accountable for the things you said you were going to do.” - Gwen Bortner

Connect with Gwen Bortner:

  • Gwen Bortner Consulting
  • Everyday Effectiveness
  • Gwen Bortner on LinkedIn
  • Gwen Bortner on Instagram
  • Gwen Bortner on Facebook
  • Gwen Bortner on Twitter

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