Should You Hire a Business Consultant or Coach? Local Union’s Approach.
Consultants, coaches, solution experts - our names may vary but we exist for one, sole reason: to help small businesses and entrepreneurs reach their full potential.
But… is a consultant right for you and your business?
“When should you consider hiring a business consultant or business coach?”
Entrepreneurs hire consultants as a cost-effective way to bridge a gap in knowledge and skills within their business, or as a way to bring a fresh, outside, and professional perspective.
Business consultants are experts in (you guessed it) all things business. So if you’re starting a business, new to business, or have a particular challenge in your existing organization, hiring a consultant to better prepare you for the future will save you time, money, and resources down the road.
What Makes Local Union Unique?
We combine both consulting and coaching to give you the best results. While most firms offer either consulting OR coaching, all of our services combine both practices to ensure you walk away with personalized solutions and the necessary skills to continue implementing (even after we leave your lives).
Local Union also believes in partnership and community. We become a business friend and advisor for life.
Our work has two central themes: strategies and processes.
While every business has the chance to succeed, there are investments you can make today to ensure your success is 1) quicker and 2) more enjoyable. Setting strategies and processes that allow you to incorporate work / life balance, profitability, and value can be your top priority.
Strategy and processes should come first - understanding who your business is, where it’s going, and what you can do to attract the right customers should be every entrepreneurs FIRST move. Before focusing on social media, your website, or further investment. Why? You’ll save time and money knowing you have a strategy that outlines your path forward, which results in finding the right customers faster.
We’ve seen many entrepreneurs come to us with regrets - after years and unnecessary dollars spent on strategies that didn’t work, they now need help (or a refresh) creating the right strategies. And unfortunately, many of them had to reinvest thousands of dollars on marketing or websites or product offering just to get them on track again (which could have been avoided in the first place).
What We Offer
We offer you solutions and training to build the company of your dreams.
We provide custom solutions and packaged programs.
Our custom solutions are best for established businesses who need assistance with a particular business challenge and would like help creating strategies, models, processes, or plans. Some past work we’ve done includes helping businesses price their products appropriately, creating bank-friendly business plans, or creating marketing strategies to increase sales.
Packaged programs are great fits for new entrepreneurs or business people with a specific need. We offer:
Business Coaches & Coaching
Business coaches help us weed through the complexity of competing priorities and build skills that allow us to cut out the noise and run an efficient and effective company. We love our One on One Business Coaching as it offers entrepreneurs dedicated support for six to twelve months, including high touch point accountability, training material, priority booking, and more (plus a money-back guarantee!). We also offer one-time Strategy Sessions for a quick infusion of strategy!
But coaching is personal - finding a coach that fits your needs and personality is critical if you want to find true success. Our recommendation? Interview coaches! We also like to ask how many clients they see at a time. Some full-time coaches see multiple people a day, and we’ve heard horror stories about how impersonal those conversations become (how can they remember ALL the details of their 100 clients?).
Find the right coach and you’ll exponentially grow. Of all the regrets, not hiring a business coach earlier is at the top of many entrepreneurs lists.
How to Work with Us
As our co-founder Brent says, Local Union is the architect and handyman for your business and personal development. We’re here to help you design the business of your dreams.
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We are location-agnostic and support all U.S. small businesses / organizations with under $5M in revenue sales.