Name: Lunch and Learn: What it's like to work with a business coach
Uploaded: 2020-08-20
Description: Business coach Inge Dowden explains what it's like for a business owner to work with a coach. Learn more about the process and the benefits.

Business coach Inge Dowden explains what it's like for a business owner to work with a coach. Learn more about the process and the benefits.

Lunch and Learn: What it's like to work with a business coach

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As a new business owner and aspiring entrepreneur, you can find confidence in my ability to guide and support you. I have a wealth of experience and accomplishments throughout my career. I have successfully launched and sold my own companies, overseen mergers and acquisitions, led IPOs and MBOs, and formulated effective global business development strategies.
My leadership style is centred around motivational leadership, where I inspire and empower teams to reach their full potential.

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I&apos;m Steve Paul – Business Mentor, Leadership Coach and co-founder of the Marketing Mindset Partnership
Work with me as your business mentor and I will provide you with practical hands on support for you and your business in your ambitions for growth, profit and reputation. That support is based not only on my knowledge and skills but also on my experience heading up marketing and sales teams within businesses and as Head of Digital in independent marketing agencies.

Over the last 6 years I have built a mentoring and coaching practice to support professionals in small to medium-sized businesses that are looking to grow and succeed. That support includes coaching individuals who want perform at their best for their business, their colleagues and themselves.

I work with my clients – from the leadership team to the hands-on teams – to equip them with the mindset, the methodologies and the tools to plan and execute activities that will deliver sound results.

Areas that I cover as a business mentor include:
<ul>
<li>Using digital for effective marketing and sales</li>
<li>Digital for internal communications</li>
<li>Developing brand and value proposition, and competitive positioning</li>
<li>Marketing planning</li>
<li>Developing and presenting pitches</li>
<li>Writing proposals</li>
<li>Working with external agencies</li>
</ul>
Areas I cover as a coach include:
<ul>
<li>Leadership, management and team development</li>
<li>Maximising employee engagement and wellbeing</li>
<li>Creating and embedding a company culture</li>
<li>Confidence and self-esteem</li>
</ul>
I have an enthusiastic and empathetic style and take care in my work, as a mentor and coach, to hear what my clients are saying and to work with them in the best way that they chose and enjoy and that brings them the results they are looking for.

My experience
<ul>
<li>I&apos;ve held senior marketing, sales and strategy roles at director level with leading organisations: Philips Electronics, Commodore Computer, IBM Lotus, Harper Collins, The BBC.</li>
<li>I&apos;ve led diverse teams as Client Director and Head of Digital with digital and brand agencies working with larger and small to medium-sized businesses.</li>
<li>I&apos;m a business mentor and leadership coach and I coach private individuals</li>
</ul>
My qualifications
<ul>
<li>BA Hons - Business and Marketing</li>
<li>Diploma in Transformational Coaching</li>
<li>Accredited Coach with the International Coaching Federation</li>
<li>A trained NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner</li>
<li>Registered Digital Champion with Digital Kent (an initiative of KCC)</li>
</ul>
My interests
<ul>
<li>Family</li>
<li>Music - as a listener and a performer</li>
<li>Reading - mostly non-fiction</li>
<li>Food - eating out and cooking</li>
<li>Cricket</li>
</ul>

Mentor specialising in Brand, Marketing, Digital

Managing team dynamics and conflict

Managing conflict among a business leadership team can be a challenging task, but it is essential for maintaining a positive and productive work environment. 

My approach is a combination of one to one coaching and team workshops together with an audit of individual conflict styles. 

I use a number of methodologies, including the Thomas-Kilmann Model, based on two dimensions of assertiveness and empathy, to surface and name the styles of the team members in order to gain better shared understa

I&apos;m a career Fintech and Product expert. I spent the first 10 years of my career building internal products and shaping digital &amp; product strategy at the likes of Citi, Fidelity and Schroders. I&apos;ve spent the past 5 years helping fintechs and larger FS organisations ideate, design, build and scale digital products. Recent projects include the design and build of a challenger bank in Saudi Arabia, an Australian digital bank for freelancers, a UK based PFM app, and creating and implementing a scaling strategy for a SME Lending Fintech in the UK. I also write a fortnightly Fintech Product newsletter with subscribers from all across financial services, from Visa and Mastercard, to Monzo and Paypal.
I love helping people build products that help solve real customer problems and that often involves looking at how best to deliver a product to customers, organisations internal digital strategy and going through customer research to find the real pain points where the product will prove really valuable.

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Jas Shah

I&apos;m a career Fintech and Product expert. I spent the first 10 years of my career building internal products and shaping digital &amp; product strategy at the likes of Citi, Fidelity and Schroders. I&apos;ve spent the past 5 years helping fintechs and larger FS organisations ideate, design, build and scale digital products. Recent projects include the design and build of a challenger bank in Saudi Arabia, an Australian digital bank for freelancers, a UK based PFM app, and creating and imp

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