{"id":14222,"date":"2022-04-22T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=14222"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:50:50","slug":"letting-the-light-in-on-business-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/letting-the-light-in-on-business-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting the light in on business success"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

ActionCOACH helped Excell Blinds business owner, Simon Hogan, to work on his business and not in his business. The results were incredible\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Before engaging the services of ActionCOACH, Simon Hogan\u2019s bespoke made-to-measure blind business, Excell Blinds, had become stagnant. Despite Simon\u2019s hard work and expertise, he struggled like many established businesses to continue his business growth. After seeing a Facebook advertisement about business coaching, Simon began the process of constructing a more profitable and fulfilling business for himself and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had reached a point where I was working 70 hours a week, but I didn\u2019t have a clue where the business was going. I had built Excell Blinds out the back of a van, but I had hit a point of desperation. We had a turnover of \u00a3450,000 with next-to-no profit. I felt lost. I was putting in so much effort, however I wasn\u2019t going anywhere. I was close to leaving it all behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the Facebook ad, I started researching business coaches. I kept getting drawn back to my local Action Coach James Burke. What stood out about him was his energy. He helped me regain focus and enthusiasm for my business. My Action Coach made me feel like there was light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n

Lighting up the path to success<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI had never really done forward planning before, and my Action Coach helped me put together a comprehensive five-year strategy for my business. I realised if I didn\u2019t plan, I would be destined to stay in the same place. I could tell my Action Coach wanted me to fulfil my potential, and his support was instrumental in my success.\u201d<\/p>\n

After putting in a thorough plan to put momentum back into the business, the pair started to take strategic steps to help transform Simon\u2019s business management.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore ActionCOACH, I would never have had personal development time – now I read regularly. The E-Myth by Michael Gerber was like reading a biography of my life. I couldn\u2019t believe a book could be so relatable to what I thought was my unique business situation. This development of my understanding of business helped me realise where the company was going. With my Action Coach\u2019s support, I started to see the road my business was going down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here comes the sun<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore ActionCOACH, I was involved at every level of the business. With my Action Coach\u2019s help, I focused on the right recruitment to fill the priority positions. This meant I was no longer working 70-hour weeks, and instead I could guide the company rather than chase it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shift in strategy has led to our best year yet – with us on track to turn over \u00a31 million this tax year, with a 350% increase in profit from the previous year. We now have a factory and a shop, meaning the business is a complete production line from crafting to fitting. I have also invested in a training facility to continue to upskill our staff to the high standards we have set.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to carry on expanding and growing the business. Before lockdown I had six staff members, and now I have 12. My goal is to create a five-million-pound business. This will allow me to maximise the sale price of the business to retire and have the life I\u2019ve always wanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you feel like your business has gone stagnant, please invest in an Action Coach. Before ActionCOACH, I was in the business seven days a week with no vision for the future. I wouldn\u2019t have reached this position without the support from my coach and ActionCOACH – he\u2019s helped me find the value in my business and myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you want to build a business with scalability and longevity, make a difference in your local community click here and register your interest to receive the franchise overview video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ActionCOACH helped Excell Blinds business owner, Simon Hogan, to work on his business and not in his business. The results were incredible\u2026 Before engaging the services of ActionCOACH, Simon Hogan\u2019s bespoke made-to-measure blind business, Excell Blinds, had become stagnant. Despite Simon\u2019s hard work and expertise, he struggled like many established businesses to continue his business […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-actioncoach","category-business-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ActionCOACH-JamesBurke-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}