Consultant	Executive Coach	Mentor	Me
The business consultant is hired to carryout a specific function.	The coach is hired to enhance the performance of the individuals in the organisations.	Mentors usually have longer term relationships. The agenda is set by the client and the mentor provides.	Even though clients want me to help with their marketing, I get involved in all aspects of the business, since all of them are interconnected.
The duration of the engagement is usually short and/or a fixed term.	Therefore, the coaches get into personal issues and values of the individual.	The mentor is usually more experienced than the mentee in the same business.	Instead of sitting on the sidelines, I get my hands dirty and carry out some of the tasks.
Usually, the consultant works with an organisation rather than an individual.	The relationship usually has a fixed term.	Meetings are less formal and are scheduled when the client needs advice or guidance.	While there are regular meetings scheduled, there are several ad-hoc meetings set up as needed.
The client pays a fixed fee.	The coach doesn't need to have direct experience of the client's formal business role.	The client pays an agreed fee.	I charge a negligible fee as a retainer. I work with the client to improve their business and then share the reward with them.
	The client and the coach become accountable to each other.	The client and the mentor become accountable to each other.	I work with the client to help in their business and invariably personal issues that show up.
	The client pays the agreed fee.

Consultant

Executive Coach

Mentor

The business consultant is hired to carryout a specific function.

The coach is hired to enhance the performance of the individuals in the organisations.

Mentors usually have longer term relationships. The agenda is set by the client and the mentor provides.

Even though clients want me to help with their marketing, I get involved in all aspects of the business, since all of them are interconnected.

The duration of the engagement is usually short and/or a fixed term.

Therefore, the coaches get into personal issues and values of the individual.

The mentor is usually more experienced than the mentee in the same business.

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, I get my hands dirty and carry out some of the tasks.

Usually, the consultant works with an organisation rather than an individual.

The relationship usually has a fixed term.

Meetings are less formal and are scheduled when the client needs advice or guidance.

While there are regular meetings scheduled, there are several ad-hoc meetings set up as needed.

The client pays a fixed fee.

The coach doesn't need to have direct experience of the client's formal business role.

The client pays an agreed fee.

I charge a negligible fee as a retainer. I work with the client to improve their business and then share the reward with them.

The client and the coach become accountable to each other.

The client and the mentor become accountable to each other.

I work with the client to help in their business and invariably personal issues that show up.

The client pays the agreed fee.

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A Catalyst By Your Side

If I am generating a revenue between $1m and $3m annually, in my IT network support company, I would not think that I need a coach or a consultant – “I must be doing something right to have reached this level of revenue”, right?So, I expect you to say the same thing when you read that I offer mentoring services.

Consider this:

We both know that it is lonely at the top.

We need someone who has travelled the path, to give us some insights, so that we can make the right decision.

There are books available to help, and some coaches have put together big resource libraries. But these are only valuable if we know what exactly to look for in them, and when. That’s what I can help with – providing the right help, at the right time.

I am neither a coach, nor a consultant. I am a practitioner. When I work with my mentoring clients in the IT network support companies, I provide solid guidance and advice on specific situations and issues. I work with them as a partner.

When I was in your situation, my main problems were:

Delivery issues getting escalated to me, and the need to “extinguish the fires” them every other day!
The need to spend time on staff, accounting, compliance and process issues, apart from the tickets and projects.

This is in spite of having staff and having a backend in India.

Just like you, I was their counsellor, motivator, supervisor and a shoulder to cry on.

That left me no time to develop revenue from the existing customers, or to seek new customers.

The issue is not simply knowing

if you should move to a Managed Services model,
whether you should sell Office 365,
or to look into the new shiny Disaster Recovery appliance.

It is knowing what to focus on in your business every day, as the situation changes and brand new issues arise, and to keep focussing on those important aspects so you can keep the existing customers, get new customers, and increase profitability.

I do charge a nominal fee, but since I, too, want to see that you grow your business, I put most of my fee at-risk.

If what you read here is of interest, give me a call at +61 2 8197 9450, or contact me

As a first step, I’ll send you my new book “How to Get Wealthy Through Your IT Network Support Company”.

You can download a free chapter to see if you are interested in reading the book. In this book, I’ve highlighted a practical and proven formula on how to get wealthy. We’ll mail you the book.

Then, if it is relevant, we can talk to see if it makes sense to work together.

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