ActionCOACH team South Africa ActionCOACH celebrated their 25 year anniversary in Hamilton Island, Australia at their annual Global Conference on August 10, 2018. The Global Conference is ActionCOACH's premiere event where their Coaches are recognised and celebrated. ActionCOACH, the world’s number 1 business coaching firm, was established and founded in Brisbane, Australia by Brad Sugars in 1993 when the concept of business coaching was still in its infancy. Since franchising the company in 1997, ActionCOACH has helped business coaching become more mainstream and has grown the company presence in more than 70 countries worldwide. ActionCOACH specializes in coaching small to medium sized businesses as well as executives, and their teams. ActionCOACH maintains it’s growth and strategic alliances by continual development of cutting-edge innovative technology, proven business processes, and systems to add value, satisfaction and additional income streams for it’s franchisees ...

BACKGROUND ActionCOACH is the world’s leading business coaching firm, committed to providing exceptional business coaching and mentorship for businesses of all sizes. Founded in 1993 by Australian-born entrepreneur Brad Sugars, ActionCOACH’s success has made it one of the fastest growing franchises in the world, with offices in 70 countries. Since acquiring the ActionCOACH Master Licence for southern Africa in 2007, Harry Welby-Cooke and Pieter Scholtz have established the brand to over 40 franchise partners in the region. Through their ‘World Abundance through Business Re-education’ vision, the goal of ActionCOACH is to enable ambitious entrepreneurs to be thriving business owners, to build more profitable businesses, reduce stress, and to attract, grow and retain great teams within a thriving company culture. THE CONCEPT By employing the latest and most effective methodologies, ActionCOACH business coaches provide one-on-one coaching, a range of mentoring and group coaching...

At the 2016 Conference 2017 Is a year of great achievements for ActionCOACH , the world’s largest business coaching firm. In early January the Franchise Business Review (FBR), an independent national marketing research firm focused on franchisee satisfaction and performance, awarded ActionCOACH a Top 50 2017 Franchisee Satisfaction Award. To create their Annual Guide to Today’s Top Franchises, FBR surveyed 26,000 franchisees, examining critical areas of the franchise system, including financial opportunity, training and support, leadership, operations, product development and core values as well as the overall health of the franchise system. These survey results deliver the unbiased facts directly from today’s franchise owners. “Our goal as a franchise community is to work together to ensure the success of all our franchise partners. It is exciting to see our hard work and dedication to service and excellence recognized,” said ActionCOACH Global Chief Executive Officer, Vic C...

Turn your company into a money machine Harry Welby-Cooke Understanding the needs and desires of your specific target market is the secret to true business success. By Harry Welby-Cooke, ActionCOACH Southern Africa Novice entrepreneurs quickly learn the depth of truth behind the old saying: “It takes money to make money”. Beyond profit, cash flow is king in business. Launching a business can be next to impossible without cash to work with. It is therefore vital for start-up businesses to establish cash flow as quickly as possible during their first year of operation. Since stiff lending standards continue to cripple many start-ups, we consider some of the alternatives available to new business owners to address their cash flow and funding requirements (other than borrowing from family and friends and maxing out their credit cards). Here are some practical ideas to help your cash flow while building a customer base that will serve as the foundation for generating repeat busi...

PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS Understanding the needs and desires of your specific target market is the secret to true business success. By Pieter Scholtz Many years ago, when we were still well and truly in the industrial age, manufacturers thought all they had to do was produce a great product and it would sell itself. That was before they knew about marketing and promotions; they had yet to discover that true business success occurs when you understand the needs and desires of your specific target market. Business leaders then realised that if they were to identify what it was people needed, and concentrated on producing exactly that, they would have a ready market. But even doing this did not guarantee them overnight success, with consumers falling over each other to buy their product. Why? Because if the consumers didn't know the product was available and if they didn't know where to get it, how could they clamour for it? The business leaders eventually realised that the...