Find a coach

Match me with a coach

Four questions, two working days, and a name. If none of our coaches is the right fit for what you need, we will tell you that instead of selling you one.

How the matching works

A person reads your answers, not an algorithm. Paul Fagan looks at what you have described and puts you with the coach best placed to help.

  1. You answer four questionsWhere you are, what sort of business, what you are trying to fix, and how you would rather meet.
  2. We read them properlyWithin two working days. If something in your answers needs clarifying, we will call rather than guess.
  3. You get a name and a reasonNot a list — one coach, and why them. If a second would also suit, we will say so.
  4. A free sessionNinety minutes with that coach, no obligation, no fee. If the chemistry is wrong, say so and we will match you again.

What we match on

  • Geography — whether you want someone who can be in the room
  • What you are actually trying to fix, against what each coach is strongest at
  • Sector experience, where it genuinely matters
  • Business size and stage — a sole trader and a fifty-person firm need different things
  • Style — some owners want pushing, some want drawing out, and these are not the same coach

The last one is the most important and the least discussed. A coach you do not want to be honest with is worse than no coach, so it is worth telling us how you like to be worked with.

Chemistry is not a soft factor in coaching. It is the factor.

What happens on the first call

Ninety minutes, free, and it is a working session rather than a sales meeting. You will be asked for your numbers, so have them to hand.

  • Where the business is now, in figures
  • Where you want it to be, and by when
  • The two or three things standing in the way
  • An honest view from the coach on whether coaching is the right answer

Plenty of these end with a coach saying the business is not ready, or that what you need is an accountant or a recruiter rather than a coach. That is a good outcome and it costs you nothing.

Questions

Of course. The find a coach page has every profile, filterable by county and specialism. Matching is for people who would rather not guess.

Tell us and we will match you again. Nobody is offended, and it is far cheaper to fix at this stage than six months in.

None. The matching is free and so is the first session.

Most people are matched within two working days and have had their first session inside a fortnight.

Match me

Four questions

Takes about two minutes. Read by a person, answered within two working days.

  • Where your business is based
  • What it does, and roughly how many people
  • What you are trying to fix or achieve
  • Whether you would rather meet in person or online

Application form

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