Bill is a Licensed Business Coach with ActionCOACH, the World's Leading Business Coaching Team. Working with other Action coaches across the central belt of Scotland Bill is a founding director of Business Coaching Scotland Ltd and in 2009 became an inductee into ActionCOACH’s Presidents Club. He and his team have created Centres of Excellence for Business Education and Improvement where like minded local business owners can gather to improve their knowledge and skills and achieve the successes they desire.
Since becoming an ActionCOACH over 6 years ago he has worked with and achieved success for many clients from a wide range of industries. Typical of the successes his clients have achieved are the Kitchen and Bathroom designer that increased turnover by 183% in a twelve month period and the Printer that increased turnover by 212% over a 2 year period with net profits in excess of 25%. What makes these achievements exceptional is that they were achieved without increases in the marketing and advertising budget.
Team development is another area where Bill specialises, having worked with small companies with 5 employees to large companies with over 500 employees. High performing teams are critical to the success of any organisation. Bill’s work with business owners and their teams delivers increased team awareness regarding their role in the success of the business combined with an understanding of the responsibilities they have for achieving it. This in turn allows the owner of the business to focus more of his time and energy developing the business and let the team get on with doing the work.
Bill is also a prominent member of the local business community. He runs a fortnightly business education club, is a member of and frequent speaker at the local chamber of commerce, has had numerous articles published in local newspapers and magazines and regularly presents on business matters.
With over 20 years of experience in sales, business consulting and project management Bill has first hand experience of what it is that makes a company successful. He focuses on understanding what is important to his customers before identifying ways in which to help them. This focused approach with an attention to detail is the basis of his results.
Bill finds great enjoyment in the challenges and rewards of working with business owners and never underestimates the levels of commitment, determination and compromise that it takes to succeed in business. As a small business owner himself, he is aware of the role that small businesses will play in the future success of the Scottish economy and that they in turn are entitled to the rewards they generate.
According to Bill, life is also about enjoyment and away from coaching he can frequently be found on the tennis court, up a mountain or messing about in boats - because being in business gives you more life.