What my clients are saying…
“We’ve been able to increase our turnover by almost 50% and our profits have almost doubled.”
“With your help I’m more focused on the important tasks than I have ever been and I now spend much more time working on the business rather than in the business.”
"We have learnt a tremendous amount of new skills we had never focused on before”
“It has been a real life changing experience. How can you thank someone enough for changing your life!!”
“It has helped in almost every part of my business and personal life”
“Just one of the ideas I picked up from Steve helped me boost turnover by 52% in January compared to the same period last year.”
“Thanks for saving my business. Thanks for helping me get my life back”
“Steve has showed us piece by piece how simple it can be to put things right…we have quickly seen transformations in every aspect of our business.”
“Delegating to an effective team has a double benefit of giving me time back to spend with my family and that’s what I wanted from working for myself in the first place!”
“After only 6 months, profit is up by 21% and the production and marketing systems are in place to ensure continuing growth in the future.”
“Steve was a godsend he renewed my enthusiasm [and] my motivation”
“It was worth every penny that I spent and best of all my growth is up 15% and profit up 33% [after] the first 12 months of coaching”
“My accountant is astonished at the change in me since we met a year ago”
“Steve…is an exceptionally good coach, he takes the time and trouble to get to know his clients so that he can help them develop their business in the right way to suit their personality”
“I have become more confident with my staff and feel as if I own my business now”
“[Steve’s] approach is sensible and provides a great deal of clarity and focus”
“Steve is a truly great asset to any business”
The quotes above have been extracted from the full testimonials below...
Jonathan Staker (Importers, Prepackers & Distributors to the DIY Trade, Castleford)
After 40 years in business, we’ve never let a consultant or a coach past the reception desk, but there was something about Steve Scholey that touched a nerve immediately, and what a good job he did!!
We’ve always been a solid business with great staff and a good turnover, but we’ve also known that there’s been heaps of potential for us to be ten times the company we are! We were working too hard IN the business and not hard enough ON it, and we were fed up! As a director, I was under immense pressure to control internal procedures and to motivate the sales staff to give us a reason to be under control!!
Steve has showed us piece by piece how simple it can be to put things right. Starting from the very belly, we have quickly seen transformations in every aspect of our business.
I used to go to bed anxious and nervous as I prayed for the success we knew we deserved, and now I go to bed excited and energised to move more mountains tomorrow.
My team come to work everyday and stand behind me united, all ready to resume battle to become “The benchmark company in our industry”.
Since beginning work with Steve Scholey we have:
• Successfully brought all packing operations in-house and increased stock availability to 97% consistently
• Implemented procedures which enable operations to run smoothly and simply
• Gained the total support and willing back up of our sales team and operations workforce
• Changed the way we approach every aspect of the business
• Set up marketing material which is directly responsible for bringing in 31 new customers this year
• Increased sales by 6% on last year DURING A CREDIT CRISIS!!!
• Just missed a record sales month in March
• Gained formal appointments with 5 top UK retailer’s in our target market from which we may see sales increases of up to 150% by early 2009
As I write this, I feel it right to point out that we haven’t even begun yet. On the verge of economic disaster, we’re as positive as we’ve ever been, our sales have increased, our operations are top class and there’s no stopping us. We’re going right to the top!
Philip Hill (Recruitment Agency, Sheffield)
Thank you for all the work you’ve done for us over the last 12 months. We’re a successful fast growth recruitment consultancy but we’ve been suffering with all the growing pains that, I guess, many businesses go through.
You’ve really helped us identify where we want to go and what we need to do to get there. Above all, you’ve made the path to progress clearer, helped us break the path down into manageable amounts and pointed out the errors of our ways when we’ve tried to stray!
I’ve expanded my comfort zone and dramatically changed my role in the business. With your help I’m more focused on the important tasks than I have ever been and I now spend much more time working on the business rather than in the business.
You’ve educated us in many simple to grasp business development techniques that we’ve turned into useful tools.
Thank you for all your help over the last year. We’ve made great strides. Our work has meant that we’ve been able to increase our turnover by almost 50% and our profits have almost doubled. Furthermore, because we’ve built a management team and strong business systems we firmly believe that we will continue to progress.
Thank you Steve for helping me and my business grow.
Helen & Dirk Lindenmayer (Children’s Nursery, Wakefield)
When we first met Steve Scholey we made the decision straight away to take Steve on board because of his enthusiastic explanation of the services of Action International and also of what he would be able to help us achieve. The whole concept seemed to make sense. We only asked the price of the service at the end of the meeting!
It became clear from the first meeting that our business was in need of an overhaul not just in organising time management, which we felt was our weakest area, but in all areas…We are now being stretched out of our comfort zone but we know it’s for our own interests and the best results. We have learnt a tremendous amount of new skills we had never focused on before and with the help of our coaching sessions we know Steve is there if we need any input or guidance.
Since the training day, which Steve presented to our Team, we have found it had a positive impact on our staff. They see themselves as important individuals as well as being part of the team. For us we want to succeed because we know we can. Having Steve as a coach has made us believe in ourselves.
When we first met Steve I was working in the business 40 hours a week and trying to fit in any extra time to work ON my business. If you had asked me then that I would spend all my time working ON my business I would have laughed and said it was impossible. However, six months later I no longer work as a nursery nurse I work as a Director, I lead my team and support them. The nursery works better and staff are happier because they have taken on more responsibility…We have an expansion plan in place to have 2 further nurseries up and running...
Financially our business is planned to make more money as I now have time to look at controlling our costs and increasing our profits. We have started to provide extra services to our parents [and] we are also better at keeping an eye on our cash flow and have stringent payment terms in place for parents.
Being successful is infectious and I now find people ask my advice and also ask to be part of my bigger business plan. I could go on and on as it has been a real life changing experience. How can you thank someone enough for changing your life!!...We had lost sight of our aims and vision but we definitely have bigger dreams now, which we know we will achieve!
Rob Copley (Farm Shop, Pontefract)
I joined the ‘Profit Club’ that Steve runs every fortnight in Wakefield to help business owners pick up ideas on how to grow their businesses. It has helped in almost every part of my business and personal life I now try to analyse and understand why what is happening is happening. Just one of the ideas I picked up from Steve helped me boost turnover by 52% in January compared to the same period last year.
Mike Hunter (Warehousing, Leeds)
Thanks for saving my business. Thanks for helping me get my life back. Thanks for getting me re – focused on what I want to achieve. When I look at those three short sentences it makes me realise what good value working with you has been.
I decided to work with you as a business coach when the penny dropped about working ON the business instead of working IN the business. Results were almost immediate.
It’s great to be clear what it is I want to achieve in business and in life. I have ultimate and intermediate goals and timetables and stepping stone objectives that will get me where I want to be. Talking things through with you has helped me to prioritise the important things – especially the mastery of the weekly sales and costs – this has enabled me to react almost at once when my revenues were threatened by industrial action by employees of my most important customer.
My team have responded brilliantly to the new demands placed on them by me no longer doing some of their work – they feel that I trust them to do what I am paying them to do – in a way it’s simple but it wouldn’t have happened without you coaching me to look at things differently. Delegating to an effective team has a double benefit of giving me time back to spend with my family and that’s what I wanted from working for myself in the first place!
Andrew Murray (Pallet Supply & Wood Recycling, Pontefract)
I am a pallet supplier and wood recycler in Kinsley and I was having trouble making money before I started getting coached by Steve. Now after only 6 months, profit is up by 21% and the production and marketing systems are in place to ensure continuing growth in the future.
Tina Brown (Animal Hotel, Wakefield)
I was a coaching client of Steves for 12 months…when he first started coaching me I was running my business by instinct I had had no formal training or education in business and desperately needed help if I was going to develop it further. In fact at that stage I didn’t particularly enjoy it and was considering selling up.
Steve was a godsend he renewed my enthusiasm, my motivation and most of all he taught me how to go forward and applied enough pressure to make sure I carried out the strategies we had put into place. It wasn’t easy, especially at first and even now some things elude me but slowly I started to think in `action terminology` and the business started to progress, I learnt how to market, how to network, 4 ways , 5 ways, how to recruit, build a great team, set my USP, vision, mission and culture and so much useful information and advice, it was worth every penny that I spent and best of all my growth is up 15% and profit … up 33% [after] the first 12 months of coaching.
I am now looking forward to continued growth, expansion, development of new ideas and enjoying the challenges of business. I feel that thanks to Steve I am now a passable business woman instead of a woman letting business pass by. My accountant is astonished at the change in me since we met a year ago; he says he would recommend Steve even though he’s never met him just on the strength of my new confidence and enthusiasm.
To summarise I would recommend coaching to anyone who is struggling to grow their business or wanting to move forward but doesn’t know how to go about it, Steve in particular is an exceptionally good coach, he takes the time and trouble to get to know his clients so that he can help them develop their business in the right way to suit their personality. He is interesting, intelligent, articulate, enthusiastic and well motivated and I can’t thank him enough for the changes he’s made to my life.
Haydn Fields (Insurance Broker, Morley)
Steve has had a positive influence on both my business and the way I approach my business. His approach is sensible and provides a great deal of clarity and focus and I know he has been a great asset to other businesses.
Steve Kennington (Internet Marketing, Wakefield)
Steve is a truly great asset to any business, he achieves the ideal mix between ensuring your business develops and ensuring you have fun running your business. He is supportive, no matter what level your business is at and nothing is too much trouble. I have found working with Steve really opens your eyes to both old initiatives I knew about, but wasn’t implementing and new ideas that really work. Give Steve a call now and he’ll help you take your business to the next level.
Address:
1 Mariner Court
Calder Park
Wakefield
West Yorkshire WF4 3FL
United Kingdom
Phone:
01924 370250 or 07768 905974
