Lou-Ann Gibson
Aligning my Action with my Strategy, Just Like my Clients
Hi I'm Lou-Ann and this is my story..
I had enjoyed a career in HR as a true generalist. However, after securing a HR Manager role I realised that trying to be a mother to two children, a wife to another professional, and commuting up to 3 hours a day was simply impossible. I took the plunge and decided to open my own HR consulting business in the physical region that I lived, to get control of my life, while also getting to use my brain and experience on my terms.
After 18 months of attempting to get a HR consulting business up and running, I was on the verge of closing it down. It seemed impossible to get clients, people were not interested in my HR product offerings, and I received no responses to mail out campaigns. It was very disheartening as I was confident that I knew HR and just needed business owners to get it.
I was challenging myself on how to make the business work or return to a corporate role when I came across HR Coach. Finally it looked like someone had sorted out the marketing of a HR consulting business, which I really needed. I joined up and started the Academy, looking forward to the second week of the Academy, thinking the first week would simply be a refresher for me on core HR philosophies.
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By the end of the first week of Academy, I was worn out and broken. My previous HR thinking was turned upside down and now I understood what I should have been taking to the market. The second week was even more challenging. I realised that everything I had been doing in my initial 18 months of business were the very things that would not work - which I had managed to confirm by personal experience. Finally I had a plan that made sense to take back to my market. It was both exciting and scary.
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I am now back in my former market, reconnecting with business owners. It is a slow process as relationship building takes time. I also keep reverting to mu old ways when under pressure, and the master coaching forces me back on track.
I can't wait to be comfortable with the HR Coach ways, so that I can improve my conversion to success ratio's.
HR Coach Just Made Sense
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Great IP which puts me ahead of more experienced HR consultants in my market
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Sales and marketing strategies that work
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I can now grow a sustainable local business
For more information on how you can become a coach, further information about HR Coach, or just have a few questions, contact us on 1300 550 674 or drop us an email