Business Coach for Trades and Builders
What is a business coach and why would you want one?
There are lots of business coaches out there and they come in lots of flavours so I’ll talk about the sort of business coach you get at Small Fish Business Coaching.
How does it work?
It’s called the Tradies Toolbox Coaching Program and it will help you do 3 things:
- Figure out what to do (Strategy)
- Learn how to do it (Training)
- Actually do it all (Coaching)
That’s important, isn’t it? You want to do the work to build systems into your business so you can grow it properly, which means profitably, not just working harder and with people in their jobs doing a good job.
Is that what you want? If it is, maybe business coaching is for you. Why don’t you book the 10-Minute Call and we’ll decide whether we’re a fit, whether we can help you in your situation. If we both think we can, we’ll have a longer meeting – a Strategy Session to help you decide if it’s right for you.
Even then, you’ve got 30 days to change your mind, so why not book a call?

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Why Would you Want a Business Coach?
- Because you want to grow your business properly – profitably, without too much work, without too much stress and with people in their jobs doing a good job.
- Because you want to make more money – a fair wage PLUS a net profit of 10% of revenue is reasonable.
- Because you want to feel more in control of your business.
- Because you want to feel more confident as a businessperson (not just as a tradesperson – we know you’re good at that).
- Because you want some time back for yourself rather than always feeling needed in your business
How Much Does it Cost?
It costs $2200 (+GST) per month and you stay in the program for as long as you want to. (as long as you’re driving change in your business with it)
It’s an investment. You (and I) should feel confident that you’ll get a return on that investment before you start chucking money at me.
That’s why we have a fairly long Strategy Session and a 30-day happiness guarantee – to give you the chance to make sure it’s right for you.
Why Would you Want a Business Coach?
Yes it does.
It works if you do the work. That part is important. If you attend the sessions and use the program to help you do the things we agree need doing, it works.
But YOU need to do that work. You need to drive, you need to be responsible for your own success, with the help of my coaching program.
You need to come to the group coaching calls and use your fellow tradies and me to bounce off and give you motivation and confidence and energy. don’t just vanish into your busy business or nothing will change.
The strategies work. The systems and structures I’ll teach you to build will support your business to grow.
- You’ll write a strategy (with my help)
- You’ll learn new skills (with video training and one-to-one training)
- You’ll meet with your coach in group sessions and one-on-one sessions to be held accountable and to be helped and encouraged and pushed
- You’ll measure progress and your numbers so you’ll be able to see the coaching working

If you’re not ready (yet), check out my Toolbox Tips – they are short, useful pieces of business advice you can implement now:
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Why Are you Called Small Fish Business Coaching?
Because I work with small businesses – small trade businesses and small building businesses.
(I thought it was funny when I started and I like the logo with the small fishes looking like a bigger fish – because that’s what you do with the coaching, isn’t it? You look and act like a bigger fish who knows more because you’re learning and doing what the bigger fishes know.
It’s for trade business owners and building business owners who want to grow bigger – that’s definitely part of it. How big you want to grow is up to you but my coaching program will help you go from small (less than $1,000,000 per year in revenue) to bigger ($3,000,000 to $5M to $10M). Beyond that you’ll grow out of me and hire your own people in-house or specialists.
Where are you on your growth journey? Do you want to see if it’s for you?
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Book a 10-Minute Call with Jon or Lizzie
If you’re a tradie or a builder with more than $30,000 per month revenue (less than that, you’re not ready yet, sorry), then you might be only a few small changes away from more money, less stress and a business that works like a dream instead of grinding like a broken engine.
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