{"id":10452,"date":"2018-07-06T13:32:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T03:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smithink.stackedsite.com\/?p=10452"},"modified":"2019-05-31T14:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:03:35","slug":"you-dont-have-to-become-a-business-coach-to-help-your-sme-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithink.com\/2018\/07\/06\/you-dont-have-to-become-a-business-coach-to-help-your-sme-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t have to become a business coach to help your SME clients"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aren\u2019t there a lot of Business Advisory solutions coming out of the woodwork? My email has been inundated with them of late. I am sure you are the same!<\/p>\n
Many have multiple disturbance messages like\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cCompliance is dying; profit will be more difficult to maintain in the future; get your clients onto the cloud or perish; develop value-added services using a software solution, system or approach etc.\u201d.<\/p>\n
Yet many firms are still doing more profitable compliance work than ever. They don\u2019t seem to be dying!<\/p>\n
Now let me let you in on a fact \u2026many accountants don\u2019t feel comfortable trying to be business coaches, sales and marketing experts or Human Resources specialists. They haven\u2019t been trained in those disciplines and they\u2019re currently too busy to start now. Many do ask smart strategic questions of their clients and direct them to valuable services and solutions that the firm can offer them.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what they are good at\u2026project managing their SME clients with the assistance of team members within and strategic alliance outside the firm and getting great results with them. Also helping clients develop practical financial budgets, cash flows and managing and monitoring KPI\u2019s to run better more profitable and cash strong businesses.<\/p>\n
Now the best way I know to get your SME clients receptive to being helped by your firm\u2019s business advisory specialists is to take them to practical education events. Like attending an industry-specific conference with your SME clients.<\/p>\n