Meet Andy: Your Dedicated Business Coach
Andy is an award winning coach, most recently ActionCOACH’s UK Growth Coach of the Year 2024. He’s also a seasoned business leader with over 20 years of diverse experience across various industries.
His career is deeply rooted in sales, complemented by hands-on expertise in marketing, operations, and finance. This comprehensive background equips him to understand and address the multifaceted challenges businesses face today.
Andy is passionate about empowering people in business, from owners and management teams to frontline operational staff. His mission is ambitious yet clear: to add value to 2,500 businesses over the next five years, thereby boosting the local economy and enriching the lives of everyone involved in these businesses.
Driven by a love for his work, Andy finds immense satisfaction in helping business professionals become their best selves. Over the last few years having coached business leaders in a wide variety of sectors (from hospitality to recruitment), he has observed that despite the unique nature of each business, certain challenges are universal—time management, team dynamics, and financial issues are common hurdles for business leaders. Andy leverages a wealth of proven strategies from ActionCOACH to help clients navigate and overcome these obstacles.
Central to Andy’s coaching philosophy is a quote from Brad Sugars: “Being in business should give you more life.” Unfortunately, many business owners don’t reap the full benefits of their hard work. Andy is committed to bringing optimism, energy, and focus to every session, ensuring clients achieve the life they deserve through their business endeavors.
Andy believes that combining your deep understanding of your business with a willingness to learn and grow can lead to remarkable results. By partnering with him and utilizing ActionCOACH programs, you will gain clarity on your goals, develop a clear path to success, and find joy in the coaching process.
In joining Andy on a coaching program you will undertake a transformative journey by unlocking the full potential of you and your business.
The results and feedback from his clients are testament to this.
Want to know more about working with me?
What does a regular coaching session involve?
A typical coaching session is a focused conversation mixing progress towards your goals and a forum to discuss solutions to issues and challenges. We reflect on what’s going well since the last session, review progress on actionable steps taken and identify any challenges that need to be discussed. This is an ON the business session with the focus being on growth towards your goals.
Why did you become a coach?
Ultimately the main reason I became a coach is to help people. I am passionate about the fact that too many business owners and leaders put blood, sweat and tears into their business and don’t get the life they deserve for all that effort. Many business owners underestimate what they can actually achieve in business and life and I am proud to be able to help people to achieve more than they thought they ever could achieve.
Do you work with all industries?
Yes. That is what makes the role of a business coach as fascinating as it is. What I see with business owners in many industries are the same challenges. The industry is different but the challenge itself is not. The change comes from the owner and that’s what I focus on when forming a relationship with a client.
Do you need accountability, support and clarity?
Andy has helped many business owners in Harrogate get to a place where they can work on their business rather than in!
