LifeStyles Franchise Owner-Career/Business Coach
Like so many people who work in the corporate world, the demands of the workplace
can become the main focus of our lives. So it was with the fifteen years that I
spent working in a variety of managerial positions for telecommunications companies
from Montreal, Canada to Dublin, Ireland and back to Atlantic Canada. As I sought
more challenging positions in the corporate world, these positions failed to provide
me with the quality of life and balance between work and family that I had always
sought.
My introduction to the corporate world began at Bell Canada. This fast paced, demanding,
bilingual sales environment placed considerable emphasis on quality, customer service
and productivity. This provided me with considerable knowledge and expertise as
I coached and mentored teams, employees and colleagues to improve corporate targets.
As I was promoted and excelled in this environment, my hard work was recognized
nationally with a trip to the 2000 summer Olympics in Sydney Australia. It was during
this trip that I was approached to consider an international assignment as director
of the largest telecommunications company in Ireland.
As I was trying to come to terms with the opportunities before me, my life took
an unexpected turn during my trip to Sydney. I met another Canadian from Atlantic,
Canada who had decided to take in the summer Olympics while traveling around the
South Pacific. We made plans to stay in touch and get together upon our return to
Canada.
As both of us had no idea what the future would bring, I was encouraged and supported
to pursue the opportunity in Ireland. As a Francophone Canadian stepping into a
totally new culture, struggling with a new dialect in a foreign country, the transition
was not without stress and fear. I will always remember; 6:30 am standing in the
airport in Dublin, in the fog and rain with most of my possessions loaded on carts;
thinking - What had I done? As daunting as moving forward seemed at that moment,
going back was not an option. I no longer had a job and home in a familiar environment
to return to. And then within my first year, I had taken a cost centre at risk of
closing for failure to meet national regulations, and turned it into a revenue generator.
Other opportunities for growth presented themselves at this time that offered extensive
travel, however, a home life would be non-existent. I needed to follow my heart,
so I decided to return to Canada and place more emphasis on a balanced life with
greater importance on family.
Just as I settled in Atlantic, Canada and began my job search, I felt that the pace
that I had been setting for the last few years was beginning to take its toll. I
had begun the process of setting up a new residence for the third time. I was constantly
fatigued and having difficulty motivating myself. I had moved from a number of densely
populated cosmopolitan cities to a small village in the middle of a lake system
surrounded by woodland. My diagnosis was incorrect. I was expecting our daughter.
In two short plane rides, I had gone from being surrounded by the hustle and bustle
of downtown Montreal, Dublin, London, and Paris to feeding llamas and a donkey and
cleaning up after them.
Spending time with my daughter as she blossomed before me allowed me time consider
what path I should take. I returned to working in a corporate environment in the
telecommunications and banking industry, still feeling something was missing. I
have always had a passion for helping people see their strengths and potential and
capitalizing on them. With all the years of coaching that I have given, I realized
a long time ago that people are their own harshest critics, including myself.
As I searched to find ways to balance both career and family, I realized self-employment
was a viable option. I began searching for business opportunities that could provide
me with a rewarding career, the flexibility to enjoy spending time with my family
and utilize my skills and talent of motivating and mobilizing people.
I had nearly given up on finding the right fit when one of my inquiries yielded
a call from a franchise consultant with The Entrepreneur Source. My coach had a
proven method and process that she took me through to find the right opportunity.
She made sure to provide me with guidance and direction in the evaluation of business
models. She served as a sounding board to help me evaluate the information I gathered
during the discovery phase. She helped me overcome emotional detours that I encountered
that hindered or even risked stopping my progress. She assisted in deterring me
from making decisions on the basis of emotions and perceptions.
I am a consultant with one of America's premier sources for self-employment options
and franchising information and education. As a franchisee, I have inherited twenty-three
years of some of the most comprehensive and meaningful business ownership guidance
available anywhere.
As a businesswoman I learned that if you want something there are ways to achieving
your goals. The key is finding the right people to help you along the way.
My mission is to represent my client's interests above all others, helping them
to discover rewarding careers, to take control of their lives, creating financial
freedom, and experience fulfilling lifestyles. Their success is my only business.
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About The Entrepreneur's Source
The Entrepreneur's Source (TES) is North America's leading career and business coaching
company with more than 250 offices in the United States and Canada. TES offers a
full range of services to individuals seeking alternate career options and to small-to-medium
size companies looking to increase performance. The goal of The Entrepreneur's Source
is to partner with both individuals and companies to achieve their desired outcome.
TES was recently ranked in the Franchise 500 by Entrepreneur Magazine.
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