About
Hi, I'm Steve Thompson.
What I Bring to Coaching...
I truly believe that we are all naturally, creative, resourceful and whole and that we can solve many of our own challenges, but sometimes we just need a nudge or guide along the way. Whether it is addressing life or business challenges, I believe we can approach the challenges from the foundations of Mind, Body, and Spirit.
In coaching, I love to push where needed and hold space when necessary. I challenge clients at times and offer inquiries for others. I love to create space to allow creativity to sprout and grow. I listen to truly hear and understand where the person and/or the business is, and then investigate possible solutions and ask the difficult questions that often create the greatest sparks of transformations.
In the Coach-Client relationship, the client will always be the champion of their own journey. I feel honored to be a part of your journey and I never look at the working relationship as my success, only your success. I love celebrating the wins that clients bring to each call and nothing is better than a client realizing their dreams, goals, and living a fantastic life!
My Professional Background
Healthcare Professional
I worked for over 28 years as a physical therapist before stepping away to focus on coaching. During that time, I learned to listen to patients tell their stories to find the root of the problems and to create a plan to treat the cause of the pain or injury. Coaching has a lot of parallels to being a healthcare provider. In coaching, I often listen to a person’s current situation, struggles, and words that give me clues on how to guide a client on their journey. I love combining the client's story with inquiries, examinations, deep dives, and exercises to deepen the coach-client relationship. As the relationship strengthens, this allows the client to create a workable plan and to achieve their desired goals
Business Owner
I have been a business owner for 20+ years, growing a business from one location in a small office space to a robust practice with two bustling clinics. Our team has grown from 4 to 26 over those years and I have navigated many ups and downs, pivots, recalibrations, restructuring, changes in staff and management teams, difficult financial times and times in abundance. We have changed systems several times to adapt to new challenges, used technology to our advantage to increase efficiency, and created new marketing strategies to explode our business. I feel like I have seen it all and have a perspective to handle any issue that can come up in a business.
Coach
As a coach, I quickly realized that most business problems are not unique to one professional space. There are common themes across all businesses - organization, teamwork, vision and values, communication, marketing, metrics, and much more. I have helped many clients go from an overwhelmed solopreneur, who is ready to quit, to having a growing business that they love again, actively hiring staff, creating a management team, and finally moving themselves out of the business so they can pursue what they truly want to achieve. That is Freedom! Many of these businesses have seen 2-10x growth in revenue and profits while working less and less during the week. It is possible!
