Inspiring Women Business Owners in the San Jose Area
Women Entrepreneurs in San Jose, California
Are you a woman small business owner with 50 or fewer employees in the San Jose or San Francisco Bay Area? Do you know that your business could do better, but aren’t quite sure how? Are you tired of talking to yourself?
The most successful businesses have a team of advisors to inspire them and help them strategize to build a strong business foundation for profitability and achievement.
Wise Woman Shining Inspires Women Business Owners to Achieve Their Vision
New business owners have a lot to learn. Every new step–creating a business plan, finding an office, hiring employees–requires you to grow in ways that you never imagined. Men have been running businesses for years and have developed methods and procedures that are effective. However, women bring a different perspective to business. The trick is to leverage what the men know as well as develop the gifts we bring as women to the business sphere. This combination will bring a whole new face to business and, quite literally, change the world.
It’s tough to do alone. That’s why Wise Woman Shining provides coaching and consulting based on the Wise Woman Framework and Holistic Business Management. These tools have been developed through six years of experience working with women entrepreneurs. We know where the pitfalls are for a woman business owner and how to develop her unique strengths for a phenomenal business model. This is true whether we work locally in the San Jose and San Francisco Bay Areas, or across the globe.
Why Business Coaching and Consulting Are Important
Why hire a business coach or consultant? You may have heard that they are expensive. You may also have tried using a business coach in the past with less than stellar results. However, if you want to boost your profits, achieve more work/life balance and achieve the business vision you have, you need some type of advisor.
If you haven’t already, we encourage you to access the resources at SCORE, or the Small Business Administration in your area. These are advisors that you can access at a low or minimal cost. And, of course, read everything that you can get your hands on. Wise Woman Shining has a list of business books we recommend on Amazon.com.
There will come a time when you need more individualized guidance, however. You are unique in the character traits and experience you bring to your business. As a woman, you have broader concerns and different needs from the traditional business model. Our brains are wired differently and, despite significant improvements in help from men in our homes, we still carry the burden of family and home management — even if we aren’t actually performing the chores ourselves. This is why having a business coach or consultant is important.
What Makes Wise Woman Shining Business Coaching and Consulting Different?
Because of our focus on women business owners, we understand what makes starting or owning a small business as a woman different. Over the past six years, we have worked closely with many small business owners in the San Jose Area, as well as women entrepreneurs on the East Coast and Dubai. During that time, we’ve seen what women do differently and have created methodologies and tools to support them to build successful businesses as women. The benefit to women is that they can stop struggling to fit their business into a male model. Instead, they can leverage their talents and the business knowledge of Wise Woman Shining to allow their business to blossom.
Casey Dawes, founder of Wise Woman Shining, has a deep background in corporate business and technology as well as small business. She brings a unique perspective to your business, driving you to succeed while insuring that you get the support you need to achieve your goals. The network available to Wise Woman Shining clients includes bookkeepers, human resources specialists, writers, web designers and more. Together you will craft a plan that builds the business you want, maintains your health and relationships and allows time for you to develop your own talents and spiritual life.
With Wise Woman Shining, you also become part of an intimate community of women business owners in the San Jose area. Client gatherings provide an informal setting to learn about business, develop friendships or just, sit back and relax.
What Do Wise Woman Shining Clients Receive?
When you are a coaching and consulting client of Wise Woman Shining, you receive:
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One or two work sessions a month either in person or over the phone, depending on logistics. Work sessions are generally an hour or hour and a half.
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Depending on the plan you choose, between 1.5 and 3 hours of support work from the Wise Woman Shining team. This can include copywriting, web support, ezine creation and more.
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Access to our alliance partners, often at reduced rates.
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Unlimited email in between sessions and a limited number of pickup calls to discuss pressing matters.
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One or more client appreciation events during the year
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Reduced rates for other Wise Woman Shining products and services.
How to Get Started with Business Coaching and Consulting with Wise Woman Shining
If this is the first time to our site, we encourage you to explore it. Check out some of the articles and complimentary reports (coming soon). Connect with Casey Dawes on Linked In or Twitter. Sign up for the RSS feed on the blog or our complimentary monthly newsletter. Purchase an inexpensive product.
When you feel comfortable, set up a complimentary 29-minute coaching session by using our scheduling tool.
Casey is great at asking the right questions. Her insightful comments have caused me to pause, go deeper, and inspired me to step up and build the business I’ve envisioned for years. I just talk with Casey about what I want to achieve and she helps clear the path in order that I can take the next step. I highly recommend her Wise counsel…
- Kaycee McKenzie
Founder / President at Azthetix
