Money and Finance Coaching

Why do People Hire Money and Finance Coaches?

Currently, thousands of people need help with getting their finances on track both personally and professionally. Unfortunately, this subject is taboo for many because of the lack of personal finances being taught in schools or ever being discussed around the dinner table. Since this is such a sensitive topic, financial coaching is a highly valued service, available to help clients grow in financial literacy, confront the financially uncomfortable and create a safe place where a client can confide in a professional. This is a topic that the majority of people aren’t able to talk to friends and family about. Hence the necessary need for financial coaches is apparent in today’s society.

What are the Benefits of Money and Finance Coaching?

Benefits experienced by the individual

• Getting clarity around where all of your money is going
• Understanding the numbers around why you are in debt
• Uncovering the areas where your money is flying out the window
• Overcoming your fear of handling finances
• Addressing misconceptions around how to handle money
• Understanding factors that affect your credit score
• Coming to an agreement for married couples on how to handle finances together
• Getting a plan on how to buy a first home, pay off debt and be financially independent
• Learn how to plan for your financial future independent
• Have a healthy relationship with money
• To be confident, aware and responsible with personal money management

Here’s an example of personal financial coaching:

I coached a client named Chrysta and when we first started coaching, she was close to being maxed out on credit cards, owed her mom money, was living paycheck to paycheck and, although she made a decent amount of money, she had nothing to show for it at the end of every month. On our first call, she felt quite embarrassed because she actually managed the money for a production company and was excellent at her job, but strangely couldn’t translate that skillset to her own personal finances. She felt stuck and shared, "there must be something everyone else knows that I don’t know!"

Through coaching, she learned where all her money was actually going. We worked on creating a budget and a debt payoff plan. Then we uncovered her beliefs around money that were limiting her way of living. We organized her accounts and came up with financial goals that at first seemed impossible, but wonderful if they could “someday” happen. For example, being credit card debt-free, buy her first house, buying a Tesla and starting her own business where these “someday” goals.

After coaching together, within a year, she paid off all of her credit card debt, purchased a home, payed off her BMW, sold the BMW and bought a used Tesla. Chrysta is now exploring the first steps of starting her business. She was definitely surprised about the results she achieved, but as her coach I shared with her that anything is possible with the right coaching mindset and follow through!

Benefits experienced by an organization

The benefits of financial coaching for a business depends on the type of organization and the circumstances that the company is facing or it’s desired growth. Many entrepreneurs, whether they are a sole proprietor or they are an owner operated corporation, who seek financial coaching may be in a place where they need financial coaching to help them with the following:

• Understand how to rightly divide between personal and business spending so that they don’t co-mingle funds
• Develop a budget for business overhead and expenses
• Understand cash flow
• How to pay off business debt
• Get clarity around the numbers and the ebb and flow of business
• Since there is no friday paycheck, financial coaching can help a business understand the average revenue necessary for a business to operate successfully year round
• Look at revenue streams and what is necessary for client retention in order to bring in the needed revenue
• Get clarity on how much to pay yourself in order to know what your business needs to make to support your living expenses
• Know how much to set aside for taxes
• Deal with back taxes
• Cut down on expenses that are not giving the business a return
• Help a client set up payroll and what is the right amount for payroll
• Understanding the flow of money through the business, subtracting expenses, payroll and paying yourself self whether an officer draw vs. w-2 payroll
• Helping a client determine at what point they can shift from a sole-proprietor to a corporation
• Help the client see how to make their business profitable
• And to answer these questions:
  o What’s stopping me from growing as a business?
  o Am I running my business efficiently?
  o How can I make and keep more money from my business?