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If you’ve kept track of the news over the past couple of years, you would know that many Tradies have gone under. In the 12 months from April 2022 to April 2023, almost 450 Tradies went under in Victoria alone. This is why hiring the right Tradies Business Coach is Crucial.

Just because a business is big doesn’t protect it from collapse. A large number of volume Tradies around the country have also gone bankrupt.

This is an excellent example of why you need to get the fundamentals of the business side of a building business right. The fatal assumption that nearly all Tradies make is because I’m good at building, I’ll be able to run a successful building business. Micheal Gerber, the author of The E-Myth, is famous for saying this is the #1 cause of small business failure.

The mistake Tradies make is assuming that the quality of the build is the thing that will propel their business to success, and it’s just not true. One major shift that will contribute to success is understanding your product is the quality of your client's experience, not the quality of the build. That’s an expectation of the client, not a benefit!

When it comes to running and building a business, it’s often a case of the owner being so involved they often “Can’t see the wood for the trees!” One of the benefits of hiring a Tradies Business Coach is getting a third party perspective. A Tradies business Coach isn’t affected by the emotional challenges that come with managing you own money, team and clients, which can affect decision making. Having an opinion based on what’s the right thing to do instead of decisions caused by emotional distress and pressure is invaluble.

The Builder is often chasing what we call the “Apparent” problem. For instance the Builder isn’t making enough money, so their mind goes to “We need more work”. Unfortunately adding more work to an already broken system only leads to more stress, less time and less profit.

Having the benefit of experience that a Tradies Business Coach brings having worked with other similar businesses, will save the builder a heap of wasted Money, Wasted time trying to learn by trial and error and a ton of unnecessary stress.