Holy Moly! After one-hour with Denise O’Neill and Blair Koch, franchisees and coaches with The Alternative Board (TAB) all I can think is: How in the world does one build a successful business without the use of coaches and advisory boards!?
Listen in as Denise (Baltimore/Washington) and Blair (Denver) discuss the many benefits of coaching and advisory boards and their unique, holistic approach to support, encourage, edify and hold accountable businesses owners.
In this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide, Denise O’Neill (Baltimore/Washington) and Blair Koch (Denver) discuss:
- Coaching vs. consulting and mastermind groups vs. advisory boards.
- How business stage of growth and stage of life determine the goals, strategies and needs of the business owner.
- The role of trust in a coaching and advisory board relationship
- A fascinating ‘questioning’ methodology TAB coaches use to get to the bottom of the problem and find a solution.
- And oh so much more.
Meet Blair Koch
Blair gets up every morning to change people’s lives: to help Denver business owners collaborate and thrive – to grow their businesses, build their communities, and cultivate an unparalleled quality of life for themselves and their families. And she is truly passionate about that.
Blair wants everyone she works with to have an exceptional, joyful, abundant life. Business owners shouldn’t have to work themselves to the bone to achieve their dreams. At the end of the day, nobody looks back on their life and says, “gee, I wish I’d worked another hour.” Blair certainly would not.
Learning, improving her intellectual self, is what Blair works on every day. It’s what allows her to be the best version of herself in both her personal and professional life. Blair has spent her career learning the ins and outs of companies of all sizes, and in the ever-changing environment of modern business, there’s always more to learn.
But there’s one thing Blair know for sure: small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) hold the key to local and regional success. They are the economic engine to the State, Country and ultimately the World. To be able to help these businesses thrive and allow their owners to live the rich rewarding life they deserve is truly the most rewarding thing she has ever done.
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Meet Denise O’Neill
Denise O’Neill is the CEO and owner of TAB | The Alternative Board Baltimore Washington has been a strategic business executive coach and facilitator for almost 10 years. As a coach, Denise specializes in Sales and Customer Marketing and developing strong business cultures that focus on engagement, accountability and strategic planning.
Denise is passionate about developing managers into leaders and has co-designed Next Generation Leaders training with her husband, Marty O’Neill. She is a seasoned business executive with 16 years’ experience leading top 50 consumer packaged goods companies in Sales, Marketing, General Management, and Logistics. Denise is a former Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Nabisco Foods where she received numerous awards including recognition with the Nabisco Food Presidential award given to the top performer in the company annually.
Denise has also worked in the eProcurement industry and is the founder of the award-winning Survivors Offering Support organization providing innovative peer support services to breast centers in Maryland/Washington, DC and Virginia.
She resides in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband and three children.
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