Colton:   0:14
Well, it's that time again. It's Wednesday, and it's Colton Cockerell here. Hello and welcome to another exciting episode of Bridge the Gap. We're connecting business perspectives. Like I said, I'm Colton, And I am a certified financial fiduciary and a independent Financial advisor with Sharer McKinley Group. And I know it's it every week. That awesome, the wonderful, the perfect, the angel to my left Miss Trisha Stetzel.

Trisha:   0:40
Thank you, Colton. So what? One of these days I'm gonna sit to your right, and that's really gonna mess you.  

Colton:   0:45
That's not gonna happen. So I always try to beat what I say the previous week. And it's just so hard. Hopefully, we put these in order. Or else it will kind of

Trisha:   0:54
Yeah, I hope so. Because you're building on all of the accolades, right? I just love it.

Colton:   0:58
It's a new adjective every podcast. Okay.

Trisha:   1:00
Good afternoon. My name is Trisha Stetzel, and I am the owner of Results Xtreme Business Solutions. And would it be okay with you if I gave the purpose of our podcast today

Colton:   1:09
It would be perfect.

Trisha:   1:10
All right. Super So for those of you who are new to our podcast, we want you to know that together, Colton and I interview local business professionals and industry experts. Our goal is to bridge the generational, gender and life experience gap in business through her own unique styles of gathering information from our guests. But today is special.

Colton:   1:29
Today is special, cause we have a very special guest.

Trisha:   1:32
But first, we should thank our sponsors.

Colton:   1:35
Man, you saved me. Okay. First Jim Butcher relationship banker with Allegiance Bank. He is the man and then also our editor, Mr Pat Lee, who is the owner of video envy. So now it's suspense. No one knows who the guest is today, except everyone does. Because it's already named in the podcast. Our guest today is going to be the wonderful, the lovely. Every single week I say it. Trisha Stetzel. The crowd erupts. I guess not. So I do want to read your bio, if that's ok.  

Trisha:   2:05
Yeah, that would be great.

Colton:   2:06
 You sure

Trisha:   2:07
So I supplied you with a short one this time.

Colton:   2:09
Yeah, because the other one was like, three pages. So I appreciate you kind of breaking it down.  

Trisha:   2:14
Oh your welcome.

Colton:   2:14
So here it is. Trisha Stetzel. Her experience in both hers experiences, both wide and diverse. She served our country for eight years in the U. S. Navy, which again thank you for your service and has had the opportunity to live and work in multiple countries. Upon her exit from the military, she joined the forces of corporate America. See what you did there.  

Trisha:   2:34
You like the play on words.

Colton:   2:34
I do. learning how to navigate the doors of big Blue IBM

Trisha:   2:41
There's another one.

Colton:   2:41
12 years ago, she found her passion as an entrepreneur. Trisha's devotion for helping others in the community and in business led her to become a certified focal point business coach, allowing her the opportunity to share her gifts of knowledge, experience and altruism. Good word with a broader audience business coaching has enabled Trisha the opportunity to collaborate with many business owners, creating positive growth and a heightened sense of community. Wow, that sounds phenomenal.  

Trisha:   3:10
Hey thanks! It's almost as good as yours. Maybe one day, we'll interview you.

Colton:   3:13
maybe one day but today is your day. Okay.  

Trisha:   3:16
Okay.  

Colton:   3:16
So I got a ton of questions for you.  

Trisha:   3:18
All right.  

Colton:   3:19
And first, just what is the business coach? So, as an athlete in high school, I had multiple coaches, right? So they're all the same coaching you, making you a better person individually and athletically.  

Trisha:   3:33
Absolutely.  

Colton:   3:34
What does a business coach bring to the table?

Trisha:   3:37
So from a business coaching perspective, it's just I mean, let's play with words here or not, right? It really is about your business. So most of the people that business coaches are working with our solopreneurs people who own their own business. They're in business by themselves, entrepreneurs who may have a staff there, maybe also some coaching necessary for managers in corporations. So as a business coach, we're doing the same thing as an athletic coach. It's making that person that they're sitting across from better at whatever it is that they're doing in their business,

Colton:   4:13
Okay, And so is there any particular things that you focus on or should business coach be focusing on whenever they're working with their clients?

Trisha:   4:20
Yeah, so in general, business coaches should be focused on the constraint that's in the way of the person that they're sitting across from. Typically, someone will hire a business owner or manager will hire a business coach to help them through an issue. Could be time management. It could be staffing issues. It could be bottom line. They don't have cash flow. Something along those lines But whatever they go to the business coach with, that's what the business coach should be focused on and really help the business owner work through the roadblock. That's in their way.

Colton:   4:53
Okay, And while you're really good at this, I feel like you've done this before.  

Trisha:   4:58
No, never.  

Colton:   5:00
And so what's the signs? So what's the If someone's a business owner, what are the signs of, like the key things that indicate hey, Maybe I should open the door and talk to a business coach?

Trisha:   5:13
That's a really interesting question. So most if I talk, let's talk about Solopreneurs, right? They just like with financial advisors, don't necessarily want to open the kimono right per se to let people in because they're solopreneurs. They're proud. They open their own business. They don't necessarily want someone coming in to see. Maybe things aren't 100% or they're not as good as they seem on the outside. So business owners typically particularly solopreneurs, won't ask for help. It's usually someone else in their life or another coach, maybe a life coach, a financial advisor, or even a fitness coach that gets that information from the business owner that they need help with their business. I don't know if that really answers your question, because there are so many signs that there is something wrong. But until that business owner is ready to take that step, they're not open to coaching.

Colton:   6:12
Okay, that's interesting, because you would think your business your biggest asset. Really, you wanted to grow, and if it's just stagnant, you would think you'd want to reach out to somebody.

Trisha:   6:23
Absolutely. By the time what I found by the time people are, you know, waist deep in the quicksand, they're not necessarily ready to ask for help because they've been putting bandaides on the business for so long that they're not willing to show someone how much trouble they're in and then, once the quicksands up to their neck and they do ask for help. A lot of times the business coach isn't as much help as they could have been in the beginning.

Colton:   6:51
You know, I've actually heard that plenty of times. Usually when you when you know you need a business coach, it's too late.  

Trisha:   6:55
That's right,  

Colton:   6:56
right.  

Trisha:   6:56
Most of the time

Colton:   6:58
Man, that's that's a shame.  

Trisha:   6:59
Yeah,  

Colton:   7:00
And so whenever, Whenever people think about coaching or business coaching, in particular, they might have the idea of just okay. They're just a accountability partner that I'm paying. Is that Is that somewhat true?

Trisha:   7:13
It can be. Yeah, absolutely So the accountability partner is really bringing the outside perspective like I talked about, right? The coach looking in right at Michael Phelps. So he's a swimmer. The coach is looking on the outside. Maybe this stroke. It needs to be changed just a little bit. Here's the thing about coaching, whether it's sports or business, standing on the outside looking in, you can ask the business owner or the swimmer or the basketball player to make a change of 1%. Change the tiniest little change, and it could make all the difference in the world, right? I think about the golf stroke if you have a golf coach and they tell you to twist your wrist by 10 degrees or hold the club different.

Colton:   8:01
Do you play golf?  

Trisha:   8:02
No.  

Colton:   8:03
So it's loosening or tightening its okay

Trisha:   8:06
okay. Thanks. Colton. Yeah, I appreciate that. No, I don't play golf. I do.

Colton:   8:11
Strong grip, weak grip

Trisha:   8:13
don't let me on. They don't let me on the golf course. I was gonna say the field, but they don't love me on the golf course because I'm too loud. Can you imagine that?

Colton:   8:21
Wow, what's there? So you know, I know

Trisha:   8:24
I don't understand. They won't let me on. The golf course is good because I have way too much fun. It really is about that tiny change, that 1% change and being the accountability partner. And here's Here's what I tell people. If you have a great business coach, they should be there to stand in your greatness. It's your business. You're the one that needs to stand up and feel good about what you're doing at the end of the day. And the business coach's job is really to stand in your greatness and help you get there.

Colton:   8:55
Stand in your greatness. I love that. So now let's let's flip it, um, whenever, instead of you looking for clients. Whenever someone is looking for a business coach, what are good questions to ask a potential coach? 

Trisha:   9:09
Sure. So if I am a client looking for a business coach, I would first ask them what their program looks like. And would you be putting me into Let's call it the box. I hear that question a lot. So am I gonna go through the same program that someone in my competing industry goes through, or am I gonna go through the same program that someone in a different industry goes to? The answer should be No. The program that the coach is helping you move through should be very specialized to your issue. You You know where you are today. I hope you know where you want to go. That's why you're looking for a coach. And the coach should be able to put together a program for you to get you there and not just have you run through a whole bunch of modules doing a whole lot of things that are completely worthless to your business or you feel like you're worthless.

Colton:   10:03
You should be unique to you individual. Not an industry.

Trisha:   10:06
absolutely. So that's the first thing that you should ask is what is the program look like? Where you taking me? It's it when you're interviewing and you should interview your coaches, you should connect with them. If it's not somebody that you like to sit across from, you probably shouldn't hire them Because this is a relationship

Colton:   10:24
makes sense.

Trisha:   10:25
Yeah, and if you're going to spend an hour with them every week or more, do you really want to dread spending an hour with that person every week? Probably not. Should be somebody that you certainly that you connect with and you should look at their background. Are they certified? Do they have any experience? Have they owned a business before or are they just teaching you how to own your business? Yet? They've never done it.

Colton:   10:51
So that was that it was gonna be my next question. Because if I'm gonna work with someone to make sure they had success in their business. So let me ask you this. So now, moving to more personally of Trisha Stetzel as a business coach? Why? Why leave? You know IBM? Why leave? You know, I know you started your pet business, which you're successful, and you still have it. But why go into business coaching? What made you do that?

Trisha:   11:13
So can I. If I'm being truthful with you, It found me. Um, I have a passion for educating and helping people have a passion for business. I have a passion for helping grow in the community, have a passion for volunteering and business coaching found me. I my husband was very passionate about becoming a business coach. He had me go along with him. To. I was gonna be the business manager because I'm I was the serial entrepreneur. I couldn't help myself, kept opening businesses. And we got to the certification class and I found my calling. It was really amazing. It wasn't I didn't choose this. It chose me. And I feel like that's one of the biggest reasons why I'm different from other people in the community that our business coaches one. I've owned a business for 12 years. More than one.

Colton:   12:05
You still have your business.

Trisha:   12:07
I do. I still have the first business that's 12 years old. I've purchased a business. I've sold a business. I've owned a franchise. I've owned a mom and pop shop. I have a lot of experience and being able to share that with people in the community who want to grow their businesses is really special to me. Uh, it was interesting during that certification class that we were going through, I was kind of going through the motions and the CEO happened to be there the day that we were doing some role playing. And he approached me after we did the role playing and said, Wow, how long have you been doing this for? And I said I didn't really come here to be a business coach. I came here to be a business manager, but I've fallen in love with the idea. I'm taking this back to my community, helping businesses grow. So that's where that came from.

Colton:   12:55
Okay, well, now, completely off the wall if you have the choice.

Trisha:   13:01
Not that I didn't see this coming. 

Colton:   13:02
You did not because you don't have the show notes in front of you. So if you have the option of adopting an ostrich or a camel, which one would you choose and why?  

Trisha:   13:15
Oh, man.

Colton:   13:17
I just randomly came up. That's off my head. Like I have a weird mind.

Trisha:   13:20
Ostrich.

Colton:   13:24
why? they can't fly. So they're gonna be in the backyard.

Trisha:   13:24
Yeah, well, I was just thinking about this space needed for a camel versus an ostrich. Ostrich is smaller. They are The very first thing that came to mind was  

Colton:   13:34
Riding an Ostrich?

Trisha:   13:35
 Camels spit, spit, And you could ride both of them, but the ostrich takes up less room. So definitely an ostrich.

Colton:   13:43
Okay, You know, I would think I would have to agree with you. So in closing Trisha and you know the drill. Can you please give us your contact information and Spell out?

Trisha:   13:53
Yeah, absolutely. So if you can't find it in the Facebook post, its attached to, this podcast  

Colton:   14:00
What a pro

Trisha:   14:00
Right? Trisha Stetzel Results Xtreme Business Solutions. You can reach me at 2812174951 Or you can find me at our website team R X C dot com, t e a m r x c dot com. And the rest of our contact information is there.

Colton:   14:27
Awesome. Well, Trisha it was a pleasure to be able to sit down and talk to you specifically.

Trisha:   14:32
How fun!

Colton:   14:32
It was. And I'd maybe one day you'll have the pleasure of interviewing me. Who knows?

Trisha:   14:36
I'm sure that's gonna happen really soon.

Colton:   14:38
So let's go ahead and take off your interviewee hat.  

Trisha:   14:40
Okay lets do it.

Colton:   14:40
And put on your interviewer hat and go ahead and close out our show with giving us our sponsors one more time.

Trisha:   14:46
I would love to do that. So we want to thank our sponsor, Mr Jim Butcher with Allegiance Bank. Thank you, Jim. For all you've done for us to get this thing going. And, Mr Pat Lee, for all of the wonderful advice and help that you give us with editing our podcast owner of Video Envy back to you Colton

Colton:   15:03
back to me. Okay, I'm gonna take that hit this one out of the park. Here comes the disclosure. Compliance. Shout out. All right, I'm trying to do it in one breath, by the way, lets see if I do it. Okay, Um, so Colton Cockerell, which is means is with Sharer McKinley Group LLC were located at 820 South Friendswood Dr Suite 207, Friendswood, Texas 77546. Phone number 2819925698. Securities offered through NEXT Finance Group Inc member FINRA/SIPC. Sharer McKinley Group is not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group, Inc.  

Colton:   15:30
Heck Yeah, Now we're down.

Colton:   15:32
Yes. And so this is Colton Cockerell with Sharer McKinley Group

Trisha:   15:36
and Trisha Stetzel Results Xtreme Business Solutions

Colton:   15:39
signing off and this concludes this week's podcast. tune in next week for another exciting episode.