Investment: £20k-£50k
Franchise Focus The secret behind the smile
The story of how ActionCOACH franchise partner Lucas Vigilante discovered what it’s like to truly love your job INVESTMENT LEVEL: FROM £27,000
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t’s the time where some might feel the seven-year itch, the need to move on to something new after seven years in the same role. But Lucas Vigilante doesn’t give moving on from ActionCOACH a single thought. He says: “In 1991, I worked with a few friends in a telecoms business, which started out in a semi-detached house in Romford, Essex. Four major buyouts later, I fi nally sold my shares.”
Looking for a new challenge “After a few years off , I began to look around for the next challenge. That’s when I found a business coaching fi rm called ActionCOACH who off ered franchises, but more interesting to me were its published ‘Points of Culture’. There were 14 of them and every one made sense to me. I wanted to know more, so I made a phone call to their offi ce and arranged to meet them in September 2010.
“My wife, Amanda, and I had talked about starting a business together and amongst the main criteria for any new venture was that it must be close to home. In the telecoms business, I’d been privileged to work with a great mentor and true entrepreneur and it seemed like becoming a business coach would mean working with many more great people.”
Launching the business “In January 2011, I fl ew to Las Vegas for ActionCOACH University. The intensive 10 days of training was very self-refl ective, really demanding and delivered brilliantly. I now needed to share this knowledge with local business owners. I’d managed to secure the seat of business coach at my local Business Network International (BNI) before I went away. The people at BNI knew all the real movers and shakers so I quickly got to know my way around the local business scene. I’d signed my fi rst client within fi ve weeks of launching my business.
“I set myself two goals for my ActionCOACH business. Firstly, by month three, I wanted to have enough clients and be billing suffi ciently for the business to be self-funding. I hit that goal and began to create a fi nancial cushion to support my next goal: build relationships with people
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Lucas enjoying quality time with his family
“By year seven, I’d developed my business into a well-oiled machine, making my time available for other things in my life”
who I could ultimately go into business with, creating a portfolio of new and interesting investments.”
The results
“By the 12th month I had six one-to-one coaching clients and by year three I was confi dent that my business coaching was a catalyst for good business owners to achieve remarkable things. By year seven, I’d developed my business into a well-oiled machine, choosing to coach 17 one-to- one clients in just two-and-a-half intense days a week. I’d also been able to invest in three other businesses where I spend a total of half a day a week making the rest of my time available for me to use for other important things in my life.
“On a personal level, of course Amanda and I wanted a profi table business, but we also wanted a business we would love while enjoying plenty of family time. My own childhood was jam-packed full of fun,
so Amanda and I were keen to do the same for our two daughters. “The remarkable thing about
ActionCOACH is that setting your business up correctly gives you back valuable time. I get plenty of opportunities to pop out on my mountain bike, visit the driving range and do the crossword with my elderly parents. It’s allowed me to do so many things a high-powered corporate job simply wouldn’t – something that contributes to putting a constant smile on my face.”
Next step
If you would like to know more about the ActionCOACH opportunity and you: • Get a buzz from helping others succeed
• Love learning and developing yourself • Have enjoyed success in your career or sport…
…then fi nd out more by watching the six-minute overview video at
actioncoach.co.uk/overview.
ActionCOACH Business services
www.actioncoach.co.uk/overview ukrecruitment@actioncoach.com 01284 701 648
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