A peerless track record of success has seen the work of a world-class business coach recognised at a prestigious awards ceremony.
John McHale, from Scawby, North Lincolnshire, scooped the award for Best Client Results for the Europe, Middle East and African region, at the Business Excellence Awards BizX2022., as well as the ActionMan award - a player’s player of sorts.
Hosted by the 400-strong ActionCoach organisation he is part of, the annual awards celebrate the success of both its network of business coaches and the thousands of companies supported around the world.
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John said: “The ‘ActionMan’ awards are voted for by the ActionCoach community, for services to fellow coaches, so it makes it extremely special to win one.
“That left me feeling very humbled, so I was absolutely stunned to be announced as the winner of the Best Client Results category too.”
This isn’t the first time John has garnered this particular accolade – he triumphed in the same category in 2019. He added: “It’s great to see Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire leading the way, and my personal success with this award is testament to all the great things achieved by my clients in the past year.”
And John’s clients – which are all SMEs based in the Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire area – also dominated the night, with nine nominations and one winner.
Julie Priestley, managing director of DBS Digital, a digital agency based in Lincoln, walked away with the Best Company Culture award.
In his role, John supports business owners to firstly envisage and then achieve their goals, and this has included one company progressing from a standing start to turning over £5 million in three years under his mentorship.
He has amassed a wealth of senior management experience working at Tata Steel in Scunthorpe, until 2014, when he decided to leave the corporate world and instead put his expertise to use supporting burgeoning business people.
Since then, he has helped clients – who currently range from engineering specialists to funeral directors, retailers and fulfilment centres – think big and achieve their dreams. He puts his success down to not just his obvious business acumen, but his passion for helping others to build their businesses.
“It’s because I care,” he said. “I can quickly get to the root of complex problems, and then support my client with identifying the solutions, along with devising a plan for how to fulfil their goals. Sometimes, I think I believe in people more than they believe in themselves, so it’s about transferring that belief, and helping them develop the courage they need to succeed. That’s when amazing things start to happen.
“Working with SMEs is so enjoyable, I get to work with different people and teams every day – it’s fabulous.
“Working with me, you get a marketing director, sales and finance director, training coordinator, partner, confidante, mentor and friend, all focusing on you and your success.
“Winning these awards is a huge recognition of the effort and work put in by all of our clients, as well as my team – Catherine McHale, Nicola Jackson and Mairead McHale. Thanks also go to my coach from New Zealand, Bruce Wilson, and to Ian Christelow, Julie Wagstaff, James F Vincent and the whole of the ActionCoach UK team.”
The ceremony, at the International Convention Centre in Farnborough, formed part of a two-day conference attended by more than 1,500 delegates that featured keynote speakers including Chris Voss, Noel Fitzpatrick and Sarah Beeny.
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