Strategy and growth Every business Oakland County
You work more hours than ever, and the business still feels like it owns you instead of the other way around.
Regular one-on-one coaching for Oakland County businesses with a coach who has run businesses, so you set clear goals, follow through and get your time back.
20,158
Businesses in oakland county
Listings a customer can find here
27
Homes for each one
Census homes here over the businesses serving them
593,853
Google reviews held
Across every one of them here
In Oakland County
Ortonville Mill, Ortonville
Oakland County
It is a slow week in February in Oakland County, the kind where things are quiet and you finally have time to think. And what you think is that you have been at this for years, you work more than anyone you know, and you are not sure the business is any better than it was.
A business coach gives you a standing hour to work on the business with someone who has seen many like it. Together you set a few goals for the year, break them into quarters, and at each session you report what you did and decide what is next.
By next February you are looking at progress, not just hours. You have a plan you wrote yourself, someone who holds you to it, and more of your week goes to the decisions only you can make.
Tap the ones that sound like your week.
20,158 businesses operate in Oakland County. Clean numbers and steady systems are what let one of them pull ahead.
Businesses here (dark bars) and across the six counties (light bars).
Oakland County first, Metro Detroit below
Oakland County first, Metro Detroit below
Oakland County first, Metro Detroit below
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Your time spent on it each year
$62,400
Hours a week, times 52 weeks, times the value of an hour.
Fix this in Oakland CountyWe start with a long session on your numbers, your team, your week and what you want the business to give you.
We write a short plan: where you want to be in a year and the few things that will get you there.
In regular sessions you report progress, work through what is stuck and leave with clear actions.
Every quarter we step back, score the plan and reset priorities for the next stretch.
What we report every month: Quarterly priorities completed, Owner hours worked and hours spent on the business, Revenue and profit against goal, and Actions completed between sessions.
A business coach helps an owner set goals, build a plan and follow through. They ask the questions nobody on your team will, share what has worked for other businesses and hold you to the commitments you make. The work is yours, and the coach makes sure it happens.
A consultant studies a problem and hands you a recommendation, sometimes doing the work. A coach works with you over time so you get better at running the business yourself. If you need a specific project done, hire a consultant. If you need to grow as an owner, hire a coach.
Price depends on how often you meet, whether sessions are one-on-one or in a group, how much support you get between sessions and whether your leadership team is included. We match the format to your goals, then give you one fixed monthly price for it.
Look for someone who has owned or run a business like yours, not just studied one. Ask how they structure sessions, how they measure progress and how they handle an owner who keeps missing commitments. The first conversation should feel direct and useful, not like a sales pitch.
It is worth it if you will do the work between sessions. Owners who show up, take on the actions and report honestly tend to get the most out of coaching. If you want someone to tell you what you want to hear, save the money.
Plenty of owners do, but the same problems tend to come back year after year without someone asking why.
Good for ideas and community, though nobody digs into your specific numbers and holds you to them each session.
One-on-one coaching from someone who has run businesses, with a written plan and regular sessions that keep you honest.
Who you are dealing with
Before Rebuild Detroit, Tevin Jackson helped scale more than 100 home service brands with marketing, sales and operations. Business Services is that playbook, run for Oakland County businesses with the local numbers on this page, by the team behind the Rebuild Detroit directory.
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