Business coaching doesn’t fit all entrepreneur’s needs. Sometimes, you have a select few questions that you need answered.
Other times, you have the desire to work on your business in one strategy session.
So, what’s the difference between business coaching and business consulting?
Business Coaching
Working with a business coach helps to facilitates growth through questions, guidance, and ongoing accountability.
What coaches typically do:
Help you clarify goals and vision
Improve leadership, mindset, confidence, and decision-making
Ask questions rather than give instructions
Hold you accountable to your own plans
Develop long-term habits and personal effectiveness
When coaching is best:
You want to grow as a leader or founder
You want to think more strategically
You’re stuck and need clarity, motivation, or focus
You want to make your own informed decisions (with support)
Business Consulting
A Business Consultant provides expertise, analysis, and a recommended plan — but it’s usually in the short-term with a dedicated focus (ex. one project or one topic).
What consultants typically do:
Diagnose problems in the business
Analyze data, processes, finances, or systems
Give expert advice and detailed action plans
Sometimes implement solutions themselves
Provide specialized knowledge (marketing, finance, HR, operations, etc.)
When consulting is best:
You need expert answers, not just guidance
You want someone to analyze or fix a specific issue
You lack time or expertise to solve a problem internally
You need a framework, strategy, or system created for you
If you want to learn more about business coaching, check out my Private Coaching and Mentoring page.
If you think that scheduling a business consultation fits your needs, please keep reading.
OR
Let’s start with a 20-Minute Discovery Call. There is no fee (at all!) and it allows you to meet me and me to ask you some questions to learn about where you are in your journey and how I can best help you or refer you to other resources or services that would benefit you.
When I say, there’s no pressure - I mean it!
I ask you to trust me and make the decision to connect. I guarantee you will walk away with at least one answer and know what your next step is.
Smart Strategy Consultations
90-Minute Private Consultation
Regardless of if you are in the “thinking of starting a business” phase or a Founder who has been in the trenches for 20 years, you will always have questions about opportunities to take to grow your business or best practices or need help overcoming a challenge or barrier.
So, if you’re sitting there reading this and …
You have questions about starting a restaurant and have no restaurant experience OR
You have questions about whether it’s the right time to hire your first employee or expand into a new location OR
You want to get clarification on funding available to you or your business OR
You feel overwhelmed with all the ideas circling in your head and you want to get some clarity for your focus and goals for 2026 OR
You keep talking yourself out of starting a business in 2026 because [fill in all the excuses you mind creates here] OR
You are thinking of closing or selling your business …
Above are some of the topics I’ve discussed with clients during consultation sessions.
You have access to me privately for 90 minutes to ask me any and all questions you have.
Cost = $250 (+HST) per consultation
+ To schedule a 90-minute consultation, click here
Business Planning & Strategy Development Consultations
This option is one step further than the above consultation style. It’s a multi-consultation package that allows us to work together to go deeper into your business from operations to financials to growth strategy or all of the above.
I’d like you to meet Sara!
Sara started her landscape design business a few years ago and has had great success and growth. She has proven that there is a market for her services and made $200K in sales last year.
When we connected, she wanted help with understanding if she could financially afford to hire 1-2 junior designers, start leasing an office space and/or draw an income of $100K per year.
After chatting for 15 minutes, Sara clarified that she had no experience with budgeting, projecting cash flow or understanding what the reports showed in her accounting software.
She was currently working with a business coach but they didn’t offer financial forecasting, budgeting or training to help her understand the numbers that made her business.
She started to get quiet and shared that she was awkward and embarrassed to admit that she didn’t honestly know how she had made the money she had so far and really had no idea how to grow those numbers.
Sara signed up for a financial strategy consultation and received 3 potential strategies to implement that matched her goals.
I reviewed each strategy in detail with Sara, as well as helped her identify the specific areas of her business to make decisions on to hit those financial growth milestones that would allow her to hire, lease and pay herself the income she desired.
We reviewed different budgeting options and how to take these strategies and be able to project future cash flow in the future.
Sara’s feedback included:
“I’ve been complacent too long….you make it not feel so scary.”
“Thank you! I feel so much better about things and can’t wait to start playing with the numbers!”
Can you relate to Sara?
Popular strategy consultation topics include:
Sales and growth, increasing income/owner’s salary
Budgeting, overspending and financials review
New product or service introduction
Financial future planning
Goals + cash flow forecasting (ex. growing your team and/or investing into a space)
Marketing spending review
Hiring and how to be a leader to staff
Franchising a business
Selling a business
Closing a business
Sessions can be done virtually or in-person.
Here is an overview of the project scope and timeline for a virtual strategy:
20-30 minute discovery call (phone or video)
Once the project commences, a client form will be sent to you to complete which will include a list of questions and background information to help me understand your current situation and will be customized based on your strategy needs.
Additional documents may also be requested including financial statements, sales reports, etc.
One, 90-minute consultation will be scheduled to review your form answers and request feedback, as needed.
2-3 strategies and action plans will be created to present and discuss with you to apply steps and implement starting immediately (or based on your preferred timeline).
One, 90-minute planning session will be scheduled to review the strategies and action plans, as well as answer any questions you may have regarding details or implementation strategy.
Virtual strategy sessions start at $1,555 (+ HST)
Here is an overview of the project scope and timeline for an in-person strategy:
20-30 minute discovery call (phone or video)
Once the project commences, a client form will be sent to you to complete which will include a list of questions and background information to help me understand your current situation and will be customized based on your strategy needs.
Additional documents may also be requested including financial statements, sales reports, etc.
One, 90-minute consultation (in-person) will be scheduled to review your form answers and request feedback, as needed.
2-3 strategies and action plans will be created to present and discuss with you to apply steps and implement starting immediately (or based on your preferred timeline).
One, 4-hour planning session* will be scheduled to review the strategies and action plans and answer any questions you may have regarding details or implementation strategy.
In-person strategy sessions start at $2,497 (+ HST)
Please Note: In-person consultations include lunch and are scheduled within a 100km radius of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
+ To learn if a strategy consultation package is right for you, schedule a discovery call today!
Stop playing small.
Let’s work together so you can play bigger in 2026.
Testimonial
“I entered this program with Jodi for a 6 month period and I am so pleased with the progress I have made with my business. From being involved in 1 on 1 sessions and also group sessions, I have gained invaluable lessons. I learned a lot about myself as a business owner, how far I could push myself, how much I can actually handle and most importantly how much I could delegate. This is really important as an entrepreneur, delegating... and it was tough for me... as I still want to hold on to many things...there are professionals out there that are better at certain things than I am!!!
Jodi is a great listener, she has a wealth of knowledge and is compassionate.
Every business owner out there wanting to GROW their business needs Jodi in their life!!!
I encourage you to at least do yourself a favor and budget this into your life... YOU NEED THIS!”
— Lystra D., Radiance Laser Clinic [Owner]
Private Coaching Client & Smart Growth Strategies Simplified Program Participant - Since Fall 2022 to Present
Private Coaching and Mentoring
You may really want to work with a business coach. You may know that working with me will help you grow your business.
But it’s a big commitment - for you personally and financially. It’s scary and may be a bit overwhelming.
I get it! I’ve been there :)
That’s also why I offer free discovery calls and one-time consultations.
I want us to connect and learn if we fit and how to best work together to achieve the goals you have for your business.
There’s no pressure. I promise. By the end our call, you will know what your next move is - whether it be with me or not. And I’m OK with that!
What I want from you, right here - right now, is to tell yourself that you will choose you. You have goals and dreams. It’s time you allowed yourself to pursue them.
The link to meet me will always be here (plus, I’m not going anywhere anytime soon!).
But how you feel, right now - that excitement, desire to grow and change - may not be.
Commit to yourself and give yourself permission to go after those dreams and goals.