· Name of Business
Show the Light Ltd
· Who are you?
Susie G - your business and life coach, helping you have a great day every day.
· What sets you apart from the competition?
We focus on people & communication. No matter what, you have to communicate and interact with people, in your business, at home. Even if you don't talk to anyone all day, you are having conversations with yourself (you know you are!)
There is nowhere you get taught people skills, no college course to go on or exam to pass! Yet you interact with people every day!
What you learn with us you can use every day for the rest of your life, and it doesn’t cost you a penny to apply every day
· How did the business come about?
A significant life event happened in April 2019, when my husband passed away suddenly. When grieving eventually changed to healing, I went on my own personal development journey and discovered DISC personality profiling.
That was my lightbulb moment. I thought ‘How can I bring this to everyone?’ After this training everyone made sense to me, I made sense to me! And this is how the seed of Show the Light began.
Life is too short and time is too precious not to do something that brings you joy!
We are are always searching for validation from outside, but it really all starts from you, from within
· What are your main target markets?
We love working with & supporting Women! Women Entrepreneurs who have left the corporate world and set up their own business. Women who have found their purpose and passion and are doing what they love. They have a gift within them and are trying to make the world a better place in their own unique special way.
We also work with Women in Leadership who are looking to invest in their own personal development! The higher up the ladder you go you spend less time doing the job you love and more time dealing with people's problems.
· How long has your business been in existence?
Well I would say our birthday is 1st August 2020, as this was when I gave up my job and fully committed to the business!
· How many staff do you employ?
I don't employ any staff (yet) but I do have a team of people I work with. I have a marketing coach and sales coach who I work with. I am passionate about the product and service I offer but I know I am not an expert in sales & marketing, so I work with the best mentors.
When you are an entrepreneur you basically have 2 jobs, you are working IN your business and ON your business. Which is a lot, so I have a team of people who support me with all the admin and process tasks within the business.
Things I have realised along my journey; is that you can't do this on your own and you are only as good as the team around you!
· What job or achievement makes you most proud?
When I see my clients lightbulb moments! And everyone is different and unique to them!
· Where do you see the business being in five years?
5 years, wow! To have supported 1000 women in their work & home life, to keep going and to never give up! Through the various programs and services we offer at Show the Light.
· Tell us one interesting thing about the business that might surprise us?
We offer our unique training to our teachers in schools. To support our teachers who are educating our future decision makers, we need to look after them!! For every paying client at Show the light, we are able to offer our training and support to our teachers at a 50% discount!
· Tell us one interesting thing about you that people might not know? (ie, hobbies, amusing fact, etc)
For fun? I walk my dogs - this is where I do my best thinking! And I exercise regularly too ( with my personal trainer), otherwise it wouldn't happen!
I love to help, support and give back where I can. I am a school governor at a local primary school, where I use my accounting skills
And I have recently been passed as a Foster carer, where I am hoping to be there for teenagers who need a temporary safe place to live.
· Fantasy dinner party – which six people alive or dead would you invite?
Well this is where I get mushy. I would love to have a family dinner with all my family, those dead and alive! We would all have the best time and I know there would be lots of love and laughter!
