by Gary Mitchell | Nov 9, 2021 | Becoming more strategic, Coaching, Coaching results
Recently I was interviewed for Authority Magazine.
Here is an excerpt.
The coaching industry is now tremendous. It is a 15 billion dollar industry. Many professionals have left their office jobs to become highly successful coaches. At the same time, not everyone who starts a coaching business sees success. What does someone starting a career as a life coach, wellness coach, or business coach need to know to turn it into a very successful and rewarding career?
In this interview series, called “Five Things You Need To Create a Highly Successful Career As a Life or Business Coach” we are interviewing experienced and successful life coaches, wellness coaches, fitness coaches, business and executive coaches and other forms of coaches who share the strategies you need to create a successful career as a life or business coach.
In this particular interview, we had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Gary Mitchell.
Gary Mitchell is the CEO of OnTrac Coach. He’s worked with some of the biggest law firms and lawyers in the country for over 15 years. His business coaching enables clients to understand how business and law are connected, and become more efficient in their work.
Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dive in, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. Can you tell us a bit about your ‘backstory’ and what brought you to this particular career path?
I’ve had a whole host of different backgrounds, as entrepreneurs often do. I started my first business when I was 25. In the years following I found I was always drawn to roles and businesses that focused on helping others.
It was when I was managing a political campaign, and giving a ton of advice to the candidate that I had a real ‘aha’ moment! I was coaching him on everything — from shaking hands to public speaking, debating, and going on live TV — and I began to watch this person grow and develop before my eyes. It was so exciting to see the advice and tools I imparted on them pay off!
It just so happened that the politician had a lawyer friend who encouraged me to look into the legal industry for coaching, as they have very similar soft skills needs. So, I did some research and found that this was true.
From there it all came together very quickly. I landed my first client within a year of starting down this path. And here we are 15 years, 3 books, and 1 app later!
Read the full article here.
by Gary Mitchell | May 3, 2021 | Becoming more strategic, Personal care, Practice management
In my latest column on The Lawyer Daily, I review some of the things that have changed for us and some of the things we can expect moving forward.
Here is a link to the full article.
https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/26277/the-coach-a-year-later-what-does-covid-19-mean-for-you-gary-mitchell
by Gary Mitchell | Jun 23, 2020 | Becoming more strategic, On Trac, Profitability
Check your ego at the door before reading this post. (Disclaimer) My clients do NOT fall into this trap.
Why is it that you try to be all things? Why not focus on your strengths? Be the best lawyer you can be and then surround yourself with a team of professionals that will help you reach your goals faster then if you try to do it all on your own?
In the 15 and more years I have been coaching lawyers, I run into this all the time during a consultation. You are building your own website. You are taking on tasks that can easily and more efficiently be delegated to another professional at a fraction of the cost to you, while freeing up more of your time for billables and getting more clients.
Frankly I am still surprised at how many people fall into this trap. It’s simple math really. Take your hourly rate and minus what you would pay a paralegal, or assistant, or IT professional. Guess what? That’s money (profits) you are leaving on the table. And if your not stealing time away from billable work to complete these tasks, you’re stealing it away from business development, growth and profitability.
How about for one day you be the lawyer, that’s it. Just be the lawyer.
by Gary Mitchell | Nov 18, 2019 | Becoming more strategic, Practice management, Profitability
Do you ever wonder how you can become more profitable? My most recent column on The Lawyers Daily addresses how you can.
https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/16170/the-coach-where-are-the-profits-gary-mitchell
by Gary Mitchell | May 3, 2019 | Becoming more strategic, Business development, Marketing
If you are a managing partner or founder of a law firm, and looking to grow, you won’t want to miss this. Join me live on Tuesday May 7th, at 7 pm EST for the first of a series of podcasts entitled, Law – It’s a Business.
I will be sharing the very same strategies I do with my clients who are successfully leading their firms to increased efficiency, productivity, higher growth and profitability.
This will be a live coaching session so I invite you to bring those burning questions you have about business development and marketing.
Click here to join – https://www.lawwatercooler.com/law-water-cooler-presents-the-business-of-law/
I look forward to seeing you there.
