Hi, I’m Steve Thompson, MPT, PCC, BCC, CEC
I have worn many hats throughout my life – husband, father, physical therapist, business owner, coach, mentor, and teacher. Each one of those hats has given me so many gifts, challenges, and “a-ha” moments, yet I would not trade any of those struggle experiences as they have helped me find my true passion and calling – a life and business coach.
My 28-year career as a physical therapist taught me to not just treat the symptom but to dig in and treat the whole body and get to the root of the issue causing pain. In my 22 years of managing two busy PT clinics, I created strategies to run the business more efficiently and effectively, dissected the business to find the root cause of an issue, and then was able to create a financially successful business in one of the most challenging industries.
My Professional Background
Health Care Professional
I have worked for over 28 years as a physical therapist before stepping away to focus on coaching. During that time, I learned to listen to patients tell their stories to find the root of the problems and to create a plan to treat the cause of the pain or injury. Coaching has a lot of parallels to being a healthcare provider. In coaching, I often listen to a person’s current situation, struggles, and words that give me clues on how to guide a client on their journey. I love combining the client’s story with inquiries, examinations, deep dives, and exercises to deepen the coach-client relationship. As the relationship strengthens, this allows the client to create a workable plan and to achieve their desired goals
Business Owner
I have been a business owner for 20+ years, growing a business from one location in a small office space to a robust practice with two bustling clinics. Our team has grown from 4 to 26 over those years and I have navigated many ups and downs, pivots, recalibrations, restructuring, changes in staff and management teams, difficult financial times and times in abundance. We have changed systems several times to adapt to new challenges, used technology to our advantage to increase efficiency, and created new marketing strategies to explode our business. I feel like I have seen it all and have a perspective to handle any issue that can come up in a business.
Coach
As a coach, I quickly realized that most business problems are not unique to one professional space. There are common themes across all businesses – organization, teamwork, vision and values, communication, marketing, metrics, and much more. I have helped many clients go from an overwhelmed solopreneur, who is ready to quit, to having a growing business that they love again, actively hiring staff, creating a management team, and finally moving themselves out of the business so they can pursue what they truly want to achieve. That is Freedom! Many of these businesses have seen 2-10x growth in revenue and profits while working less and less during the week. It is possible!
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