John D. Laslavic, LPBC, Receives 2013 PBCA’S Founders / Legend Award

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ThistleSea’s President Honored By North America’s Premier Professional  Business Coaches. The Professional Business Coaches Alliance (PBCA) recognized John D. Laslavic, LPBC, President, ThistleSea Business Development, Wexford, PA,  for his dedicated work and efforts in developing and improving the business coaching profession and his leadership in the growth of the Professional Business Coaches Alliance.

At its 2013 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, Mr. Laslavic was presented with the First Founders/ Legend Award by PBCA’s founder Mr. John Deagan, LPBC, of Canton, OH and Mr. Jon Denny, LPBC, PBCA’s Owner & President, of Syracuse, NY.

This distinguished award recognized Mr. Laslavic for his support and significant contributions to the PBCA.  Mr. Laslavic has been associated with the PBCA organization since its early inception in 2005.  He has served multiple years on the Executive Leadership Team, has served as the organization’s first Director of Strategic Alliances, worked as a JumpStart Coach who mentored business coaches whom desired training and those developing their business coaching practices after receiving their PBCA organization Business Coaching designations.

He was instrumental in developing and earning the PBCA Black Belt designation, which is the highest designation recognized by his peers,  demonstrating superior business coaching, knowledge and service to his community and the over 100 Professional Business Coaches in the United States and Canada.

Mr. Laslavic also founded ThistleSea Business Development in 2005.  Currently, this growing firm has 3 Licensed Professional Business coaches.  He is actively involved and serves the membership of The Chamber of Commerce, Inc, Wexford, PA, as the Vice Chair, Board of Directors and the Chairman, Personnel Committee and volunteers his time assisting men and women in their job transitions through Priority Two.

Great Client Testimonial For ThistleSea Business Development, LLC

Ultimate Defensive Driving School LLC.

www.ultimatedefensivedriving.us

25 February 2011

Mr. John Laslavic Thistle Sea Business Development 7500 Brooktree Rd Wexford, PA 15090

Dear John:

I just wanted to take a moment and express my sincere gratitude for your service.  We have come a long way in a short period of time in putting systems in place.  My business has evolved into a premiere driver safety training company.  We have expanded our business solely on our discussions and implementation of solid rules and sticking with them.  You have a good product and service and are easily accessible. Our discussions at 10pm on several occasions have paid dividends many times. Furthermore, you also continue to expand and provide top shelf service as well.  Recently, you added an information technology person to help with state of the art web design.  Alex Lau has brought a whole new facet to your company.  I now have a state of the art website.

As for Ultimate Defensive Driving we have had explosive growth in the safe driver training arena.  We have grown over 30 percent for the past 2 years, added 5 employees and instructed well over 300 young drivers and 250 drivers of companies in our region.  You can rest assured that our growth can be attributed to your diligence in keeping us on track.  Thanks again and continued success with your company!

Respectfully, James A. Clair President/ Founder

720 Hartland Drive Cranberry Twp., PA 16066 724.321.5655 jclair@ultimatedefensivedriving.us

26 Reasons Business Owners Seek Help

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When Might You Want To Recommend Or Seek Assistance from A Licensed Professional Business Coach?

Many life events occur that impact business owners, business partners, business investors and business executives.  When should you seek help from an experienced business coach or mentor?  And why would you look for one?

ThistleSea Business Developments’ clients come from many different skills, educational backgrounds, careers, geographic locations and types of businesses.  But are there some things they have in common?  Yes, a few include:

• A strong desire to succeed!
• Knowledge that they might not know everything!
• Some degree of lacking a completely clear vision of the future!
• Experiencing some type of frustration, failure and/or pain!
• A gradual or a sudden change of circumstances in their business or personal life!
• An unending need or desire to learn more and get it right!

So what are some of the types of circumstances you might recognize in others or in your own business that could encourage you to recommend a business coach to another or seek assistance yourself?

Below are some reasons that we see at ThistleSea Business Development that might help you:

1. Business is growing too fast for the owner to keep up with the changes needed.
2. Owner losing control.
3. Lack of business sales growth.
4. Desire to sell and/or realizing the business has little value.
5. Disputes within the business.
6. Son(s) or daughter(s) taking over the reins of the business.
7. Family issues in the business.
8. Junior partner takes over the business,
9. Business begins to fail after 16, 32 or more years of a successful business.
10. Owner ends up in the emergency room because of the business pressures.
11. Not enough income to earn a profit.
12. Bank loan requirements that suggest a higher success rate when owners hire a licensed professional business coach.
13. Owner cannot find employees who care.
14. Owner 2 years in business and the business not working.
15. A monumental mistake that puts their business at extreme risk.
16. Owner failed in one business and not wanting to fail again.
17. Looking for a new location to establish or re-establish the business.
18. Retirement of a senior owner or partner.
19. Co-owner not fulfilling their responsibilities.
20. Theft of business assets by a co-owner or employee.
21. Owner continues to self-sabotage.
22. Competition from other businesses or individuals.
23. Franchise model broken because of owner’s success.
24. Added additional locations and owner(s) are out of control.
25. Death of the owner or key employee.
26. Loss of key customer(s) severely impacting revenue / cash flow.

If you are experiencing any of these situations in your business or others, be encouraged that there is help and these situations have answers and can be resolved for business improvement.

Our staff and allies at ThistleSea Business Development can help you identify the best way to start, resolve these issues and help you gain clarity and take action.  We encourage contacting us at 724.935.1930 for a free initial consultation.

By John D. Laslavic, LPBC, President

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