Richard Boome
Live and work with passion and ease!
Having been a successful small business owner myself, I understand the trials and tribulations (and huge satisfaction) of owning a small business. I am passionate about working with clients as they plan and transition from one stage to another in the development of their business.
I have studied (BA LLB), travelled extensively, worked in the corporate world (Homechoice, Sky TV London) and lived as a successful entrepreneur and small business owner since 1999.
I am inspired by people who are open, curious and driven to live a successful and purposeful life.
Experience
I have experienced a 7 year journey of starting a small business, growing it to the stage where I was managing fifteen staff and hundreds of clients, and finally exiting the business to take a one year sabbatical and travel the world.
These are some of the areas where I would've loved to have had a coach:
- Planning and managing the transitions from one stage to another in the development of the business (particularly in moving from being the main implementor -> to the manager of others)
- Identifying goals, assessing risks - and then going for it!
- Having a thinking partner to bounce ideas with and keep focused on the
'big picture'
- Growing a team, managing it, and eventually downscaling it
- Managing money and resources, without falling into the debt trap
- Maintaining a healthy work / life balance
If you are a small business owner facing any of these issues, I would love to meet with you!
Qualifications
I graduated with a BA (LLB) degree from UCT in 1992.
I hold a Diploma in Coaching from the Coaching Centre, where I graduated in 2006 after completing a 2 year coaching course.
I'm a founding member of COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa).
Some References
“I can enthusiastically endorse Richard Boome as a life and business coach. I am a psychotherapist and executive coach myself, and I have chosen Richard as my own coach. I find our sessions invaluable. He is a great listener, but is also capable of giving valuable input from his own successful business experience."
Mary Ovenstone
“Richard integrates his realism from the business world, his community-minded spirit, his legal background and a healthy dose of east and west into his coaching toolkit. Anyone lucky enough to get a regular time-slot of Richard's magic is bound to move forward feeling supported and buoyant. Richard engenders a gentle Can-Do attitude and a balanced view of the world in the people he works with.”
Rosemary Shapiro
"I have had the privilege of being coached by Richard Boome for the past two months. The coaching experience has been tremendously beneficial. Richard has proved to be a perceptive and intuitive coach. He has an excellent ability to draw out the client’s own insights and does not project his own values or opinions onto the situation. His approach has been empowering and developmental, teasing out the client’s own thoughts and experiences and gently guiding one to developing responses and corrective action. I can strongly recommend Richard Boome as a personal coach."
Cecilia Dawson
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
- Alan Cohen |
