EP 66: Dominic Monkhouse Gets Real on What it Takes to Build Grit, Resilience, and Really Strong Teams

Growth is challenging because growth requires change. And many of us are stuck in our ways and we don’t even know it.

Which is why it can be so helpful to have other people ask you questions that will push you out of your comfort zone.

In a coaching program, boot camp or mastermind, you can have someone else force you to really look at yourself and ask, “Am I willing to adapt and grow and change to get the business that I want? And am I getting in the way of what I want?”

And the answer is usually yes.

Today, I’m talking with a business coach who helps his clients and his audience get comfortable with being uncomfortable. He’s got so much to share about business, how to manage teams, and how to think about growth in your business.

Dominic Monkhouse is an architect of business growth and a business coach to some very impressively large IT companies. Before becoming a coach, he headed up and grew multiple multi-million dollar IT companies. Prior to his career in IT, Dominic held positions in a number of industries, including selling gold, diamonds, women’s underwear and chickens. Dominic now helps other businesses as a coach and works with his clients and their teams in the  “Management Lab” on his farm near Salisbury. He also hosts the weekly podcast, The Melting Pot, where he shares nuggets of value and conversations with business leaders about what’s working today.

Tune into this episode to hear:

• How Dominic decided to proceed with his controversial book title

• Dominic’s approach to coaching and consulting for high-performing IT teams

• His advice for pricing increases — especially if you’re nervous about upping your prices

• What it really takes to build strong teams that can meet their potential

• Why Dominic tells new clients he’s going to make their business “difficult” in the beginning

 

Learn more about Dominic:

• Monkhouse and Company

• Connect with Dominic on LinkedIn

• Instagram: @monkhouseandcompany

• F*ck Plan B: How to Scale Your Technology Business Faster and Achieve Plan A

• The Melting Pot

Learn more about Pia:

• No BS Agency Owners Free Facebook Group

• The Show Your Business Who's Boss Crash Course

• Start reading the first chapter of my book

• Piasilva.com

Resources:

The Melting Pot: Badass Your Brand and Show Your Business Who’s Boss with Pia Silva

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, Kim Scott