The Small Business Advisor and ActionCOACH Atlanta
This week I sat down with Karen Bershad, CEO of The Small Business Advisor, and Jeff Smith, Executive Coach for ActionCOACH Atlanta. They talked about the consulting, coaching, and educational solutions they offer to the small- to mid-sized companies in the Atlanta area they offer that have proven to help their respective clients grow both top and bottom line revenues. They are able to achieve these successes by helping the small business owner assess and modify their time management, effectively managing the financial aspects of their business, and focused energy on revenue-generating activities that move their clients’ companies forward.
As Certified Pro-Advisors for QuickBooks, The Small Business Advisor provides installation, training and data management on-site or off-site for small- to mid-sized businesses that utilize the QuickBooks suite of tools to manage their finances. For companies using the installed version of the software, The Small Business Advisors can access their clients’ system and work remotely when needed. This makes it easy for The Small Business Advisors to diagnose problems and fix them quickly. They provide a wide variety of services that are specific to the small business, particularly related to the financial functions/reporting for the small business. The Small Business Advisor is also a client of ActionCOACH Atlanta, utilizing their business and executive coaching services to improve the way they manage and grow their business.
ActionCOACH Atlanta is the place to go to build your successful business or your successful executive business career and take them to the next level. The firm is comprised of a team of full-time, dedicated business and executive coaches who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in their businesses and careers. Each coach goes through a rigorous training process to acquire the proven coaching techniques and methods for helping transfer that knowledge to ActionCOACH Atlanta clients. ActionCOACH Atlanta helps their clients grow and succeed through a combination of educational offerings and regular check-in discussions with their respective coaches. Their approach helps their clients improve their business acumen and execution through accountability to an agree-upon plan of action(s). ActionCOACH Atlanta is committed to the community’s economic health and growth and has a goal of facilitating the creation of over 5000 new jobs in the Atlanta area. To date, their positive results for their clients have added an additional 273 new jobs due to ActionCOACH client growth. ActionCOACH is so confident in the level of ROI their clients get as a result of engaging with them that they offer a guarantee for their clients that they will see a positive ROI in less than 2 quarters, making it hard to say, “No,” to taking advantage of this resource.
Special Guests:
Karen Bershad, CEO/Founder, The Small Business Advisor 
- Certified Intuit QuickBooks Pro Advisor
- Member, North Atlanta Business Association
- Independent Associate, LegalShield
- Focus Group Presenter, North Metro Area REIA
Jeff Smith, Executive Coach, ActionCOACH Atlanta 
- General Counsel/Chief Administrative Officer, ActionCOACH Atlanta
Former General Counsel, SVP HR, Worldspan Technologies - MBA Strategic Management, Pepperdine University
- JD, Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law
