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Your business grew but you're still running it like it's just you.

NowHuman helps small business leaders get through the growing pains, when the team gets bigger and everything still lands on your desk.

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You built this by doing it yourself. That worked. Until it didn't.

Now the team is bigger. Deadlines slip. Good people leave. Every question still ends up with you. You're working more and steering less.

That's not a character flaw. It's a growing-pains problem. It has two sides:

  • You. How you lead, decide, and show up for your team.

  • The business. How the work, the sales, and the people actually move.

Most help only fixes one side. I look at both.

Meet your Leadership Coach

Ajay Chikermane - iPEC Certified Professional Coach

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I grew my own Power & Energy company from $100K to $10M over 30 years. I've helped over a hundred leaders and companies find their growing pains with proven frameworks and coaching. I'm an iPEC Certified Professional Coach.

I know the cost of doing it alone, and you don't have to.

Let's Talk

Two ways to work

Leadership Coaching
For when the problem is how you lead. You'll learn to think, talk, decide, and connect like the leader your team needs, without losing the expert who got you here.

Small Business Consulting
For when the problem is how the business runs. We find what's leaking time, money, and people. Then we build a plan to fix it.

Start with either one. They lead to each other.

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Coaching Programs

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The Quick Wins

Two hours. Four moves. Thirty days to see what sticks.

You don't need months of coaching to start leading better. You need one thing to do differently on Monday. In one session, we pick one action for each part of how you lead: how you think, communicate, decide, and engage. You practise for 30 days. Then we meet again to see what changed.

C$297 · 2-hour session + 30-day plan + 30-minute debrief

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The Heartbeat of a Leader

You were great at the work. Now you're in charge of the people doing it.

One-on-one coaching for owners whose team has outgrown the way they lead. Over one to three months, you build the four heartbeats of leadership (think, communicate, decide, engage) through three lenses: you, your people, and your business.

From C$1,197 · 1, 2, or 3 months · four 1-hour sessions a month

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The Business Pain Finder

Growing pains are real. Find out exactly where it hurts.

Missed deadlines. Staff who quit. Sales that stall. Those are symptoms. The Pain Finder Program finds the cause, traces it to the root, and helps you fix it for good. Start with Tier 1, then go as deep as you need.

From C$2,497 · 3 tiers · 2 weeks to 6 months

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