“I need a business coach“ is a common phrase among business leaders today.
According to Forbes, “With the trend in professional mentorships on the rise, today’s business climate is ripe for experts to help with counsel, out-of-the-box thinking and alternative approaches.
With the trend in professional mentorships on the rise, today’s business climate is ripe for experts to help with counsel, out-of-the-box thinking and alternative approaches.
According to the American Society for Training and Development , managerial productivity increased 88 percent with mentorship compared to 24 percent with training alone. It appears colleagues do better with mentors and coaches!
Based on this growing need, TD SYNNEX launched TD SYNNEX Coaches, an exclusive, free online mentoring service for resellers, providing access to a comprehensive team of subject matter experts (SMEs) from TD SYNNEX to advise and coach on business-related matters through an online community. Check out this story in Channel Futures on the platform launch in April, 2020.
The TD SYNNEX Coaches platform is available to partners in North America. It includes more than 70 coaches who provide expertise via live content feeds and through one-on-one sessions offered exclusively to TD SYNNEX partners. The coaches advise on a wide and varied range of business topics — from building a practice around next-generation technologies, to helping individuals nurture and refine their personal and professional skills in marketing, sales, organizational enablement and more. In addition, many coaches have vertical industry expertise in public sector, healthcare, retail and smart cities.
The TD SYNNEX Coaches online community is powered by a B2B social networking platform with features and functionality modeling other find-an-expert platforms (think TaskRabbit for the home improvement industry) with “match features” to locate coaches who have the “superpowers” to meet a wide range of needs.
“Coaches is enhancing the way we engage with our partners,” said Stacy Nethercoat, senior vice president, Advanced Solutions. “This offering creates interactive environment that allows individuals within our partners’ organizations — each of whom represent an important role within their company — to innovate collaboratively, enhance their professional skillsets and accelerate business growth. We are excited to bring TD SYNNEX Coaches to market after seeing the incredible results and responses we’ve received from our partners who participated in the beta phase of this offering.”
This service, Nethercoat further explained, is aimed at helping TD SYNNEX partners readily develop skills and competencies needed to enhance their businesses and practices and enables them to create and deliver the best technology solutions possible for their end-user customers.
Getting Started
Begin by building a user “Smart Profile.” Users can access their personalized TD SYNNEX Coaches homepage and receive recommendations on additional coach connections that fit their interests and needs, as well as search and browse resources and experts on-demand within the online community. Members can view coach profiles and see coach meeting availability to request personal one-on-one sessions, as well as mark their favorite coaches and opt-in to receive coach notifications and content on personalized content feeds.
“As a managed service provider (MSP), TD SYNNEX Coaches is a valuable resource, providing guidance and support when we need it most. After building a profile on the platform, I was able to share my interests. Within minutes, I was connected with experts who could help me grow my skills in sales leadership and building strategic partnerships. What I find most impressive is that it’s not just for executives — it’s a great go-to reference for people at all levels who seek mentorship or seek input on how to grow their skills. I plan to have my entire team — including our marketing department — sign up to use this online coaching platform.”
– Juan Fernandez, vice president of Managed IT Services at ImageNet Consulting
TD SYNNEX plans to expand its Coaches platform, fortifying connections within the TD SYNNEX ecosystem among resellers, vendors and other industry partners, including availability beyond the U.S. and Canada.
Get started today by building your Smart Profile in minutes here.
