Cat
Hi, guys. My name is Cat, and welcome to Meet Your Mentor. Today we're going to be interviewing Reece. He's actually one of our newest coaches, so we're very excited to be interviewing him today. So, Reece, if you want to start with telling us a little bit more about yourself, what did you used to do before? Cool.
Reece
So, hi, my name is Reece. So before, I'm actually from Mauritius originally, so I was born in London, then I moved to Mauritius when I was about ten years old. For past experience, I was working in retail previously, so I was actually a swimming instructor, was also a PE coach as well, and also I worked under my mom's shop, so it was a lot of retail sort of based opportunities, so it's kind of why I kind of slithered my way through into this sort of business. Definitely something big, yeah.
Cat
Amazing. So, can you tell us a little bit more about your first experience in sales and what's made you pick a sales career?
Reece
Cool. So, I feel like since I was quite young, I really feel like I was very business-oriented family, so I feel like sales is always something I leaned towards. But my first experience at Blackstar for sure was absolutely amazing. I think the positive energy, everyone's always very bubbly, you know, just going straight into the field, you know, talk to people, actually solving their problems and actually get into those pitches and closes, it really, really does help, really helps develop a lot of skills as well. But, honestly, the main, main skills I've kind of developed from this was actually just a lot of people skills. Definitely, like, solving on, just being, thinking on your feet basically is a very big thing around this area. Also, in general, just kind of like thinking off the top of your head, just, you know, if they give you a problem, kind of solution all the time, it's just very, very quick thinking. Really, really, really good.
Cat
First of all, what's made you decide to become a coach and sort of take on that responsibility, and how have you found your first few months coaching?
Reece
Cool. So, I would say, to be fair, from my past experiences as well, definitely being an instructor and also PE coach, already just kind of having that sort of role of coaching other people, making them grow, I feel like definitely in Blackstar kind of helped me, like, kind of upgrade in a sort of way. I would say it was definitely great just to actually teach people the way it was, because I was exactly in their shoes as well. I remember my first day very clearly. I was also very nervous, wasn't too sure what to do here and there, but I completely understand the people and understand what to do in sales, and it's honestly a really, really good experience, to be fair. Really, really good.
Cat
And in your opinion, what does success look like when you're coaching someone new?
Reece
I would definitely say definitely coming on time. I would definitely say them putting a positive attitude always when it comes to work as well. So them always coming through, always trying to give a hundred percent effort, always giving me their time, always being a hundred percent reliable as well. I feel like those little steps over there kind of show already success. It's always the little actions that you kind of got to give credit, credit the most. That's definitely the best things, yeah.
Cat
Nice. And we are going to get a little bit personal. So, what are some of your personal goals for this year and next year? Is there anything that you've got on your radar?
Reece
One of my personal goals, to be fair, I'll be graduating next year, July, but one of my main goals in Blackstar is definitely to become business director, definitely be aiming for that. So after I graduate, that's out of the scheme I'm going to be going for. It's one of my main goals and main purposes, and, yeah, that's basically it.
Cat
And anything outside of work?
Reece
Outside of work. Well, to be fair, any personal goals at the very moment, I'm definitely just trying to branch out and kind of use my sales skill in any other sort of expertise, for example, opening up my own business, definitely something I really wanted to do, so kind of branch out to either property or just really go back to Mauritius and just trying to explore my skills, because I feel like Blackstar has really, really helped me in those sort of skills. Yeah.
Cat
Amazing. So look, Reece, it's been an absolute pleasure interviewing you, and I'm ready to keep speaking to you next. We're going to be interviewing many more coaches in the coming future.