June Carter
of GYST* Solutions
Published on:
November 14, 2022
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by IAHSP®
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Q. Thanks for taking the time to sit with us to share your story with our readers. Can you start out by sharing a little bit about you and your company?
Thanks for having me. I'm June Carter. I'm the founder of GYST* Solutions. My career has taken some twists and turns that brought me to being a Home Stager. I majored in Interior Design and worked for many years designing offices in the New York tri state area. When I moved to Florida I started Home Staging. Like many Home Stagers I also became a Professional Organizer. Like many Professional Organizers I also become a Certified Life Coach. Then I became the IAHSP Home Stager Coach allowing me to coach and mentor Home Stagers to be successful in their business. Teaching the Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) course to new and aspiring Home Stagers is a particularly wonderful experience for me. I really enjoy supporting Home Stagers to visualize and achieve their goals.
Q. Everyone has a story about how they got started, what was the inspiration or the catalyst for you starting your business?
After many years of designing commercial office space in New York I was moving to Amelia Island in northeast Florida and seeking a new career path that would use my Interior Design background. As we were walking through a house with our real estate agent he asked me what I did and when I said Interior Design. He then asked if I could stage houses for him and I said yes. That night I signed up for my first Home Staging course and never looked back.
Q. What services do you offer? And why did you choose to offer those particular services?
I am the Home Stager Coach for IAHSP. As an ICF ACC level Certified Productivity Coach I coach and mentor Home Stagers to visualize their best selves in work, live and home while providing support to create a structure to achieve those goals.
With a degree in fine arts and a career in Interior Design ad Home Staging I am aware that many highly creative people don't get the input in their education and career as to how to be both creative and successful at business. I am passionate about supporting Home Stagers to be successful from creativity to business.
Q. Did you ever have a project or customer, where everything was going wrong or the project was challenging? Can you share about that time, and how did you find a solution, or over-come the challenge?
Northern Florida is a cliché in that there are many older people and retirees. I developed a niche in Home Staging for elderly people. Many elderly people don't know what the internet is or are very scared by it They don't understand that pictures of their house will be on the internet for the public to see. Many elderly people are moving into assisted living form a long term home and are very upset over it. I use my Life Coaching skills to hold their space literally and figuratively while they tell me their stories. The most challenging was when we got there and the homeowner was face down in the washing machine after a small stoke. We called an ambulance and stayed with her.
Luckily she had a friend there so we could call her family. After that I added a spot for an emergency contact on my intake form.
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Q. Running a business is not always easy. What have you learned about yourself and your business, since launching your company?
Balance in my life, work and home is critical to me. I am a high energy person and successful at multi tasking. But, I must delegate responsibilities to others and out source when needed. I cannot do it all.
Q. We've all had either an employee or a customer that makes what we are doing worth it all. Can you share with us a story about an employee, vendor or customer that really impacted you and touched your heart?
I have had several Home Staging assistants that treated my projects as if they were were their own businesses. Long hours, hard work and beautiful results. In gratitude I have provided coaching and mentoring to these assistants so they can go off and fly on their own.
Q. If you could go back in time and give yourself some advice on how to manage or grow your business, what advice would you give yourself?
I waiting to buy my own inventory until I had a really big project that paid for all it. I wish I had bought my own Home Staging inventory sooner.
Q. If a potential client were reading this article right now, what would you tell them about you, your team or your business that would convince them to choose your company?
GYST* Success Coaching delivers value through Life Coaching to help you *Keep Your Stuff Together and help you achieve your goals. Your creativity in your business provides the freedom to walk your path and break conventional boundaries while achieving your passion and goals. When you partner with GYST* Success Coaching you will benefit from gains in increased productivity and focus on what you love.
Increase revenue and have a success business with GYST* Success Coaching. You can manifest your successful business while focusing on the creative side on your business with the support of GYST* Coaching
Q. What is one fact about you or your business that most people might not know?
Other Home Stagers have brought me into Interior Design projects to handle the home offices in the residence. My background in designing commercial space translates well into home offices.
Q. Where do you see your business going in the next 5 or 10 years?
GYST* Solutions will continue to expand as a coaching business focusing on creative people especially Home Stagers.
Q. It was so great sitting with you to learn more about you and your company. How can people find out more about you and your business?
I have two websites www.GYST.Solutions and www.GYST-Coachong.com. Please visit both to see the full scope of my services I am very active on social media and love new friends and connections. Find me!
Q. Thank you so much for sharing your story with IASHP Articles!
Thank you for the opportunity and you are most welcome!
