This issue brief will describe a different approach to business training and coaching, one that links business training and CCMS software, includes steps to deepen understanding, participation and use of administrative tools and principles, and is focused on measurable business outcomes. In this approach, the automation support entity (which is typically also responsible for business training and/or Technical Assistance (T/TA), forms a unique partnership with center or home-based providers, a partnership aimed at helping to structure the work as well as capture and utilize data to make business decisions that improve the financial well-being of their program. Just as pedagogical coaching is often aimed at improving ERS or CLASS scores, the goal of business coaching is to improve business metrics that matter most for the sustainability of the ECE program. A host of national leaders in early care and education quality improvement have focused on strategies that use data to continuously improve practice and inform professional development. This approach has relevance for business leadership as well. (author abstract)