The Business of Coaching
Download MP3For the final episode of season 1, we reflect on our 6 months of coach training, what we are going to do with these skills, and how we're thinking about our practice/business of coaching.
In this episode of @CoachingThruIt, Julie and Laura talk about the “business” of coaching -- specifically the nuts and bolts of how we are setting up our coaching practice diving deep into confidence, values, when we can do it, and what it means to actually launch our coaching practice as a business.
Intake forms for exploring coaching and booking coaching appointments:
- Contact info: phone, email, mailing address
- What do you want to explore with coaching?
- What are your goals, interests, and topics for coaching?
- What motivated you to explore coaching?
- Have you been coached before in the past?
- Share with me anything you would like to talk about during our coaching session
FYI: Requirements for earning an ACC coaching credential coaching is 70 paid hours and 30 hour pro bono for 100 hours. For PCC Level coaching credential there are 500 hours required.
Tools for Our Coaching Business includes:
- Online appointment scheduling: Acuity & Calendly
- Payment tools for charging for coaching services: Venmo & PayPal
- Meeting with clients online (recorded): Zoom, Phone, Audio Hijack + Skype or Zencaster
- Taking/sharing notes, progress, and recordings: Email, Dropbox & Notion
Other things mentioned in this episode:
- How I Built This Podcast Ep. Calendly: Tope Awotona
- Q&A #35: How and Why to Form an LLC
- Cynthia Pong Comprehensive Coaching
- Group Coaching
- Team Coaching
- Present Company with Krista Smith
- Laura’s Blogged Reflections on Coach Training/Coaching: Coaching Through It
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Are you interested in signing up to coach with these fine hosts of the pod?
Are you interested in signing up to coach with these fine hosts of the pod?
Follow the pod on Twitter: @CoachingThruIt & Instagram: @CoachingThruIt
Email us at: coachingthroughit@gmail.com
Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @julieclarsen
Music credit: The song reCreation by airtone has been remixed under a CC-BY license.