Life Coach Handbook (First Edition): All the Tools You Need to Manage a Thriving Coaching Practice

First Edition

This textbook covers the fundamentals of setting up a coaching business. I share tools and techniques that will assist you in launching and running your thriving coaching practice. I approach this topic from coaching, psychology, counseling, marketing, and corporate management perspectives. The following foundational coaching resources are covered in this handbook:

Context— Background information, research findings, theory, and contextual material that will give you the background you need.

Guidelines— Best practices that will streamline your coaching processes and guarantee you deliver high-quality coaching services to your clients.

Planning— Critical planning and decision-making techniques to rapidly optimize your coaching business.

Records— Best practices for professionally documenting coaching information such as notes, records, intake, agreements, questionnaires, and feedback.

Skills— Core coaching skills, techniques, and tips so you can get certified, launch your coaching business, and start immediately.

Business— Foundational knowledge needed to run your business, manage financials, market your services effectively, create your brand, and build your Internet presence.

Exercises— Proven techniques that will generate immediate success by jumpstarting the coaching process with your clients.

Forms— Sample forms and business documents you can adapt and tune to your specific coaching practice.

Tools— Smart tools that will help pinpoint particular client issues so you can make informed, empathetic, and professional coaching decisions.

The COVID-19 global Pandemic has left a lasting impact on all our lives—new expanded content reviews the mental health, physical health, and social implications of the Pandemic. I share tools and techniques to help you coach individuals recovering from pandemic trauma and stress.