What Do I Need To Legally Protect My Coaching Business?

  And there you have it, you can run your   coaching business   and be fabulous with no pants! And you can be successful doing it. The birth of the entire online business is here. And coming from someone who started practicing law when the internet was like just invented, this is exciting stuff to us. You have content, you have courses, you have people who want to know your stuffs. Traditional one-on-one   Coaching Client Agreement   will not do. You need an   online coaching  business package . What is the  Online Coaching Business Package ? It can be anything you want, but it usually consists of these components in some way, shape, or form: Coaching Terms and Conditions You’ve probably agreed to them without even reading them — but if you are selling coaching services online through your website, you should have Terms & Conditions (T&C). Sometimes they are mixed into the website’s Terms of Use (also called Terms of Service); however, hav...

  People assume that because we are attorneys, we will put a lot of difficult-to-understand legalese riddled with Latin terms that sound scary in their contracts. This is not a wrong assumption to make about attorneys (a lot of them are like that), but your coaching agreement should both protect you and not scare away your client at the same time. Coaching Contract Whether you are a life coach, business coach, health coach, or any other type of coach, these are some things to consider about your coaching contract: Consider calling your Contract a “  Coaching  Client Services Agreement ” Make sure you balance the right “tone” with the right amount of protection. You do not want your  coaching contract  to read like you are going to war with your client; you want it to sound like you will love your client, but if you client does not pay or is mean to you, it’s game over. Concise and to the point is always better than paragraphs and paragraphs of explaining things ...

  Our   life coaches   are life savers!   Life coaches   help us improve our life, identify the disconnect between where we are now and where we want to be, eliminate negative self-talk, get us out of our own darn way, and much much more! As a  life coach , you help improve the lives of others, so let us help improve your business life a little! THE “C” WORD Oh, you know that word:  Contract . The word “ Contract ” can create a number of reactions in our life coaches, from fear to confusion to distrust. You do not want to pass these negative connotations on to your client when you are about trust and positivity and clarity! And legal is synonymous with expensive, stuffy, and “the old boys club.” Why would you want to spend hours trying to figure what legal protections your  coaching business  needs while you can be doing what you love-coaching! Well, here is a myth buster: Your  life coaching contract  can set the tone, expectation ...