Practice Mentoring

For career coaches building something that holds together. The business side of coaching, plain and straight.

The coaches who come to me for practice mentoring are usually good at coaching. That is not the problem. The problem is the practice: the client acquisition, the pricing, the structure of the offer, the conversion conversations that feel uncomfortable, the months where the pipeline looks thin. Those are the bits nobody covers in coach training.

What we cover

That depends on where you are. In the first session I want to understand your current situation clearly: how you are getting clients, what you are charging, what the work looks like week to week, what is working and what is not. From that we build an honest picture and decide where to start.

Typical areas include: clarifying what you actually offer (which is often less clear than coaches think); fee setting and how to have that conversation; what a sustainable referral network looks like and how to build it without it taking over your life; how to handle the enquiry-to-client conversation without it feeling like selling.

What I am not

I am not a business coach in the broad sense. I work specifically with coaches. I am not going to give you a lead-generation funnel or a content calendar. I am going to help you work out why the clients you want are not finding you, and what is actually worth doing about it.

How it works

Six sessions, spaced roughly every three weeks, with clear scope for each one. You will leave each session with a small number of specific things to do. Not a list. A small number. That is the work in plain English.

Fee is £195 per session. You can stop after three if it is not the right fit. I do not ask for all six upfront.

Talk about where your practice is

Questions about practice mentoring

How confidential is what we discuss?

Completely. The content of our sessions stays between us. I do not discuss your practice, your client situations, or your business decisions with anyone. If I am also supervising a coach you know, there is a firewall. I will mention it and let you decide how you want to handle it.

Are you taking new mentoring clients?

Yes. Book a twenty-minute call. I keep the mentoring work small enough to do properly so there is usually a short wait, but it is worth checking.

Have you had practice mentoring yourself?

Yes. Twice. Once when I started and once when I restructured the practice. Both were useful. That is partly why I take it seriously, and why I am honest about what it cannot fix.

What do coaches most often underestimate?

How much of running a solo coaching practice is not coaching. The positioning, the admin, the conversations that do not convert, the slow build of a referral network. Coaching is a skill. Building a practice around it is a different skill set. It takes longer than people expect, and it is worth giving it proper attention.

Are there any hidden costs?

No. The fee is £195 per session. I do not have a programme to buy into or a community membership on top. Six sessions with a clear scope for each. That is the whole thing.

Let's work out where your practice is

A twenty-minute call, no pitch. We will see if this is the right arrangement before anything else.

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