Discover how identifying your unique coaching framework can save you time, streamline your process, and deliver better results for your clients. In this episode, Nicole Lehman shares three actionable steps to define and leverage your coaching framework to scale your impact as an online coach.
Working with clients 1:1 will never be replaced in the online coaching industry. There is no way that self paced content can uniquely and individually meet each person right where they're at the way that you do live in a zoom call. And I'm not here to claim that it can. But in today's episode, I want to propose an idea. A concept that not many online coaches are considering. What you are doing in your highly individualized 1:1 work, if it's effective, is all based in a coaching framework of some kind. And that coaching framework has so much more potential in your business than you probably realize.
Online coaching is deeply personal, and every client comes with unique needs. But behind the individualized work lies a common thread—a coaching framework. Whether you realize it or not, your process for guiding clients to success follows a structure. In this post, we’ll uncover how defining your framework can help you save time, improve results, and position your business for scalable growth.
What Is a Coaching Framework?
A coaching framework is your unique roadmap for helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. It’s the repeatable process that underpins your 1:1 sessions, group calls, and even your self-paced content.
Step 1: Define the End Results
Start by identifying the overarching outcomes your clients achieve after working with you. Be specific—this isn’t marketing copy but a behind-the-scenes blueprint of your process.
Step 2: Break Results into Buckets
For each result, identify the key components (buckets) needed to achieve it. These could be concepts you teach, strategies you employ, or milestones your clients hit.
Step 3: Drill Down to Actionable Steps
For each bucket, list the specific steps, concepts, or actions clients must take. This level of clarity helps you see opportunities to streamline or outsource base-level teaching.
How a Framework Transforms Your Business
- Repurpose into Self-Paced Content: Identify repetitive, foundational concepts and create videos, guides, or podcasts to teach them.
- Assess Client Gaps More Strategically: Use your framework as a tool to evaluate where each client needs support.
- Stay Focused and Avoid Dilution: Boundaries created by your framework help you stick to the program’s core goals, even when tangential client questions arise.
Investing the time to outline your coaching framework will make your business more intentional, impactful, and scalable. Not only will you provide better results for your clients, but you’ll also create the clarity needed to grow your offerings.
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