Coach between sessions, not just in them
Your clients take the Best Boss assessment, get their full Leadership Development Report, and work on the six tensions in a private journal. You read what each client chooses to share, so you walk into every session knowing what they tried, what they noticed and where they are stuck. And leaders who take the assessment can find you in the app.
Every coach plan includes Plus access for you and starts with a 30-day free trial.
How it works
- Bring your clients, or let new ones find you. Invite a client by email or give them your personal code. Leaders who take the assessment can also find you in the app's coach directory and ask to work with you.
- They take the assessment and do the work. Each client gets their full Leadership Development Report, then reflects, tries the book's practices and runs 30-day development cycles in a private journal.
- You coach with what they share. Read the pages each client chooses to share, leave them notes, and follow their progress, and your whole roster's, between sessions.
Find new clients
Every leader who takes the Best Boss assessment reads their results in the app, and the app's Find a coach directory shows them the coaches who work with leaders like them.
- Listed where leaders look. Turn on your listing on your Coach page: your photo, bio, specialties, location and credentials, shown to leaders whose level, industry and country you choose to work with.
- Requests arrive with consent. A leader who wants to work with you sends a request, with their agreement to share their journal already given. You accept or decline it on your roster; a request you do not answer lapses after 14 days.
- Trained coaches first. Coaches with the Trained in the Best Boss method badge are listed ahead of the rest.
- Plus members flagged. Requests from Plus members are marked as priority and listed first on your roster.
- Program participants. When you coach an organization's program with us, its participants see you offered on their Profile.
Clients you find here are yours to coach on your own terms: the platform connects you, and you agree your coaching and fees directly with them.
Coaches on the platform are independent. We don't verify qualifications or review advice, and readers are told so. The badge tells them you know our process.
What you get
- Your clients' journals, with their consent. Reflections, practices, notes, development cycles and 90-day reviews, page by page as each client chooses. They can narrow it or end it at any time.
- Notes to your clients and private working notes. Notes appear on the client's page; private notes are yours alone.
- A dashboard across your clients. Group figures for the clients who share their whole journal, five or more, never one person.
- Firms. Practice, Team and Firm plans add coaches, caseloads, transfers and a firm dashboard.
- Your listing in Find a coach. Readers who want a coach see you, matched to the levels, industries, and countries you list; trained coaches are listed first.
- The app, for you. Plus access for yourself, the orientation training, and the Trained in the Best Boss method badge once you've completed it.
How your clients get access
Your clients use the app with Full Access. There are four ways in, and you choose what fits each client:
- Their book year. Each copy of The Best Boss Effect comes with a year of Full Access: the client uploads their receipt in the app.
- Bulk book codes. Order books in bulk for your clients and we issue a book code for each one. You send the codes from your Coach page; each gives one client their book year.
- Seats you pay for (optional). Pay for a client's Full Access yourself: $5 a month per client, added to your plan and turned off whenever you like.
- The alumni rate while you work together. A client who subscribes on their own renews at the $5 alumni rate for as long as they are connected with you.
Plans
Starter
Trying it with a few clients
$29 a month
Monthly only
- Up to 5 active clients
- 1 coach
Most coaches start here
Solo
An independent coach
$49 a month
or $490 a year
- Up to 15 active clients
- 1 coach
Practice
Two coaches sharing clients
$99 a month
or $990 a year
- Up to 30 active clients, pooled
- Up to 2 coaches
Team
A small coaching team
$149 a month
or $1,490 a year
- Up to 60 active clients, pooled
- Up to 3 coaches
Firm
A coaching firm, growing
$199 a month
or $1,990 a year
- Up to 100 active clients, pooled
- Up to 5 coaches
- Just starting? Starter is $29 a month for up to 5 clients.
- More than 100 clients or 5 coaches? Let’s talk.
- Helping one person informally? That’s free with Full Access. A practice needs a plan.
Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. A card is needed to start; nothing is charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel before then. Nobody is charged per client unless you choose to pay for a seat.
Trained in the Best Boss method
Coaches trained in the Best Boss method carry a badge on their card and are listed first in the coach directory. The badge tells readers a coach has read the book, completed our orientation, and accepted our coach agreement; it is not an assessment of coaching qualifications or results. It is earned on your Coach page:
- Accept the coach agreement.
- Upload your receipt for The Best Boss Effect.
- Complete the orientation training: four short modules, about 90 minutes.
The coach agreement
When you start, you accept the coach agreement: your clients' journals stay confidential, client data stays in the platform, and the Best Boss materials are used only through it. It also says how clients move between coaches and what happens to your clients if your plan ends.
Questions coaches ask
Do my clients need to buy the book?
No. The book is the simplest way in, since each copy comes with a year of Full Access. You can also send bulk book codes, pay for a client's seat at $5 a month, or the client can subscribe; while they are connected with you, their subscription renews at the $5 alumni rate.
Can I start with one or two clients?
Yes. Starter covers up to five active clients, and every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. Move up whenever you need more room.
What counts as an active client?
A connected client who shares their journal with you and has done something in the last 30 days: written an entry, started or closed a cycle, or received a note from you. Clients who go quiet stop counting until they come back.
What do I see, and what don't I?
Only what each client chooses to share, page by page. They can see exactly what you see, narrow it, or end the connection at any time. Your private working notes are yours alone.
How do new clients find me?
Through Find a coach, once you turn on your listing on your Coach page. Leaders see the coaches who work with their level, industry and country, and send you a request.
What happens if I cancel?
Your plan runs to the end of your trial or paid period. After that your clients keep their accounts, journals and reports, and your connections stay in place; you read their pages again as soon as a plan is live.
Questions first? Write to support@thebestbosseffect.com.