Running the practice
Capacity, retention, admin, and the hours nobody bills for.
4 dispatches
- No. 00321 Sept 2026Running the practice3 minOnly a third of the week is coachingThe average coach delivers 11.6 hours of sessions inside a 26 to 35 hour week. A $150 hour becomes a $25 hour, and most rate advice never mentions it.
- No. 00618 Sept 2026Running the practice3 minTwelve clients is the ceiling, and it decides your pricingA sustainable one-to-one practice tops out at 10 to 15 active clients. Every pricing decision follows from that, and most coaches meet it by accident.
- No. 00816 Sept 2026Running the practice3 minThe six-figure coaches are not better at marketingCoaches above $120,000 get 55% of revenue from existing clients. Coaches below $80,000 get 70% from new ones. That is the whole difference.
- No. 00915 Sept 2026Running the practice3 minThe stack tax: $6,500 a year before a single sessionA typical fragmented coaching toolset runs $539 to $600 a month. The subscriptions are the visible half of the cost.