Coaching Client Agreement
This Coaching Client Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement"), is made effective as of the date of the Client’s signature and agreement to these terms by and between the following parties:
Brooks Lane LLC DBA The Confidence Track, a limited liability company, organized
under the laws of the state of Colorado, hereinafter referred to as "Coach," having an
address as follows:
9888 W Belleview Ave, Ste 2232, Denver, CO 80123
Email: lisa@theconfidencetrack.com
and signee of agreement, hereinafter referred to as "Client," having an
Email: provided by Client in order form submission for Confidence Club program.
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RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Client is desirous of implementing coaching services into the Client's area
of interest, as discussed more fully below;
WHEREAS, Coach is skilled and capable in the areas Client needs and would like to
coach Client;
NOW, therefore, in consideration of the promises and covenants contained herein, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the Parties do hereby agree as
follows:
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Article 1 - SCOPE:
This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions whereby Coach agrees to provide
professional coaching Services (as described below). Coach will be engaged for the
limited purpose of providing these Services to the Client.
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Article 2 - NO EMPLOYMENT:
Neither party is by virtue of this Agreement authorized as an agent, employee, or legal
representative of the other. Neither party shall have the power to control the activities
and operations of the other and its status at all times will continue to be that of an
independent contractor relationship.
Client may allow Coach to act as an authorized legal representative in certain
circumstances under the terms of this Agreement, but such circumstances will be
agreed to by both Parties in writing beforehand.
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Article 3 - COACHING TERMS:
A coaching relationship between two Parties is essentially a relationship whereby the
Coach assists the Client in meeting the Client's potential within the areas the coaching
relationship is meant to focus on.
Client hereby acknowledges and agrees:
a.) Client is solely and exclusively responsible for the choices that Client makes with
regard to this coaching relationship, as well as the Coach's recommendations and
input;
b.) Client is solely and exclusively responsible for Client's own mental health,
physical health, business decisions, and any other actions or inaction Client
chooses to take;
c.) Coach is not liable for any result or non-result or any consequences which may
come about due to Client's relationship with Coach;
d.) Coaching is not a therapeutic relationship or a medical one. Coach may not
provide therapy or medical services and Client is responsible for procuring these
services at Client's own will and discretion if needed.
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Article 4 - DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The Client hereby engages the Coach, and the Coach accepts such engagement to
provide the following coaching services for the Client (hereinafter, the "Services"):
A seven-module program that helps empower professional women to develop their own personal and effective style of leadership through developing self-mastery in clarity, confidence and achievement. The seven-module program includes an Energy Leadership Index Assessment and one-on-one debrief between Coach and Client, online courses with downloadable workbook assignments.
Coach and Client will use the following methods of contact for any requested meetings throughout the
coaching relationship:
Email, phone, and/or online video conferencing
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Coach may agree in a separate, written document to expand the scope of Services to
include additional tasks. Such written document may be informal, such as an email and
will include additional fees, as applicable.
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Article 5 - WARRANTIES:
Coach represents and warrants that Coach has the knowledge, skills, and experience
necessary to provide the Services. Coach agrees that during the term of this Agreement, Coach will agree to provide the Services at the request of the Client.
Coach represents and warrants that Coach maintains a specific certification as follows:
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) through iPEC. COR.E Leadership Dynamics
Specialist (CLDS) - a highly comprehensive process for creating sustainable behavior
change and maximizing performance. COR.E Wellbeing Dynamics Specialist (CWDS) -
a systematic and comprehensive program that builds and uses an individual’s capacity
and potential to create an empowered energetic state that supports optimal wellbeing.
Energy Leadership Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) - the process that develops a
personally effective style of leadership that positively influences and changes not only
yourself, but also those with whom you work and interact, as well as your organization
as a whole. Coach acknowledges and agrees that maintaining this certification is a
material inducement for the Client to enter this Agreement.
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Article 6 - Release of Information (Optional, based upon specific situation)
The Coach engages in training and continuing education pursuing and/or maintaining ICF (International Coach Federation) Credentials. That process requires the names and contact information of all Clients for possible verification by ICF. By signing this agreement, you agree to have only your name, contact information and start and end dates of coaching shared with ICF staff members and/or other parties involved in this process for the sole and necessary purpose of verifying the coaching relationship, no personal notes will be shared.
According to the ethics of our profession, topics may be anonymously and hypothetically shared with other coaching professionals for training, supervision, mentoring, evaluation, and for coach professional development and/or consultation purposes.
Article 7 - NONEXCLUSIVITY:
Coach may be engaged or employed in any other coaching business, trade, profession,
or other activity which does not place Coach in a conflict of interest with the Client. Client hereby explicitly acknowledges and agrees that Coach may be engaged or employed with any other business or industry, including, if applicable, Client's direct competitors.
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Article 8 - AVAILABILITY & SCHEDULE:
Coach and Client agree to have coaching meetings on the following dates and times:
the ELI assessment debrief will be scheduled at a time to be decided on between the two parties. The Client is responsible for initiating the scheduling the debrief. If Client does not schedule the debrief, they forego the unused debrief with no refund.
The length of the debrief call shall be as follows: 60 to 90 minutes.
The Parties agree to the following number of meetings total under this Agreement: 1.
Coach and Client may agree to a change of the schedule between them, through an
additional written document.
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Article 9 - HOLIDAYS:
Coach will be unavailable on the following holidays:
New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and day after, Christmas Eve,
Christmas Day, Presidents Day
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Article 10 - FEES AND EXPENSES:
Client will be billed through Coach’s website for a flat fee of the following amount:
$1,500 (USD). This flat fee will cover the Energy Leadership Index Assessment and debrief, and additional five online modules with downloadable workbook assignments, and agreed to between the Parties in this Agreement.
Payment will be made upon agreeing to participate in this seven-module program:
$1,500 (USD).
Article 11 - CANCELLATION & RESCHEDULE POLICY:
Client or Coach may, from time to time, need to cancel or reschedule the debrief meeting.
If Coach is responsible for the reschedule, Coach will become
available to Client as the soonest possible opportunity within ten (10) business days. If
Client is responsible for the cancellation or reschedule, Client agrees to notify Coach no
less than 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. The Parties will then
attempt to reschedule the meeting in good faith.
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Article 12 - REFUND POLICY:
Client may be permitted a refund of monies spent under this Agreement in certain
circumstances. The refund policy is as follows:
Coach will refund Client fees, minus $500 for ELI Assessment, within 21 days of
signing the Agreement.
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Article 13 - RECORD RETENTION POLICY:
Coach and Client hereby acknowledge and agree that they have specifically discussed
that Coach does not maintain a record retention policy and that communications,
documents, information, and notes related to Client may be discarded immediately after
the end of the coaching relationship.
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Article 14 - TAXES:
Client and Coach shall each be solely responsible for all of their federal, state, and local
taxes.
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Article 15 - RESPONSE TIME:
Client agrees to respond to Coach no later than the following amount of time after being
reached out to for communication: 5 days.
In the event of an emergency or other similar conflict, Coach will give the Client as much notice as possible if there is the possibility of interruption to the Services, whether that interruption is temporary or long-term.
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Article 16 - CONFIDENTIALITY:
The existence of this coaching relationship, as well as any information that Coach
receives from Client, are to be fully and completely confidential under the terms of this
Agreement. Client hereby acknowledges and agrees, however, that a Coach-Client
relationship is not considered a legally confidential relationship and therefore
communications between Coach and Client are not subject to any legal confidentiality
requirement or privilege. Coach will not, however, disclose Client's name or any of
Client's information without Client's consent, unless subject to a legal requirement, such
as a court order, subpoena, or law enforcement inquiry. It will be the Client's
responsibility to address any confidentiality issues with the Coach.
Confidential information under this Agreement shall specifically not include the following
categories: (1) information that is generally known to the public or known to Client's
specific industry, (2) information freely given by Client to any third-party; (3) information
received by Coach from any source that is not Client; (4) information in Coach's
possession prior to this contractual Agreement; (5) information developed independently
by the Coach; (6) information which is received by the Coach from the Client but that
may imminently harm the Client or another individual; or (7) information about any illegal
activity.
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Article 17 - TERMINATION:
This Agreement will automatically terminate after the seven-module program has been completed.
This Agreement may be immediately terminated in the event that there is a breach of the terms by either Party. For a material breach, the Parties are required to give notice, in writing, specifying what the breach was, but do not have to give advance notice to
terminate the Agreement.
This agreement will also immediately terminate upon the death of the Coach or Client,
the inability of the Coach to perform the Services because of a sudden and medically documented physical or mental disability, the liquidation, dissolution or discontinuance of the business of the Client in any manner, or the filing of any petition by or against the
Client or Coach under federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws.
This Agreement may also be terminated by either Party in writing for any reason. Notice
shall be given at least the following amount of time before termination: 7 days.
Upon termination, the Refund Policy applies.
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Article 18 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Coach and Client agree that all inventions, trade secrets, confidential and/or proprietary
information, and work-product conceived, created or developed by each of the Parties,
respectively, will be the sole and exclusive property of the Party to whom the information originally belonged. There shall be no transfer of intellectual property through this Agreement. All copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property shall stay with the original Party owner.
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Article 19 - PORTFOLIO USE:
As described above, Coach shall be permitted to use all produced items of work Coach's professional portfolio, if applicable, but may not use Client's name, likeness, or other identifying details without express written permission from the Client.
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Article 20 - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Coach's liability in contract, tort or otherwise arising through or in connection with this
Agreement or through or in connection with the completion of obligations under this
Agreement shall be limited to Fees paid by the Client to the Coach. To the extent it is
lawful, neither Party shall be liable to the other Party in contract, tort, negligence, breach
of statutory duty or otherwise for any loss, damage, costs or expenses of any nature
whatsoever incurred or suffered by that other Party of an indirect or consequential
nature including without limitation any economic loss, data loss, loss of goodwill, or other loss of turnover, profits, or business.
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Article 21 - INDEMNIFICATION:
Coach and Client shall each defend, indemnify, and hold the other harmless (including
all affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns) from and
against all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, actions, judgments, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of whatever kind (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or resulting from bodily injury, death of any person, or damage, real or intangible, to personal property resulting from the other's acts or omissions or the breach of any representation, warranty, or obligation under this Agreement.
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Article 22 - SURVIVAL:
Any provision of this Agreement which by its terms imposes continuing obligations on
either of the Parties shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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Article 23 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
In case of a dispute between the Parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the
Parties shall first attempt to resolve the dispute personally and in good faith. If these
personal resolution attempts fail, the Parties shall then submit the dispute to binding
arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in the county and state noted in the
Governing Law provision of this Agreement. The arbitration shall be conducted by a
single arbitrator, and such arbitrator shall have no authority to add Parties, vary the
provisions of this Agreement, award punitive damages, or certify a class. The arbitrator
shall be bound by applicable and governing Federal law as well as the law of Alabama.
Each Party shall pay their own costs and fees. Claims necessitating arbitration under
this section include, but are not limited to: contract claims, tort claims, claims based on
Federal and state law, and claims based on local laws, ordinances, statutes or
regulations. Intellectual property claims by the Coach will not be subject to arbitration
and may, as an exception to this sub-part, be litigated. The Parties, in agreement with
this sub-part of this Agreement, waive any rights they may have to a jury trial in regard to arbitral claims.
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Article 24 - GOVERNING LAW:
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of Colorado without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal and
state courts located in the following county in any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the Services provided hereunder: A seven-module program that helps empower professional women to develop their own personal and effective style of leadership through developing self-mastery in clarity, confidence and achievement. The seven-module program includes an Energy Leadership Index Assessment and one-on-one debrief between Coach and Client, and online courses with downloadable workbook assignments.
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Article 25 - BENEFIT:
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the
parties hereto, and to their respective heirs, representatives, successors, and assigns.
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Article 26 - NO WAIVER:
No action or inaction of either Party shall constitute waiver of any of the terms of this
Agreement. Waiver may only be executed explicitly in writing.
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Article 27 - COUNTERPARTS:
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall constitute a single
agreement. The Agreement shall be effective as of the date set forth above.
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Article 28 - NOTICES:
All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications
hereunder (each, a "Notice") shall be in writing and addressed to the Parties at the
addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement. All notices shall be delivered by
email or at the address which the parties may designate to each other through personal
delivery, nationally recognized overnight courier (with all fees prepaid), or certified or
registered mail (in each case, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, a Notice is effective only if (a) the receiving party
has received the Notice and (b) the party giving the Notice has complied with the
requirements of this Section.
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Article 29 - FORCE MAJEURE:
Coach is not liable for any failure to perform due to causes beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil authorities, acts of military
authorities, riots, embargoes, acts of nature and natural disasters, and other acts which
may be due to unforeseen circumstances.
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Article 30 - HEADINGS:
Headings to this Agreement are for convenience only. Headings shall in no way affect
the provisions themselves and shall not be construed in any way that would limit or
otherwise affect the terms of this Agreement.
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Article 31 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT; MODIFICATION:
The agreement embodies the entire agreement between the Client and Coach relating
to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be changed, modified, or discharged
only if agreed to in writing by both parties.