Strategic Business Planning for Coaches - Build Your Dream Business

Everything you need to know about strategy, business planning and how to get your business off to the best start possible.

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Writing a Business Plan is one of the most important tasks to do when you start a business. Amazingly, only 2% of Therapy businesses bother which is why there is such a high failure rate after the first year.

So, where do you start? This course will go through, step by step, the different areas of a Business Plan and explain what it is you need to write down for each area in order to set up and sustain a successful clinic business.

The course consists of 16 short lessons which explain each area in more detail. The course is accompanied by a downloadable Business Plan Template to refer to throughout the course lessons.

The strategies we have included in this strategic business planning exercises have come from 5 years of working with some of the world's leading coaches and modelling their business planning best practices all included in this one invaluable course.

Learn from the best! direct from the source.



Welcome to the course


Mark Shields
Mark Shields

Mark Shields (AKA The CAM COACH) a former multi award winning Barclays executive set up the Life Practice UK in 2005. The Life Practice specialised in performance improvement coaching and training for individuals and businesses and had coaching clinics all over the UK.

Today delegates from all corners of the world choose the Life Practice Academy as their online learning provider to learn our transformational coaching methodology and proven CAM Coach success in business strategies.

2012 saw the launch of the best selling "Business Bible" book the CAM Coach written by Mark Shields and world champion athlete Simon Martin.The CAM Coach book has reached 15,000 students in over 30 countries and is today often given the accolade as being amongst the worlds leading resources for coaches looking to set up and sustain success in private practice. In 2020 the second edition of CAM Coach book was published to a worldwide audience.

Mark has spent 20 years treating a client list that includes World Champion Sportsman, CEOs, Government Advisors, Politicians, West End Stars and Olympic athletes. His engaging and informative teaching style is peppered with anecdotes from an unparalleled career in which he has helped thousands of people to achieve profound change in their lives.

In 2018 Mark was invited to join coaching legends such as Dan Lok, Robin Sharma T. Harv Eker Matt Bernstein and John Lee and showcase his work as a member of the Wealth Dragons team.

In 2020 The ACCPH welcomed Mark as a FELLOW of their organisation the Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.
Does distance learning work as well as face to face?
We offer 100% Online learning with full tutor support. Enjoy the flexibility of being able to study around your life, job, family & commitments. - With the Open University celebrating its 50th anniversary & the Kings College London & Cambridge University offering distance learning degree level courses, the flexibility of home study courses is more popular than ever. This is where we come in. Learning with the CAM Coach team is life changing. You will have the flexibility and support to study around your job, family & commitments.​ Download our course App and view your course on all your devices. Enrol onto any of our courses from anywhere at any time and be in complete control of your study.

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