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Service & Creativity for the Prosperous Coach

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by Levina Li and Melissa Ford

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Hosted by coaches and friends Melissa Ford and Levina Li, Service & Leadership for the Prosperous Coach is an ongoing conversation about what it takes to build a thriving coaching practice. In their conversations, Melissa and Levina go behind the scenes of how they (and their guests) grow their practices - sometimes similarly, sometimes completely differently, and always through the same fundamental principles: through service, leadership, and a love of the craft of coaching and creating clients. To learn more about what we're up to: serviceandleadershipgame.com

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July 14, 2026

007. From Conversations to Clients

<p>In this episode, we&#39;re talking about another part of the client creation process that we&#39;ve seen coaches get confused by: the space between an initial coaching conversation and making a proposal, where it&#39;s easy to end up either endlessly coaching with no direction or flipping into trying to convince someone to hire you.</p><p>We share about learnings from our own years of flopping around in part of the process and the realization that changed things for both of us: people don&#39;t invest in coaching, they invest in help getting what they want. We talk about why connecting the dots in the proposal is the coach&#39;s responsibility, not the client&#39;s, and how skipping that conversation leaves even interested clients leaning out due to a lack of clarity instead of leaning in to say yes.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Continue the conversation</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.serviceandleadershipgame.com/play" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Learn more about The Service &amp; Leadership Game⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="serviceandleadership.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Melissa Ford: </strong>melissa@melissafordcoaching.com</p><p><strong>Levina Li: </strong>hello@levina-li.com</p>

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July 9, 2026

006. Leadership in Getting Paid

<p>Today, we&#39;re talking about what happens after a client says yes - specifically, that moment when it&#39;s time to handle payment.</p><p>We talk about the internal freak-out that shows up for almost every coach at this stage, even years into building their practices, and why slowing down here is an act of leadership, not just logistics. We reflect on our own early discomfort talking about money, the stories we made up about what clients would think of us, and how avoiding the conversation actually costs trust rather than creating it.</p><p>We also look at how payment policies aren&#39;t fixed - they&#39;re a living system that can evolve as we do, shaped as much by our own preferences as clients as by what we see serves the people we work with.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Continue the conversation</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.serviceandleadershipgame.com/play">⁠Learn more about The Service &amp; Leadership Game⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="serviceandleadership.substack.com">⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠</a></p>

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July 9, 2026

005. Creating Clients as a Craft

<p>In this episode, we&#39;re unpacking a frustration we&#39;ve heard from many coaches: I&#39;ve been doing this for years, so why isn&#39;t it working yet?</p><p>We get it. Looking back across our own journeys, we can point to so many moments of chasing magic bullets, testing tactics, and looking for any sign of proof that what we were doing was actually working - all while quietly wondering why our years in the game hadn&#39;t translated into the results we wanted.</p><p>What we&#39;ve come to see, from our own experiences and our work with our clients, is that time isn&#39;t the primary factor in a coach&#39;s success. Creating clients is a craft, and getting excellent at a craft means practicing its skills at your edge, not just logging hours.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Continue the conversation</strong></p><p><a href="serviceandleadershipgame.com">⁠Learn more about The Service &amp; Leadership Game⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="serviceandleadership.substack.com">⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠</a></p>

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What is Service &amp; Creativity for the Prosperous Coach?

Hosted by coaches and friends Melissa Ford and Levina Li, Service & Leadership for the Prosperous Coach is an ongoing conversation about what it takes to build a thriving coaching practice.

In their conversations, Melissa and Levina go behind the scenes of how they (and their guests) grow their practices - sometimes similarly, sometimes completely differently, and always through the same fundamental principles: through service, leadership, and a love of the craft of coaching and creating clients.

To learn more about what we're up to: serviceandleadershipgame.com

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This podcast updates daily.

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