SOS Leadership Institute
Developing Leaders that Make a Difference

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the SOS Coaching Network?
Who joins the SOS Coaching Network?
What’s included in the cost of membership?
Is the SOS Coaching Network a business opportunity or franchise?
As a member of the SOS Coaching Network and licensee of your programs, how can I use these programs?
What do I do with the programs I am already using?
How does membership in the SOS Coaching Network help me to build my brand?

Why do you offer 3 months of coaching as a benefit of membership?
How long has the founder of the SOS Coaching Network been in the coaching and personal development industry?
Is this a certification program?
I’m only a part-time coach now, but would like to coach full-time. Can you help me with the transition?

What is the SOS Coaching Network?
The SOS Coaching Network unites an elite group of coaches, trainers, and consultants from around the world, providing them with content, personalized coaching, and tools to help them succeed in the rapidly growing coaching industry. Join other top leaders who are committed to facilitating personal development and accompanying clients on their journey to significance!

In our 20+ years experience in the field of personal development, we have discovered that the one thing many coaches are missing is content. They need strong material to utilize during the course of their coaching relationships. The SOS Coaching Network was formed to provide you with excellent content that will give your coaching sessions more structure and value. As an SOS Coaching Network member, you will receive licenses to 6 programs that will help you attract clients and lengthen coaching contracts.

Click here to download an information sheet about the SOS Coaching Network!

Who joins the SOS Coaching Network?
Only the best! Not every coach or trainer will qualify for the SOS Coaching Network. This is an exclusive network of top-notch professionals who have a steadfast commitment to ethical leadership. One key prerequisite is coachability. To be an effective coach is to have a coach of your own. You must be willing to actively engage in a coaching relationship that will focus on your own personal journey to achieving the goals that matter most to you. SOS Coaching Network members recognize the amazing opportunity they have to make a good living while really making a difference in people’s lives.

What’s included in the cost of membership?

1. Licenses for 6 SOS Leadership Programs, which will be personalized with your name, picture, and company logo. These programs include:

  • Seeds of Success: Leadership That Makes a Difference
  • Protecting Goals: The Science of Personal Achievement
  • Protecting Goals: The Science of Team Achievement
  • Protecting Goals: Finding Time to Achieve
  • Protecting Goals: The Science of Healthy Lifestyles
  • Protecting Goals: The Science of Successful Relationships

These programs can be facilitated individually or in a group and will help you attract clients and lengthen coaching contracts. Each program contains a facilitation guide to get you started. Members will also receive first access to new SOS Leadership programs, products, and books as they are released!

2. Coaching:

  • To be an effective coach is to have a coach of your own.
  • Three Months of One-on-One Coaching ($3,000 value) by one of our top coaches
  • Additional One-on-One Coaching offered to members at reduced rates

3. Exclusive Network Benefits to Help You Build & Grow Your Business:

  • Valuable Coaching Resources, including contract templates, coaching and team building exercises, PowerPoint presentation templates and speech outlines, and more!
  • One Free Phone Consultation each year to prepare for a workshop or presentation
  • Coaching Tips from Master Coaches, including some of the top coaches in the country
  • Access to a Growing Network of Coaches and Trainers that you can learn from and add to your professional network
  • Mentoring opportunities for new coaches
  • Connections to top coaches and renowned speakers who can be brought to your area for workshops, meetings, and seminars that can help you attract new clients
  • Monthly Member Newsletter
  • Opportunity to write and publish your own book, which will help add to your credibility and grow your business! SOS Coaching Network Members receive an initial phone coaching session with published author, Billy Moyer, about the writing & publishing process.

Is the SOS Coaching Network a business opportunity or franchise?
The SOS Coaching Network is not a business opportunity or a franchise. The SOS Coaching Network features program licenses for coaches and trainers to use for individual or group coaching sessions or for organizational training purposes. Additionally, all members of the SOS Coaching Network receive three months of one-on-one coaching with one of the top coaches in the country. This personalized coaching will focus on holding you accountable for your personal and professional goals.

A franchise or a business opportunity is all about one system that everyone has to follow. You have to fit your goals into that system. The SOS Coaching Network provides you with the tools, resources, and programs for you to design your business or private practice in a way that works for you. Through the coaching that’s provided, we help you accomplish your goals, maximize your strengths, and develop the kind of business that you desire.

That means no franchise fee, no business opportunity fee, no royalties, and no expensive ongoing programs or products that you need to buy. You simply pay a one-time licensing fee for the right to facilitate our programs and an annual fee to remain an active member of the SOS Coaching Network, which provides ongoing program license rights, updates to the programs, continued lead generation opportunities, and networking.

As a member of the SOS Coaching Network and licensee of your programs, how can I use these programs?
You will be licensed to facilitate 6 programs, which can be used in a number of ways. These programs can be utilized on an individual basis during the course of a coaching relationship. You can facilitate any of these programs with groups of up to 15 using the group coaching (or Showcase) model. Another option is to utilize these programs for organizational training purposes. Ask for our ROI document for more information about how you can recover your return on investment based on your business model and individual strengths.

What do I do with the programs I am already using?

We are not trying to replace the programs you are currently using. Membership in the SOS Coaching Network will allow you to expand your product offering with flexible programs that will meet the needs of a wide array of clients. How many times have you facilitated a program that contains so much content that you don’t have anything to sell to your client after the program is complete? The Protecting Goals series is a strong, easy-to-use entry level program that is flexible enough to be used during one-on-one coaching, group coaching, or organizational training. It has clearly defined objectives and provides an excellent foundation for your relationship with your clients.

A significant benefit of the SOS Coaching Network programs is having a one-time license fee versus a per person fee. You will not need to pay royalties for every program you sell, and you will have no inventory to order or stock. You set the price for these programs and can even offer low-cost or no-cost programs to nonprofit employees as part of your personal or organizational philanthropic commitment. Although we provide facilitation guides, you have complete autonomy in determining how you will facilitate each program.

How does membership in the SOS Coaching Network help me to build my brand?

Rather than receiving programs with another company’s logo, each program you will receive as a member of the SOS Coaching Network will be personalized with your logo and/or picture, building your brand, as well as your credibility.

Why do you offer 3 months of coaching as a benefit of membership?
The coaching package is a bonus we offer to SOS Coaching Network members. Why? The reason we don’t just sell you the license is to help you recover your investment in 6 months or less. The one simple truth is that you can’t sell something you don’t believe in. To be an effective coach is to have a coach of your own. People fail only because they’re not coachable. Allow yourself to be coached. Be a product of the product you’re selling.

How long has the founder of the SOS Coaching Network been in the coaching and personal development industry?
Bill Moyer has been in the coaching and personal development industry for 25+ years. He completed his first personal development program in 1980 and went on to be a volunteer facilitator of Dale Carnegie’s programs before starting his own personal development company in 1985. He worked for the Paul J. Meyer companies as a franchise owner and corporate executive for 23 years. He has worked with more than 500 small business owners, coaches, and trainers in 49 states and 35 countries. He has won a number of national and international awards. Bill has coached hundreds of CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, and dreamers over the years, striving to help them achieve their goals and clarify their priorities. He was mentored by Paul J. Meyer, the founder of the personal development industry, for many years. Paul referred to Bill as the “the best executive coach he ever saw.”

Is this a certification program?
No, the SOS Coaching Network is not a coaching certification program, nor is it a national certification bureau. You will become a licensee and certified facilitator of our 6 programs, Seeds of Success: Developing Leaders that Make a Difference, Protecting Goals: The Science of Personal Achievement, Protecting Goals: The Science of Team Achievement, Protecting Goals: Finding Time for Achievement, Protecting Goals: The Science of Healthy Lifestyles, and Protecting Goals: The Science of Successful Relationships.

I’m only a part-time coach now, but would like to coach full-time. Can you help me with the transition?
Absolutely! Bill Moyer, founder of the SOS Coaching Network, specializes in coaching people through the career transition from full-time employee to business owner. He has helped hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs through this transition. He can walk with you from where you are now to the business (and life) you’ve been dreaming about. Don’t wait any longer to pursue your goal of being a full-time coach!

Click here to download an FAQ document about the SOS Coaching Network!