How to build a reusable library of coaching tools

Every coaching tool you create in LCH is reusable across all your clients. This is one of those features that sounds small but actually changes the math of how you coach. Build a tool once, assign it to client after client, and your library keeps growing. Coaches who’ve been on LCH for a while have tool libraries so deep they almost never have to build anything from scratch anymore.

Here’s how to start building yours.

Why reusability changes the math

The first time you build a great journaling prompt, it takes maybe 20 minutes to write, edit, and save. Every time you assign it to another client after that, it takes 10 seconds.

If you do private coaching with 15 clients and you build a library of 10 well-crafted tools, that’s 150 assignments over a year. The cost: 200 minutes (3.3 hours) of original building. The benefit: 150 high-quality assignments delivered in seconds.

The math gets ridiculous over time. Coaches with 3+ years on LCH often have libraries of 50+ tools, which means they almost never have to think “what should I assign?” Their assignment is “which tool from my library is the right one for this client right now?” Much smaller question.

You’re not starting from an empty shelf

Before you build a single thing, know this: LCH Core comes preloaded with a library of done-for-you tools, free for every coach. They’re ready to assign as-is, or you can clone one and tweak it to make it yours.

You’ll find ready-made journaling prompts, worksheets, and resources covering a wide spread of coaching styles, including life coaching, career, relationships, health, work/life balance, stress management, mindfulness, productivity, motivation, confidence, and goal setting. Favorites include the classic Wheel of Life, a Vision board, a Personal Strengths and Challenges worksheet, a Time Management worksheet, and a ready-to-use Intake Form.

So your library doesn’t start at zero. It starts stocked, and everything you build just adds to it.

The 5 tool types worth building libraries for

1. Goal templates. Pre-built goal structures you reach for often. “Quarterly career goal.” “30-day habit goal.” “End-of-program reflection goal.”

2. Journaling prompts. Your favorite reflective prompts. “What did you learn this week that surprised you?” “Where did you say yes when you wanted to say no?” “What’s one decision you’ve been avoiding?”

3. Worksheets and surveys. Structured exercises with multiple questions. Worksheets double as surveys in LCH Core, so this is also where you build intake questionnaires, feedback and satisfaction surveys, pre- and post-program assessments, values clarification exercises, energy audits, and decision frameworks.

4. Action Item templates. Common commitments you find yourself assigning. “Schedule 3 conversations this week.” “Block 90 minutes of deep work on calendar.”

5. Resources. Anything you find yourself sending repeatedly. A favorite TED talk link. A self-care checklist. A reading list. A short video you recorded.

How to build vs how to assign

There are two distinct moments. Build a tool ONCE in the Coaching Tools section of the app. Assign it MANY TIMES, from one of three places:

• Inside any session (fastest, in the flow of the conversation)
• From the Coaching Tools section
• From the client’s folder

The build is the slow part. The assign is one click.

How to organize your library

A few practices that help:

• Name tools clearly so future-you can find them. “Weekly Career Reflection (5 questions)” beats “Journal 1.”
• Use categories or tags if your library grows past 20-30 tools.
• Archive what you don’t use anymore so your active library stays scannable.
• Build at the end of sessions, not at the start of weeks. When you finish a session and think “I wish I had a tool for this,” that’s the moment to build it. It’ll be fresh.

A starting plan

If you want to start adding your own tools:

1. Week 1: build one Goal template (your favorite goal-setting framework).
2. Week 2: build one Worksheet (mid-program check-in or a values audit).
3. Week 3: build three Journaling prompts you love.
4. Week 4: build one Resource (a video, a PDF, or a link list).

That’s six tools in a month. Each one will save you time for years.

Final takeaway

Reusable coaching tools are one of LCH’s quiet superpowers. Build a library deliberately over months and you stop creating from scratch and start coaching from a well-stocked shelf. The first one is the slowest. They get easier from there.

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