The Adult Chair Master Coaching Certification Program Agreement

Congratulations! The Michelle Chalfant Company, Inc. (“Company”), welcomes You (“You”) to The Adult Chair Master Coaching Certification Program (“Program”). The following agreement (“Agreement”) contains the terms and conditions of the Program commitments and requirements for certification. Please read this Agreement carefully. 

The Company and You (collectively “Parties”) hereby agree that the following terms and conditions govern Your participation in Program: 

Payment Requirements. 

1. The total Program cost is $17,500 if You pay in one lump sum or $1,500 if You pay in twelve installments. 

2. The two payment options are as follows: 

i. One-Time Payment: You may pay the Program fee ($17,500) in one lump sum via credit card. This payment must be received at signup of the Program prior to November 21, 2023 or before the Program is full. 

ii. Installment Payments: You may also pay the Program fee in twelve (12) monthly installment payments of $1,500. To pay in installments, You must pay the first month’s installment of $1,500 at signup of the Program, prior to November 21, 2023 or before the program is full. Thereafter, by agreeing to these terms and conditions at checkout, You authorize the Company to automatically charge Your credit card $1,500 monthly for a total of twelve (12) monthly payments. 

3. Company reserves the right to offer additional installment payment plans and due dates upon request and terms of agreement are agreed upon through email or written confirmation. 

Program Requirements.

4. Physically attend and assist with the one-week intensive scheduled for February 7-11, 2024. 

5. Attend two thirty-minute check-ins with Your assigned mentor and complete 100 evaluated coaching sessions total, this includes 40 hours from your certification so only 60 remain for your master certification.

6. Actively participate as a mentor in The 2023 Adult Chair Coaching Certification Program, which includes the following duties:

i. Must hold two sixty-minute one-on-one check-ins with Your assigned Program mentees. The first check-in to take place in the first three months of the program (month two or three) and the second check-in during the last three months of the program (month five or six). 

ii. Hold two, sixty-minute group mentoring video calls a month for Your mentees to support and guide their progress in The 2023 Adult Chair Coaching Certification Program. 

iii. Attend two one-on-one calls with Company to discuss Your mentees, review evaluations, receive feedback on how to help Your mentees, and get feedback on Your mentoring style.

7. Must submit one coaching video a month to be reviewed by Company to ensure growth in coaching skills. Feedback on each video will be provided within 30 days to ensure progress is being made. 

8. Attend one live coaching session review a month and seven business intensives take take place during the program.

9. Pass an exam and graduate by August 31, 2024. If You do not pass the exam, Company may, in its sole discretion, provide You with a completion plan and agree to extend Your completion period past October 31, 2024, but in no event shall the completion period extend past December 31, 2024. The completion plan may involve additional requirements for Certification in the Company’s sole discretion.

Information for the one-week Intensive and three-day intensive

10. Travel Expenses. You are solely responsible for payment for all travel expenses related to attendance at the one-week intensive currently scheduled for the week of February 7-11, 2024 at Evins Mills in Nashville, TN. Attendance of full training is mandatory for completion of this Program. 

11. Lodging and Meals for Intensive Programs. Company will provide lodging and all meals during the one-week and the three-day intensives. At checkout of Program, Company will provide You with a questionnaire relating to the Program, which will include questions relating to dietary restrictions, and/or allergies. It is Your responsibility to provide this information to the Company by filling out the questionnaire and/or responding to Company’s inquiries in advance of the commencement of the one-week intensive. Company will do its best to accommodate the needs and requests of all participants of the Program, but cannot make any guarantees that all requests will be accommodated. 

Benefits of Certification. 

12. Upon graduating from the Program, You will receive a physical copy of Your Certification as a Certified Adult Chair Master Coach and shall be a certified, globally recognized Certified Adult Chair Master Coach. 

13. Obtain ongoing referrals to your business. The best way to grow a business is word of mouth. That’s why as requests for coaches come into The Michelle Chalfant Co., we’ll send them Your way – one of the many perks of distinguishing Yourself as a master coach!

14. Gain special recognition and top listing on the coaches page. You can add Your Master Coach Certification to Your website and resume, helping You stand out from the crowd. Plus, we’ll list Your profile in the top spots on the Adult Chair website, getting more eyes on Your page.

15. Cover Your 20 Continuing Education Units + required coaching hours or renewal exam, whichever is required for your current class’ certification renewal). Completing this program will take care of the 20 CEUs and 50 coaching hours You need to maintain Your Adult Chair Certification for the 2024 renewal.

16. 2024 Adult Chair Certification Program Videos and Materials. If You’d like to refresh Your Adult Chair knowledge, You’re welcome to watch all events related to the 2024 Adult Chair Certification Program (but You will only have access to the recorded sessions. We’ll leave active participation to the new students!). 

17. Get priority consideration for volunteering at workshops and other events. Gain even more exposure among potential clients at TAC events and workshops. We’ll introduce You at the beginning of every event as a master coach and have specific roles for You during the live event to help You get to know and connect with the participants.

18. Teach an event during our week-long in-person intensive training. You’ll have the opportunity to teach a topic in the The Adult Chair^® Coaching Certification Program for additional exposure. 

19. Book paid personal sessions with coaches-in-training. Michelle will be encouraging coaches-in-training to book coaching sessions to work on their personal struggles and triggers throughout their time in the program. This is a great opportunity to grow Your client base.

21. Lifetime access to a coaches-only platform, where You can connect, collaborate and learn how to uplevel Your business together and access all archived content. 

22. Marketing through The Adult Chair platforms, including a directory listing of coaches organized by location and category Your listing is free for Your first year as a Certified Adult Chair Coach and $250/year following Your first year to maintain Your listing on the Website. Company cannot guarantee that it will provide You with referrals. If Company does refer You, Company cannot guarantee a specific amount of referrals, actual income derived from a referral, or the procurement of future referrals. While Company cannot guarantee the procurement of future business for You, Company can guarantee exposure through its network. 

23. Company reserves the right to give additional bonuses during open cart periods. If You sign up during a bonus time period, You will have full access to bonuses associated. 

Certification Obligations. 

24. As a Certified Adult Chair Master Coach, You must utilize Company approved Terms and Conditions when working with clients. You acknowledge and agree that You alone are responsible for ensuring You are in compliance with any and all state or federal requirements relating to how You operate Your business. You may modify any Company approved forms and/or Terms and Conditions with prior written approval from Company. 

25. To retain Your Certification, every year You must take and pass the certification renewal exam provided by the Company, which will be provided every two years to ensure that You are keeping up with coaching best practices and on top of The Adult Chair modalities. You must also be an active coach with at least 50 coaching growth hours per year. These will need to be submitted on the renewal date and must in some way be enhancing your coaching skills or business. A full list of comps provided on your coaching platform, but rule of thumb is one hour equals one coaching growth hour.

26. You are required to notify the Company whenever You change Your contact information or change or create a new practice area so that we can update the directory and provide accurate referrals. 

27. You must conduct Yourself according to a high standard of professional conduct. The Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, will make the determination of whether this standard has been met.

28.You must inform Company, without delay, of matters that can affect Your capability to continue to fulfill the conditions of the Certification. 

29. You may not make any representations, warranties, guarantees, indemnities, similar claims or commitments, actually, apparently, or ostensibly on behalf of Company. 

30. You also acknowledge that Your Certification is not in any way a warranty or guarantee by the Company of Your abilities. You may not suggest or represent to third parties that Your Certification is any such warranty or guarantee of Your abilities. 

31. Company reserves the right to revoke Your Certification at any time for any reason, including but not limited to: 

i. complaints or reports from clients; 

ii. Your use of the Certification in a way that does not align with The Adult Chair Model mission and values, which You acknowledge receiving during Your training; 

iii. Your engagement in conduct detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of clients; 

iv. Your conviction of any felony or a misdemeanor involving a crime of moral turpitude, including but not limited to fraud or dishonesty; and 

v. A violation of any of the terms of this Agreement. 

The right to revoke Your Certification is in addition to any other remedies available to the Company at law or equity. 

32. You promise that, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement or Your Certification, all rights related to Your Certification, including all rights to use intellectual property, proprietary information, and confidential information, will immediately terminate, and You must immediately cease and desist from representing Yourself as a Certified Adult Chair Coach. You will also no longer have access to the benefits of the Certification as referenced herein. 

Miscellaneous Provisions. 

33. You understand and acknowledge that the Certification is not affiliated or a part of the International Coach Federation. 

34. Proprietary and Confidential Information and Intellectual Property. 

i. All instruction manuals, handouts, outlines, videos, audio recordings, processes, procedures, methods, models, systems, and other materials provided to You relating to the Program and The Adult Chair Model are, and will at all times remain, the confidential proprietary property of Company (“Confidential Information”). The Parties agree that Confidential Information specifically includes, but is not limited to, the Company’s trade secrets (as defined by the North Carolina Trade Secrets Act, N.C. General Statutes section 66-152, et seq.). You agree that You will not, nor permit others to, reproduce, use, transmit, publish, or disclose Confidential Information, in any form, including without limitation, verbal, written, electronic or any other means for any purpose. You shall not use any Confidential Information for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement. 

A. This prohibition does not apply to You sharing materials with clients and staff members as part of Your practice. However, You are required to notify them of the proprietary nature of the materials and ensure they are not otherwise released to third parties. 

B. You expressly agree, by signing below, that You will never use the Confidential Information to create a competing coaching program or assist another individual and/or entity in creating a competing coaching program. 

ii. The Adult Chair is a registered servicemark of the Company, and Company asserts common law trademark protection over all other logos, designs, and phrases used in its marketing, and all photographs, videos, audio files, and writings, whether in digital or in print, are copyrighted (“Intellectual Property”). Company has exclusive rights to its Intellectual Property. Upon successful completion of the Program, and subject to the terms of this Agreement and future Agreements, Company will grant You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, personal, revocable right to designate Yourself as a Certified Adult Chair Coach and to use the same to market, advertise, and promote Your activities as a Certified Adult Chair Coach. You are granted no other right, title, or license to the Intellectual Property. You agree You will not, nor permit others to: 

A. Delete, alter, or obscure any Intellectual Property or Confidential Information. 

B. Add or insert any other trademark or copyright into or on any Company materials. 

C. Use the Intellectual Property or other Company content or graphics in any manner that implies that any other products or services are endorsed, approved, or provided by Company without the prior written consent of Company. 

D. Take any action that is adverse to, challenges, dilutes, or interferes with any of Company’s rights in or to the Intellectual Property or Confidential Information. 

E. Use any Intellectual Property in any domain name, email address, or other social media identifier without the prior written consent of Company.

35. You agree not to make any statements, written or oral, or cause or encourage others to make or seek out any statements, written or oral, which defame or disparage the Company or its officers, directors, affiliates, employees and representatives, or The Adult Chair Model. This requirement commences upon Your execution of this Agreement and survives termination of the Agreement or termination of Your Certification, regardless of whether such termination was initiated by You or the Company. 

36. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Company and its officers, directors, affiliates, employees and representatives harmless against any losses, liabilities, damages, claims and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and court costs) relating to, or caused directly by any and all of Your acts or omissions related to Your use of the Certification, work with clients, whether or not utilizing The Adult Chair Model, Your use of misuse of the Intellectual Property, or a breach of Your obligations under this Agreement. In case any action or proceeding be brought against Company and/or its officers, directors, affiliates, employees, and representatives by reason of any such claim, You, upon notice from Company, shall resist and defend such action or proceeding, by counsel reasonably satisfactory to Company.

37. Limitation of Liability and Damages. Under no circumstances will Company be liable for any consequential, special, incidental, exemplary, or indirect damages arising from or relating to this Agreement or Certification even if Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Company’s liability for direct damages, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be limited to fees paid by You to Company under this Agreement. 

38. Nature of Coaching; Disclaimer. You understand that Company’s employees and teachers are not Your agents, therapists, business managers, or public relations managers. They do not provide counseling, therapy, advice, answers, or direction to You. Their role is to assist You in understanding and completing the Program, obtaining Certified Adult Chair Coach Certification, and utilizing the benefits of Your Certified Adult Chair Coach Certification. The Program will provide a foundation for You to build upon, but You acknowledge and agree that You are solely responsible for Your own progress, results, and success in the Program and, in the future, as a  Certified Adult Chair Coach. Company cannot and does not promise that You will take any specific action or attain specific goals; Company is solely providing You with the tools that You will need to implement for Your own success and results. Company does not make any warranties or guarantees, express or implied, that You will receive a particular result from following the Program or obtaining and maintaining the Certification. You understand that due to the nature of the Program, the results experienced may vary significantly for each participant and coach. You acknowledge that Company is not guaranteeing any earnings for You as a result of completing the Program or maintaining the Certification. Company is not responsible for increasing Your earning potential or procuring any new business for You. 

39. Program Changes. Company may, in its sole discretion, change the Program and Certification without notice. Such changes will be posted on the Company website and the coaching platform and may include, without limitation, modifying certification requirements, courses, objectives, and benefits. 

40. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all prior communications and agreements, either oral or written. 

41. No Partnership or Agency. Each Party shall act only as an independent contractor, and not as an employee, agent, subcontractor, or representative of the other, for all purposes under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a joint venture or partnership for any purpose or create any employment or fiduciary relationship between the Parties. Neither Party will have any authority to create or assume, in the name or on behalf of the other, any obligation, expressed or implied. 

42. Severability. If any provision in this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to be enforceable and consistent with the parties’ intent as closely as possible. Further, if the remainder of the Agreement is not materially affected by such determination and is capable of substantial performance, then the remainder will be enforced to the extent permitted by law. 

43. Waiver. The failure to enforce or the waiver by either party of one default or breach of the other party shall not be considered a waiver of any subsequent default or breach. 

44. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution. This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, excluding its conflicts of laws provisions. In the event of a dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, which the parties cannot adequately resolve, the parties agree to submit the matter to a non-binding mediated settlement conference in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina pursuant to North Carolina’s Rules Implementing Statewide Mediated Settlement Conferences and Other Settlement Procedures in Superior Court Civil Actions. If mediation is unsuccessful, the dispute shall be decided by binding arbitration pursuant to the North Carolina Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-569.1, et seq. in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. 

45. Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications made with respect to this Agreement or any other agreements executed in connection herewith shall be in writing and may be sent by any of the following methods: (a) hand delivery, (b) registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), (c) electronic transmission (facsimile or email) with a copy sent by one of the other methods allowed under this paragraph or (d) next business day delivery with a nationally recognized overnight courier service such as UPS or Federal Express.  All such notices shall be sent to addresses, email addresses and facsimile numbers set forth below the signature of the party, or to such other addresses and numbers as may be specified in a notice given to the other party in accordance with this paragraph.

46. Survival. Paragraphs 30-35, 38-43, and 45 survive termination or expiration of this Agreement. 

47. Assignment. You acknowledge that the rights and obligations hereunder are personal and may not be assigned by You to any third party. Any attempted assignment will be null and void and shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. 

48. Remedies. It is expressly agreed that a material breach of this Agreement by You may cause irreparable harm and a remedy at law may be inadequate. In addition to any and all remedies available at law, Company will be entitled to injunctive relief or other equitable remedies in the event of a threatened or actual violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement. 

49. Headings.  The paragraph headings are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope or content of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

50. Counterparts; Facsimiles.  This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts which, when assembled, shall constitute one original.  A counterpart executed by electronic or facsimile transmission shall be deemed an original.

51.Business Days.  If the final day of any period or any date of performance under this Agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the final day of the period or the date of performance shall be extended to the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

52. By executing this Agreement through agreement of terms and conditions at checkout, You acknowledge and agree that the Program fee is earned in full and is nonrefundable for any reason. 

By purchasing The Adult Chair Master Coaching Certification Program You are agreeing to the Company terms and conditions and to this Agreement as a legally binding and digitally signed agreement between You and Company. 

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If You have questions or comments regarding The Michelle Chalfant Company, Inc., please email us at michelle@michellechalfant.com.