What is said in a session stays between you and your client: AI has no place there. It helps you around the session: preparing your questions, cleaning up your notes, writing your proposals, and getting your name out.
AI helps professional coaches with tasks such as “Send a questionnaire before the first session,” “Dictate your notes right after the session,” and “Prepare the next session.” Start with a single task, in Tally: allow 15 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Tally · “Create with AI”
TodayThe first session goes to collecting information the person could have given calmly, before coming in.
With TallyAn online questionnaire the person fills in at their own pace, and a first session that starts with what matters.
Superwhisper · Your own mode, with a “Local” model
TodayTen minutes between two sessions. The notes get written in the evening, from memory, and the person’s exact words are gone.
With SuperwhisperSession notes organized under five headings, written without anything leaving your computer.
Lumo · “Ghost mode”
TodayYou reread your notes five minutes before, and you walk in with no thread to follow and no opening question.
With LumoA thread for the session: where you stand, open-ended questions, and two possible exercises.
Also
Calendly · “Event types”
A booking link that shows only your open slots, and an appointment that adds itself to your calendar.
Claude · “Projects”
A three-page draft proposal, in your structure and at your fees, with the confidentiality terms spelled out in writing.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A one-page outline to lead the three-way meeting and come out of it with shared goals.
Lumo · “Ghost mode”
A clear supervision question, and three points to bring to your supervisor.
Lumo · “Ghost mode”
An outline for the review session and another for the three-way review, focused on the goals.
Consensus · “Consensus Meter” and the “Snapshot” tab
A trend backed by published studies, with the references to read before you cite.
A 300-word article that shares your point of view, without revealing anything from a session.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
You are responsible for the responses you receive: ask only for what you need, nothing about health, and delete them when the engagement ends. If the employer is paying, the responses are never passed on to it. Tally’s menus are in English only; the form itself can be in another language.
Send a questionnaire before the first sessionTally · “Create with AI”The prompt to copy
Create a questionnaire in English to fill in before a first professional coaching session. Warm, respectful tone, ten minutes at most. An introduction: the answers are read by me alone and stay confidential, and no question is required. Questions: first name, current role in a few words, what brings the person here today, what they would like to see changed in six months, what they have already tried, what a successful engagement would look like for them, their constraints on days and times, their preference between video call and in person. If they answer that the coaching is paid for by their employer, show a question about what they know of the company’s request. No questions about health.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite a coaching proposal for a company
In your jobCheck what the research says about a method
In your jobPrepare the next session
In your jobSend a questionnaire before the first session
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
For everything that contains nothing confidential: a proposal to a company, an outline for a three-way meeting, an article. It gives you a Word file ready to send.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you use it every day.
For thinking through an engagement: encrypted conversations that Proton cannot read, on European servers, and a ghost mode that erases everything when you close it.
Recommended planLumo Free, €0: history kept for 7 days, one project only. Lumo Plus, €12.99 per month (€119.99 for 12 months).
You dictate your notes right after the session. With a “Local” model, neither your voice nor your text leaves your computer.
Recommended planFree, $0: unlimited dictation with on-device Whisper models. Pro, $8.49 per month.
A link for the discovery session: the person picks a time slot in your calendar, with no back-and-forth over dates.
Recommended planFree, $0: one event type, one connected calendar. Standard, $10 per user per month (17% less when billed yearly), for several event types and reminders.
The questionnaire for before the first session, built by describing it. Belgian vendor, responses stored in Europe.
Recommended planFree, $0
Before you cite a method in a workshop or an article: what the published studies say about it, study by study.
Recommended planFree, $0: 10 written answers, 3 “Deep” reviews, and 10 “Study Snapshot” cards per month. Pro, $20 per month, or $144 per year.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Lumo, Superwhisper, Calendly, Tally, and Consensus. All of them can be used for free to get started.
For everything that contains nothing confidential: a proposal to a company, an outline for a three-way meeting, an article. It gives you a Word file ready to send. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you use it every day.
With “Send a questionnaire before the first session,” in Tally (“Create with AI”). Allow 15 minutes the first time. An online questionnaire the person fills in at their own pace, and a first session that starts with what matters.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.