20 Coaching Niches 2016 PDF
20 Coaching Niches 2016 PDF
Niches ERICKSON
INTERNATIONAL
Leading since 1980
Personal Development
Coaching
Success
Coaching
Motivational
Coaching
Career
Coaching
Holistic Health
Coaching
Spiritual
Coaching
Business
Life Coaching
Coaching
Recovery
Relationship Health & Coaching Sales Business Management
Coaching Wellness
Coaching Coaching
Coaching Marketing
Coaching
Family Divorce
Coaching Coaching
Singles
Coaching Leadership Executive
Coaching Coaching
Parent
Coaching Entrepreneur
Coaching
Couples
Coaching
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Introduction
This guide was created to give those thinking about a career in coaching
an idea of the different types of coaching niches they can pursue.
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Contents
Life Coaching
What is Life Coaching?• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4
Career Coaching•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5
Couples Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6
Divorce Coaching•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7
Family Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
Health & Wellness Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9
Holistic Health Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10
Motivational Coaching•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 11
Parent Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 12
Personal Development Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Recovery Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14
Relationship Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 15
Singles Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
Spiritual Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17
Success Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18
Business Coaching
What is Business Coaching?• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19
Business Management Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20
Entrepreneur Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21
Executive Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22
Leadership Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
Sales Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 24
Marketing Coaching• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 25
About Erickson Coaching International•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26
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What is Life Coaching?
Life Coaching is a set of proven tools that can be applied in various situations,
helping people with all aspects of their life. It can address human development,
relationships, spirituality, health, and professional success.
Everyone’s answer is unique. We all have different values and beliefs about what we
want to achieve, how we will achieve it, and how we feel about success in general.
As a life coach, you will work with clients via regular coaching sessions. These can
be face-to-face, over the phone or via the Internet utilizing software such as Skype.
During initial meetings, you will prioritize strategies for success, and gain insight
into their temperament, needs, and communication style. You will be instrumental
to your client’s success, helping them to understand their vision, set priorities and
develop an action plan.
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1. Career Coaching
Typical Clients
Clients looking for career coaching are aware of the difficulties in the
modern labour markets. They will likely be trying to find a new job,
advance up the corporate ladder or change fields completely.
What is Involved?
A career coach is seldom attached to one specific field. Usually a career
coach works with clients in a variety of industries and professional
levels. Your challenge will be to engage and empower your client to land
their first job or guide them through a transitional period to their dream
career.
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2. Couples Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
You will impart coaching techniques on how to better communicate,
resolve conflicts, listen to the other’s needs, and how to increase their
intimate bond.
As a Couples Coach, your main coal will be to help them identify a better
path for their relationship. This could include exploring:
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3. Divorce Coaching
Typical Clients
Clients can include both men and women looking for support and
guidance during and after a divorce.
What is Involved?
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4. Family Coaching
Typical Clients
Clients often include families who are in crisis, new parents, and adoptive
parents who need help coping with a difficult transition.
What is Involved?
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5. Health & Wellness Coaching
Typical Clients
Clients are likely to include people with physical and mental struggles with
losing weight, increasing exercise, eating healthily, or improving their
mindset.
What is Involved?
A Health & Wellness Coach’s role is to promote positive view on health and
wellness. This can be achieved by assisting clients to overcome physical and
mental blocks that result in negative mindsets. By helping bring their mind to
balance, you will assist them to feel better about themselves, both in mind and
body.
You will partner with your clients to deal with a variety of issues, including:
• Healthful eating
• Time management & motivation
• Positive thinking
• Goal setting & commitment
• Potential obstacles
• Exercise
• Self confidence
• Stress relief
• Meditation
• Self-esteem
• Increasing awareness & mindfulness
• Accepting responsibility & accountability
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6. Holistic Health Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
Some may have looked for solutions using traditional methods such as
medication, counseling or therapy but have become frustrated at their
ineffectiveness.
Issues that Holistic Health Coaching clients may seek help with:
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7. Motivational Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
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8. Parent Coaching
Typical Clients
Parents face a myriad of challenges when raising children and some simply
become overwhelmed when this major responsibility controls their life.
Parents desire to establish a reciprocal loving relationships with their children.
What is Involved?
Parents strive for reciprocal loving relationships with their children and
a Parenting Coach helps them achieve this. You should be able to assist
struggling parents to learn effective ways to nurture their child through
tough times and prepare them for the road ahead. You will help the parent
understand current challenges and assist them to create a plan of action
to resolve issues and move forward. The result of Parent Coaching is a
strengthened parent-child relationship with successful open, honest and
loving communication.
You will likely help with some of the following parenting challenges:
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9. Personal Development Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
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10. Recovery Coaching
Typical Clients
Recovery Coaches work with individuals who are recovering from forms of
addiction such as drugs, alcohol, sex, and gambling. Addiction impacts people
from all walks of life meaning your clientele could vary dramatically.
What is Involved?
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11. Relationship Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
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12. Singles Coaching
Typical Clients
People work with Singles Coaches to help them navigate through the
challenges of finding the right partner. However a big part of Singles Coaching
is also helping people enjoy themselves as a single person and discard the idea
that they have to be with someone to be happy. Clients can be very diverse;
they can be young or old, male or female, rich or poor.
What is Involved?
Singles Coaching clients often find meeting and dating challenging, often
creating a sense of anxiety and self-doubt. It is the Singles Coach’s role to help
them feel comfortable and confident in their own skin, address their fears and
assist them to take steps to achieve successful relationship.
Singles Coaching clients may need help with some of the following things:
• Improvising communication skills.
• Increasing their self-confidence.
• Understanding the signals of a potential romantic partner.
• Identifying their ideal venues for meeting people.
• Learning how to build a relationship, from the initial attraction to long-
term.
• Transforming their feelings of desperation into
contentment with themself.
• Learning to identify potential and compatible partners.
• Creating a vision of their ideal partner.
• Designing an action plan to achieve their relationship goal.
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13. Spiritual Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
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14. Success Coaching
Typical Clients
Success Coaching clients often seek help because they feel unfulfilled and are
searching for personal success or happiness.
What is Involved?
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What is Business Coaching?
An astute Business Coach will be able to identify a person’s strengths, skills, and
talents.
You will guide the client as they develop action steps that maximize their expertise
and mindset. You will provide feedback and encouragement to your clients as they
progress to their goals and reach their full potential.
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1. Business Management Coaching
Typical Clients
The client base for Business Management Coaching is very diverse, and
includes managers and leaders from start-ups, small, medium, and large
corporations.
What is Involved?
The Business Management Coach plays a wide variety of business roles, and
often does not concentrate on one specific field. Instead, they take a holistic
view of the client’s business to assist the client to ask the right strategic
questions to improve their business.
A Business Management Coach can help a client in many business areas, such
as:
• Communication with employees.
• Communication with suppliers & vendors.
• Time management.
• Organizational skills.
• Measured goals for increased profitability.
• Gaining self-confidence as a successful business owner.
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2. Entrepreneur Coaching
Typical Clients
Entrepreneurs range from the very young with little experience and big
ambitions, to older, more experienced business people who require support in
certain areas of entrepreneurship.
What is Involved?
You will help your clients through the various aspects of entrepreneurship,
such as:
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3. Executive Business Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
You will be working with highly skilled and motivated individuals who hire
you to help them reach their business (and personal) goals faster than they
could on their own. You will be expected to have a deep understanding of
their role with their company and industry. Clients will be looking for insights
on overcoming obstacles they have had previous difficulty with, as well as
drawing a greater sense of satisfaction from their work.
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4. Leadership Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
Leaders are often high achievers, usually with a very busy schedule. It is the
Leadership Coach’s role to facilitate their client’s learning of the best leadership
techniques while excelling in day-to-day business. Leadership Coaches
should be able to fully understand their client’s positive and negative situations
and assist them to ask the right questions and reach higher levels of success.
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5. Sales Coaching
Typical Clients
Sales Coaching appeals to individuals who hold the roles of Sales Managers,
Sales VPs, CSOs, Sales Team Leaders, Sales Executives, Sales Consultants,
Entrepreneurs and even Coaches.
What is Involved?
While the people in those roles have specific needs, they also share many
similarities. They are concerned with finding new business partners, creating
ways to increase sales, growing the stability of the business, and increasing
their bottom line.
Even though the scope of the above role varies, they also share many strategic
similarities. As a Sales Coach you will have significant experience in a variety
of sales environments, which you can draw on to help your clients increase
sales, reach goals, organize teams, and increase their profits. Your Sales
Coaching clients may need help in the following areas:
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6. Marketing Coaching
Typical Clients
What is Involved?
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About Erickson Coaching International
Since 1980 Erickson Coaching International has been pioneering the most effective
Coach Training and Business Leadership Programs in the world. Established in over
27 countries, Erickson coaches integrate the cutting-edge research of the founder
Dr. Marilyn Atkinson to provide innovative education to our global community.
www.erickson.edu
Reference:
Barbara Wainwright (2006) - 52 Coaching Niches That Are Working Miracles Everyday
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