20 Types of Coaches You Could Hire You Definitely Want to Help Improve Your….

In our page on Life Coaching we (very) briefly covered types of coaches. This list is going to give you a working overview of the many different types of coaches and what they do! Without further delay, and hopefully no digressing, let’s cover the main one’s! Read this as a type of definition list, like if you were looking for a type of coach

Types of Coaches

Life Coach: A life coach is a really general term. These types of coaches could cover one area of your life, work with other types of coaches, or even could work concurrently with a therapist. A typical issue people come to life coaches with is the feeling that they are “stuck” in life or that they feel they should be getting more out of life.

Mindset Coach: This is another of the various types of coaches out there. A mindset coach will help you with mindset based topics. Maybe you are a pessimist and want to think more clearly and positively. A mindset coach would be the type of coach you would go and look for.

Team Coaching: These types of coaches sound like they would be involved in the sports world, and that’s partially true – they could be. Team coaches are types of coaches that work with many different members, or all members depending on the scope of their project, in the goal of team development. This could be helping to foster better relationships between teams, working on having teams improve productivity, and the list is really just large. I did this type of coaching a few times and it can be very rewarding.

Leadership Coach: There is a plethora of topics that a leadership coach could be beneficial in. Either working on the leader or executive improve their communication and delegation abilities or other leadership tasks, a leadership coach can be very useful. Not to be confused with an executive coach who mainly works with an executive, leadership coaches help to instill and develop leadership qualities in their client.

Mentor: Where life coaches focus on plans, skill development, and action mentors provide a wealth of knowledge and wisdom when it comes to

Career Coach: Preparing for a particular career, switching careers, or looking to progress in your career is when a career coach would be most beneficial. In addition to this, a career coach can help you develop a trajectory plan, help with interviewing, educational opportunities, and similar work and career topics.

Personal coach: Sounds life it could be a life coach, and at times a life coach will be a personal coach. I am rarely open to the idea of personal coaching because of the amount of time you dedicate to one customer. Many rich and famous people will have a personal coach, they help with decisions and sometimes act as a companion!

Relationship coach: A relationship coach will help navigate the difficulties many find in relationships. What’s interesting is that this is not relegated simply to romantic relationships. Although relationship coaches are typical in intimate settings, I have actually worked with a few sets of tenants a landlord loved but did not love each other.

Family coach: Family issues can hurt the family relationship. A Family coach specializes in helping the family unit work cohesively to reach individual and family goals!

Health and wellness coach: I was researching a family members career path many years ago and found this type of coach. These types of coaches are similar to life coaches, and for that matter psychologists as well. They work to help improve your health through diet and behavioral changes. These types of coaches are rather all encompassing when it comes to your health and well being as life coaches are to your life.

Fitness coach: Fitness coaches specialize in helping you achieve your fitness related goals. These are basically personal trainers. This is one field where you would want to check and see if the coach has a certification.

Mental health coach: This is NOT to be confused with or replace certified medical care! I have done this from time to time. A mental health coach is someone who works to improve the mental well being of their client. This is not therapy at all. Although therapeutic tools and techniques are used, such as cognitive behavioral therapy strategies, these types of coaches do not focus on treating the client but rather helping them improve in general. I take great joy in this type of work and do hold a certificate specifically for this type of coaching that I keep up to date.

Spiritual coach: These types of coaches work on getting you closer to a higher power, whatever you consider that higher power. Rarely will I personally engage in these sessions however I do know other of these types of coaches I may recommend someone talk with. A typical topic you will find with spiritual coaches is a “spiritual journey”.

Christian Coach: Also known as a Christian Life Coach are different from Spiritual coaches. This type of coach works in a similar manner as a spiritual coach, however have a focus on Jesus Christ. I am a Christian Life Coach, I am not a Spiritual coach as I mentioned previously. What I do, is I help fellow Christians (most denominations) improve their walk with Christ. This is some of the absolute most fulfilling sessions I have as I get to pray and go over Scripture if fellow believers request that type of session!

Business coach: These types of coaches are known in the business world. Typically someone who is retired in the industry or who has an MBA from a University will be a business coach. Business coaches typically help their client with a wide range of business related topics. They could help develop strategies, improve leadership skills, etc. I personally do eCommerce coaching as I have ran successful websites for ages.

Finance coach: Financial Coaches are becoming very popular. I believe one of the best and most famous financial coaches is Dave Ramsey. The guy is a financial whiz and I have used some of his strategies personally. These types of coaches can help with anything from debt to budgeting, to saving for specific events.

Sales coach: Not to be confused with a business coach, these types of coaches focus solely on sales. It could be uncovering where sales issues arise from or even implementing new strategies to increase sales to new or existing services or products.

Vocal coach: I’m putting this for my son. When I sing, my “tra la la’s” sound more like a “even God puts earplugs in”. I would want to look into a vocal coach, they help you with pitch, tone, and singing in general. The Voice contestants have really made this field popular.

Sport specific coach: I coach first base currently for the Dighton 12U Fall Ball Team. During a recent game I witnessed a child throwing no less than 80 miles per hour. It turns out his parents spend a ton on a pitching coach for their son. A sport specific coach will work to help your child, or you, in various aspects of different sports.

Transition coach: Whether we are preparing to transition from one career to another (although you can also use a career coach for this) or are preparing for retirement, a transition coach can be useful. Depending on the transition as well as the coach’s experience in that particular field a mentor could be beneficial as well.

Launching coach: I’m on of few launching coaches and to be honest, there should be a lot more of us. We help parents properly launch their children from catapults…. or rather into adulthood. Finances, social life, and wisdom are given to teens who are reaching adulthood and launching coaches are the ones who do it. A few of the massive topics covered are boundaries, responsibility, and planning. These are typically done with a minimum 4 sessions but typically 6 to 8. There are a lot of “what if” hypothetical scenarios that go into the session work.