The Five Branches of Coaching ...

One of the challenges of being in the coaching profession:  When someone hears that I'm a "coach," they make assumptions on what I do based upon what they know about what other coaches do.  I'm a business coach who works one-on-one with small business owners, entrepreneurs and sales professionals to help them build their clientele.  I help my clients to clarify their goals, delegate/eliminate unproductive tasks and then focus on marketing (through networking and requesting referrals) and selling (via consultative interviews) their services.  My main niche is financial advisors (thus the referral from Dan Felix, who is aware that you also work with FA's), and I work exclusively by phone.

If I may, there are what I consider five main branches of coaching:

Executive -- to help CEO's/presidents of companies become more effective leaders

Corporate -- to help directors and managers get better results from their reports

Business  -- to help business owners build their clientele and manage their businesses

Career --  to help people transition to a job/career they want

Life -- to help people create balance, bring their dreams into reality, work on relationships, etc.

Of course there is some overlap in all of these -- I've done all of them, prefer what I currently do best.  I do have a network of coaches who I can refer people to if, for example, someone wants a career coach.