{"id":1369,"date":"2012-09-15T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2012-02-07T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T21:28:00","slug":"michael-o-cooper-on-discovering-your-niche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-on-discovering-your-niche\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael O. Cooper on Discovering Your Niche"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is taken from David’s interview with Michael O. Cooper in\u00a010 Super Coaches<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are your coaching niche(s)? How did you discover this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leadership Coaching: I have always held a fascination about leaders and how they ticked, how they inspire and motivate others, and unfortunately, often how their unchecked egos ruin their influence. I discovered the 15 Leadership Proficiencies developed by Thomas Leonard and started using them with a client on a whim. Within a few months I was asked to present at a conference on leadership and have been speaking and coaching ever since. Serendipity really.<\/p>\n

Coaching financial advisors to market themselves effectively: I developed this nice out of necessity when I was near bankruptcy and needed to double my income in one month. I had worked with one financial advisor on a pro bono basis and he doubled his business within a few months. I was desperate and began interviewing other financial advisors to understand their market better. Essentially, they developed a \u201cguided coaching program\u201d for me. Within four weeks I quadrupled my business with this program. Note: I didn\u2019t have a passion or experience in this niche, but the need already existed in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is taken from David’s interview with Michael O. Cooper in\u00a010 Super Coaches.\u00a0 What are your coaching niche(s)? How did you discover this? Leadership Coaching: I have always held a fascination about leaders and how they ticked, how they inspire and motivate others, and unfortunately, often how their unchecked egos ruin their influence. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[123],"tags":[122,171,121,137],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t