Welcome to the Kaizen Torch Awards, a prestigious platform that recognizes excellence in coaching from around the globe. Below is a breakdown of each award category, providing a brief explanation of what we’re looking for in submissions.
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Life Coaches Categories
Interpersonal Relationships Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who help individuals develop stronger, healthier, and more fulfilling relationships in their personal and professional lives.
Who Can Enter: Relationship coaches, communication experts, and professionals specializing in interpersonal skills.
ProTips: Provide success stories of clients who improved their communication and relationships. Showcase techniques used for conflict resolution and emotional intelligence. Include testimonials emphasizing relationship transformations.
Parenting Coach
Description: Honoring coaches who guide parents in fostering strong, healthy, and positive relationships with their children.
Who Can Enter: Certified parenting coaches, child psychologists incorporating coaching, and professionals specializing in family dynamics.
ProTips: Share testimonials from parents who have implemented your coaching strategies successfully. Showcase specific techniques that improve parent-child communication and behavior management. Provide case studies on parenting challenges resolved.
Personal Development And Growth Coach
Description: Celebrating coaches who empower individuals to unlock their full potential and achieve personal growth.
Who Can Enter: Life coaches, personal development experts, or professionals guiding clients toward self-improvement.
ProTips: Highlight transformation stories of clients who achieved breakthroughs in their personal or professional lives. Showcase unique coaching frameworks used. Provide testimonials emphasizing measurable growth and change.
Self-Confidence Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who help individuals build self-esteem, overcome self-doubt, and develop unshakable confidence.
Who Can Enter: Confidence coaches, mindset coaches, or professionals specializing in self-esteem improvement.
ProTips: Provide testimonials from clients who gained confidence in specific areas (e.g., public speaking, career growth, relationships). Share mindset shifts and strategies used. Include before-and-after success stories.
Manifestation Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who help individuals manifest their desires by aligning thoughts, emotions, and actions with their goals.
Who Can Enter: Manifestation coaches, mindset coaches, or professionals using the law of attraction in their coaching.
ProTips: Provide success stories of clients who manifested significant life changes. Showcase manifestation techniques used (visualization, scripting, affirmations). Include testimonials highlighting transformational results.
NLP Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who use Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques to help clients reprogram their thoughts and behaviors for success.
Who Can Enter: Certified NLP coaches, mindset coaches incorporating NLP, or professionals specializing in behavior change.
ProTips: Highlight NLP techniques used for transformation. Provide testimonials showcasing measurable improvements in habits, confidence, or performance. Share case studies of clients who overcame limiting beliefs using NLP.
Reiki Healer Coach
Description: Celebrating professionals who integrate Reiki healing into coaching to promote energy balance and holistic well-being.
Who Can Enter: Certified Reiki healers, energy coaches, or wellness practitioners incorporating Reiki into coaching.
ProTips: Share testimonials of clients who experienced physical, emotional, or spiritual healing. Highlight your Reiki techniques and coaching approach. Provide case studies showcasing the impact of energy healing.
Spiritual Coach
Description: Honoring coaches who guide individuals in connecting with their higher selves, finding purpose, and deepening spiritual awareness.
Who Can Enter: Spiritual coaches, life coaches with a spiritual focus, or professionals incorporating energy and consciousness work into coaching.
ProTips: Share transformational stories of clients who found clarity, healing, or purpose through your coaching. Highlight methodologies used (e.g., meditation, energy work, intuitive coaching). Provide testimonials emphasizing spiritual breakthroughs.
Personal Breakthrough Coach
Description: Recognizing professionals who help clients experience major breakthroughs in life, business, or personal development.
Who Can Enter: Breakthrough coaches, mindset transformation coaches, or professionals guiding clients through life-changing moments.
ProTips: Provide case studies of clients who achieved significant personal or professional breakthroughs. Showcase tools and techniques used to facilitate change. Include testimonials emphasizing long-term transformation.
OpenEntry Life Coach Award (Free Entry)
Description: A special category recognizing life coaches who have made a profound impact on their clients’ lives. This category is completely free to enter, allowing coaches to showcase their influence at no cost.
Who Can Enter: Any life coach who has helped clients achieve transformational results in personal development, mindset shifts, or life breakthroughs.
ProTips: Highlight success stories and major life transformations facilitated by your coaching. Provide testimonials showing measurable impact. Showcase coaching techniques that led to personal growth.
Health Coaches Categories
Holistic Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who take a mind-body-spirit approach to helping individuals achieve balance, healing, and personal growth.
Who Can Enter: Holistic wellness coaches, life coaches integrating multiple healing modalities, and professionals using a whole-person coaching approach.
ProTips: Showcase how your coaching integrates multiple disciplines such as mindfulness, energy healing, nutrition, or emotional work. Provide client testimonials showing transformational results. Include specific methodologies or frameworks used.
Fitness Coach
Description: Honoring coaches who help individuals build strength, improve endurance, and maintain an active lifestyle through personalized fitness programs.
Who Can Enter: Personal trainers, fitness coaches, and health professionals specializing in physical well-being.
ProTips: Provide client case studies showing fitness progress. Include before-and-after transformation photos (if permitted). Highlight fitness methodologies, workout plans, and performance improvement data.
Stress And Anxiety Coach
Description: Honoring professionals who help clients manage and reduce stress and anxiety through coaching techniques.
Who Can Enter: Certified stress management coaches, mindfulness experts, and therapists who incorporate coaching into their practice.
ProTips: Demonstrate the effectiveness of your coaching through client testimonials and success stories. Include frameworks or techniques used, such as breathwork, CBT-based coaching, or mindfulness exercises. Share measurable improvements in clients’ stress levels or emotional resilience.
Health Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who take a comprehensive approach to guiding clients toward improved overall health and well-being.
Who Can Enter: Health coaches specializing in preventive care, chronic disease management, or holistic health improvement.
ProTips: Share case studies of clients improving health markers (e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol, or fitness levels). Highlight your coaching techniques and programs. Include testimonials from clients who experienced life-changing health improvements.
Intimacy And Relationship Coach
Description: Honoring coaches who help individuals or couples deepen intimacy, strengthen relationships, and enhance emotional connection.
Who Can Enter: Certified relationship coaches, intimacy coaches, or professionals working with couples or individuals to improve love and connection.
ProTips: Provide success stories from clients who improved their relationships. Showcase communication techniques and coaching methodologies used. Highlight measurable improvements in emotional intimacy, trust, or connection.
Trauma Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who help clients heal from childhood wounds and break free from limiting patterns.
Who Can Enter: Trauma-informed coaches, therapists integrating coaching, or professionals specializing in inner child healing.
ProTips: Highlight client breakthroughs and long-term transformations. Share frameworks or healing methodologies used. Provide testimonials showing emotional resilience and personal growth.
Hypnosis Coach
Description: Honoring coaches who use hypnosis to help clients achieve breakthroughs in habits, behavior, and mindset.
Who Can Enter: Certified hypnotherapists, mindset coaches, or professionals integrating hypnosis into coaching.
ProTips: Provide client testimonials showcasing habit transformation (e.g., quitting smoking, overcoming fears, or building confidence). Explain your hypnosis techniques and results. Share success stories with measurable behavioral shifts.
Recovery And Addiction Coach
Description: Celebrating professionals who support individuals in overcoming addiction and maintaining long-term recovery.
Who Can Enter: Certified recovery coaches, addiction specialists, or professionals integrating coaching into rehabilitation programs.
ProTips: Highlight success stories of clients who achieved and maintained sobriety. Showcase coaching strategies that support relapse prevention. Provide testimonials emphasizing emotional and lifestyle transformation.
Fertility Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who guide individuals or couples through fertility challenges with emotional, physical, and lifestyle support.
Who Can Enter: Fertility coaches, reproductive health specialists, or professionals integrating coaching into fertility treatment.
ProTips: Provide testimonials from clients who successfully navigated fertility challenges. Highlight emotional support techniques, nutrition guidance, or lifestyle coaching. Share case studies showcasing improved fertility outcomes.
Wellness Coach
Description: Celebrating professionals who help individuals achieve holistic well-being through lifestyle changes and personalized coaching.
Who Can Enter: Wellness coaches specializing in areas such as fitness, nutrition, mental health, and emotional well-being.
ProTips: Provide case studies showing client improvements in overall well-being. Share your coaching methods for sustainable health and happiness. Include testimonials from clients who experienced major wellness transformations.
OpenEntry Wellness Transformation Award (Free Entry)
Description: A special category recognizing coaching programs or individual coaches who have significantly transformed clients’ wellness journeys. This category is completely free to enter, allowing wellness coaches to showcase their impact at no cost.
Who Can Enter: Any wellness, health, or transformational coach who has made a meaningful impact on clients’ physical, mental, or emotional well-being.
ProTips: Share measurable improvements in client health, happiness, or lifestyle. Provide success stories and testimonials showcasing major transformations. Highlight your coaching methodologies and unique approach to well-being.
Business Executive Coaches Categories
Leadership Coach
Description: This award recognizes coaches who empower individuals to become effective leaders by improving their decision-making, influence, and leadership presence.
Who Can Enter: Leadership coaches specializing in executive, corporate, or personal leadership development. Coaches with a proven track record of helping leaders transform their skills.
ProTips: Showcase before-and-after client success stories. Provide metrics on leadership growth, such as increased team engagement or promotions. Include video testimonials from clients in leadership roles.
Communication and Public Speaking Coach
Description: This category celebrates coaches who transform individuals into confident, persuasive, and impactful speakers, whether in public speaking, corporate presentations, or personal interactions.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in public speaking, storytelling, media training, or corporate communication. Coaches who have helped clients overcome stage fear, improve clarity, or increase audience engagement.
ProTips: Provide video samples of client transformations (before and after coaching). Highlight measurable improvements such as increased audience engagement or speaking invitations. Include testimonials from clients who successfully delivered speeches or presentations.
Business Executive Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who mentor executives to enhance leadership, decision-making, and organizational impact.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in executive coaching and corporate leadership. Coaches with experience working with senior leaders and CEOs.
ProTips: Share testimonials from executives with leadership growth. Showcase methodologies used for executive development. Provide real-world results in leadership impact.
Conflict Resolution Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who help individuals and teams navigate conflicts, strengthen relationships, and create harmonious workplaces.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in mediation, corporate conflict resolution, or personal dispute coaching. Coaches with proven case studies of resolving complex conflicts.
ProTips: Showcase examples of resolved conflicts with positive outcomes. Share a framework or methodology used for conflict resolution. Provide testimonials from clients who experienced improved relationships or workplace harmony.
Finance and Investment Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who help clients master financial literacy, wealth management, and smart investing strategies.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in personal finance, wealth building, or investment strategies. Coaches with proven success in guiding individuals or businesses toward financial stability and growth.
ProTips: Share client testimonials with quantifiable financial improvements. Include frameworks or tools you use to educate clients. Demonstrate how your coaching impacts financial decision-making.
Branding Coach
Description: Honoring coaches who specialize in helping individuals and businesses refine sales strategies, enhance marketing efforts, and build compelling brands.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in sales techniques, marketing strategies, or brand positioning. Coaches with a proven impact on revenue growth, client acquisition, or brand expansion.
ProTips: Share specific case studies with ROI improvements. Show your frameworks or methodologies for increasing sales or brand recognition. Include client testimonials that reflect tangible business success.
Performance and Productivity Coach
Description: Recognizing coaches who optimize focus, time management, and peak performance in individuals and teams.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in productivity, efficiency, and performance improvement. Coaches who have helped clients boost output while reducing stress.
ProTips: Showcase frameworks used for performance improvement. Provide measurable results on client productivity gains. Include testimonials from clients with improved efficiency
Job / Career Transition Coach
Description: Honoring professionals who help individuals successfully navigate career changes and job transitions.
Who Can Enter: Coaches specializing in career transitions, job searching, or career growth. Coaches who have successfully guided clients to new career paths.
ProTips: Share success stories of clients securing new jobs or promotions. Showcase frameworks or strategies used for career transitions. Include testimonials from clients who achieved career breakthroughs.
OpenEntry Business Leadership Award (Free Entry)
Description: A special category for outstanding leadership in business, open to all coaching professionals. This category is completely free to enter, allowing coaches to showcase their leadership impact without any cost.
Who Can Enter: Any coach demonstrating exceptional business leadership.
ProTips: Highlight leadership innovations and measurable business impacts. Provide success stories and testimonials. Showcase frameworks used to drive leadership excellence.
Teams & Organizations Coaching Categories
Best Organizational Coaching Program
Description: This award recognizes outstanding coaching programs that have significantly enhanced an organization’s culture, leadership, and workforce performance.
Who Can Enter: Internal or outsourced coaches who have implemented a structured coaching program within an organization. Organizations themselves can also submit their successful coaching programs.
ProTips: Provide evidence of measurable outcomes such as employee development, leadership growth, or productivity improvements. Include testimonials from participants and organizational leaders. Highlight the unique approach that makes your program effective.
Executive Coaching Firm Of The Year
Description: Honoring coaching firms that specialize in transforming executives into high-performing leaders through strategic coaching initiatives.
Who Can Enter: Executive coaching firms or independent coaches working internally or externally with organizations to coach senior leaders and C-suite executives.
ProTips: Showcase success stories of executives who have significantly improved their leadership abilities. Provide metrics demonstrating impact on decision-making, organizational growth, or leadership effectiveness. Include testimonials from top executives.
Leadership Coaching Firm Of The Year
Description: This category celebrates coaching firms that have successfully enhanced leadership skills across different organizational levels.
Who Can Enter: Leadership coaching firms, internal leadership development teams, or outsourced coaches working directly with organizations.
ProTips: Present a compelling case of how your coaching firm has shaped leaders within client organizations. Share data on leadership performance improvements and testimonials from participants and HR leaders.
Best Remote Team Coaching Program
Description: Honoring coaching initiatives that successfully support and develop remote or hybrid teams.
Who Can Enter: Organizations, internal remote team coaches, or external coaches who have implemented remote coaching programs.
ProTips: Demonstrate how your coaching program addresses communication barriers, engagement challenges, and productivity in remote teams. Share digital tools and methods used. Provide before-and-after success stories from remote teams.
Best Team Coaching Initiative
Description: Recognizing coaching programs that have helped teams enhance collaboration, communication, and productivity.
Who Can Enter: Internal coaches within organizations, external team coaches, or organizations that have implemented structured team coaching initiatives.
ProTips: Highlight case studies showing how your coaching improved team cohesion and effectiveness. Provide examples of measurable improvements in teamwork, conflict resolution, or goal achievement. Include testimonials from team members and managers.
Best Coaching For Employee Well-Being
Description: Honoring coaching initiatives that prioritize employee mental health, resilience, and overall well-being.
Who Can Enter: Internal HR or well-being teams offering coaching, external coaches specializing in employee wellness, or organizations that have implemented well-being coaching programs.
ProTips: Demonstrate how your coaching program supports employees in managing stress, work-life balance, and overall health. Provide data on improved well-being, retention, and productivity. Share testimonials from employees who benefited.
Mentor Of The Year (Organization)
Description: Recognizing an outstanding mentor who has positively influenced individuals within an organization through structured coaching and mentorship.
Who Can Enter: Internal mentors within organizations or external coaches who act as dedicated mentors to employees or leaders.
ProTips: Share compelling mentorship success stories. Provide testimonials from mentees who experienced significant career or personal growth. Highlight mentorship frameworks used to drive lasting impact.
High-Performance Coaching Award
Description: Honoring coaching programs that drive high performance among employees, leaders, or teams.
Who Can Enter: Internal performance coaches, external coaching firms, or organizations implementing high-performance coaching.
ProTips: Showcase how your coaching program enhances employee motivation, efficiency, and goal achievement. Provide data on key performance indicators and success metrics.
OpenEntry Organizational Impact Award (Free Entry)
Description: A special category recognizing coaching programs that have significantly impacted organizations, fostering transformation and long-term success. This category is completely free to enter, allowing organizations and coaches to showcase their impact at no cost.
Who Can Enter: Internal coaches, external coaches partnering with organizations, or companies demonstrating exceptional coaching-led transformation.
ProTips: Highlight measurable improvements in business culture, employee engagement, and performance. Provide testimonials and case studies showcasing organizational transformation through coaching.
MOST VALUABLE COACH
- Life Mastery Coach of the Year 2025
- Well-being Coach of The Year 2025
- Business Visionary Coach of The Year 2025
- Leadership Architect Coach of The Year 2025
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Coaching & Development Leadership Award