The First Annual Momentum Awards
2025 is the inaugural year of the Modern Coach Momentum Awards, celebrating forward-thinking coaches shaping the industry’s future.
2025 Winners
2025 Runners Up
2025 Rising Stars
Award Categories
top
career coach
Honors a coach who demonstrates exceptional skill in guiding clients through career development, job searching, and career planning with confidence and clarity.
Top Executive & Leadership Coach
Honors a coach who drives impactful growth for executives or leaders, whether in a 1:1 setting or within a company or team environment.
Top Specialty Coach
Celebrates a coach who excels in a specific or niche area of professional development, such as interviewing, personal branding, or LinkedIn strategy.
Top
Academic Coach
Recognizes a coach who delivers exceptional support and guidance within a college, university, or academic setting.
Industry Thought Leader
Celebrates an individual making a significant impact on other coaches, the coaching profession as a whole, or in their domain of coaching.
2025 selection committee
Selection Transparancy
Step 1: Open Nominations (Annually on January 8th)
Step 2: All nominees seek public votes
Step 3: Top Five Vote-Getters in Each Category Named as Finalists
Step 4: Finalists submit written and video responses to questions
Step 5: Unbiased jury scores* responses to determine winners
*scoring is based on a pre-designed rubric where public votes count for 20% of the total score