November 1, 2013

Newsmaker Q&A: Osborn banks on coaching to spur creativity

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When Bob Brenner, the all-time weight-loss record setter for the television show “Extreme Weight Loss,” called Chris Osborn, president and chief executive of Coach Training Alliance in Fort Collins, to ask about his services, Osborn had no idea who he was talking to. But he must have said something right, because Brenner is now a CTA graduate and coaching evangelist. We asked Osborn, a former banker, why he got into coaching and how the national recognition has changed his business.

Question: Why did you decide to get out of banking and what brought you to coach training?

Answer: I never really considered…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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