How does coaching compare with participating in a workshop or reading a book?
There are many ways for a person to experience personal growth. Coaching is a highly effective and very personalized way of experiencing growth and learning. Books and workshops are good in that they help you learn in a generalized sense, how one person thinks about an issue. However, they do not generally address your specific set of issues, nor require you to take action. Coaching is interactive and has an ongoing presence and accountability usually not found in other means. The learning happens not only by increasing your awareness of what you want, but also experiencing and doing things week-by-week to move you forward. What is difference between coaching and consulting? Coaching is like consulting in that both provide the benefit of support, inquiry, perspective and facilitation from an impartial source. The difference is in how the client is viewed. Coaching assumes the client is the expert. Coaching approaches the client as fully empowered, accountable, capable, and resourceful
