Is there a difference between Business Coaching and Business Consulting ?
YES. For CTF, Business Coaching is a personal process that involves only 5 Phases: (1) Mutual Diagnosis, (2) Mutual Discussion, (3) Mutual Planning, (4) Client Implementation and (5) Client Evaluation. Rather than telling someone what s/he should do, Business Coaching leads to professional growth and development that allows the individual to make better, more informed decisions for him/herself. Business Consulting is focused on organizational or managerial processes that involves 8 significantly different Phases: (1) Diagnosis, (2) Discussion, (3) Preparation and Presentation (4) Planning, (5) Mutual Implementation, (6) Mutual Evaluation, (7) Refinement AND (8) Mutual Continuous IMPROVEMENT. Business Consulting leads to organizational change and development (and sometimes personal change) that allows the organization to g r O W AND Pro$per! Although each process has a specific set of results to be achieved, the Business Coaching process is more personal, while the Business Consulting p