What are the differences between coaching, consulting, counseling, and mentoring?
A. Each of these disciplines involves a skilled provider of services assisting a client. But each is a distinctly different form of professional support. Coaching is a relationship between someone who wants to grow professionally, the Client, and a skilled facilitator, the Coach, who can help the Client achieve his or her professional development objectives. Sometimes the Coach is on the staff of the same organization that employs the Client, but more commonly, the Coach is an outside resource who provides confidential services to the Client. A Coach from outside the Client’s organization brings an independent perspective and no potential for the conflict of interest (or power issues, or concerns about confidentiality) that can arise when one co-worker tries to coach another. And while the Coach may support a single individual, the Client can also be a team of people who are working together with a common purpose. The team may be charged with guiding an entire organization, or deliveri
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