Coaching supports personal and professional growth and development based on initiated change in pursuit of specific actionable outcomes. Coaching is associated with generative change and is not a substitute for consulting, counselling, or any form of therapy.
Consulting is for the purpose of accessing specialised expertise. Consultants are retained by individuals or organisations for that specific purpose. Consultants diagnose problems, prescribe and sometimes implement solutions, whereas coaching focuses on supporting individuals and teams as they generate their own solutions and a coach provides supportive discovery-based approaches and frameworks.
Mentoring can be thought of as guiding from one's own experience or of sharing an experience in a specific area of industry or career development.
Training is based on the acquisition of certain learning objectives being set out by the trainer or instructor. Training also assumes a linear learning path which coincides with an established curriculum whereas coaching is less linear and without a set curriculum plan.
Therapy deals with healing pain, dysfunction and conflict when emotions prevent a person from functioning in a normal day to day manner. Remedial change takes care of and fixes something that has gone wrong.
Knowing the difference is important. The emphasis in coaching is on action, accountability, responsibility and follow through.
In any profession there is a tendency for areas of expertise and it is important to find the appropriate person and the appropriate profession that is right for you.
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