Mentoring
Study day 8
By Heidi Turner
Coaching
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Coaching is rooted in developmental psychology and is commonly applied in organisational settings.
Coaching is associated with team building, executive coaching, management coaching, life-skills coaching, career development and personal and professional development.
Coaching
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Coaching, when referring to getting coached by a professional coach, is a teaching or training process in which an individual gets support while learning to achieve a specific personal or professional result or goal.
The individual getting coached may be referred to as the client, the mentee or coachee, or they may be in an intern or apprenticeship relationship with the person coaching them.
Coaching may also happen in an informal relationship between one individual who has greater experience and expertise than another and offers advice and guidance, as the other goes through a learning process.
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Business coaching
Business coaching is a type of personal or human resource development. It provides positive support, feedback and advice to an individual or group basis to improve their personal effectiveness in the business setting.
Business coaching includes executive coaching, corporate coaching and leadership coaching. Business coaching is as much about driving profit as it is about developing the person.
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Executive coaching
Executive coaching is designed to help facilitate professional and personal development to the point of individual growth and improved performance. Coaches need to have a strong understanding of individual differences in a work place as well as the ability to adapt their coaching style or strategies
Multiple factors affect coaching such as motivation, cultural differences, goals, and feedback.
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Coaching is not a practice restricted to external experts or providers. Many organizations expect their
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