Definition of Coaching and Mentoring
What is Coaching?
Coaching is a way to develop people's skills and abilities to enhance their performance and can help to address issues before they become major problems. Coaching is a way of thinking to find solutions, learning, and development.
Eric Parsloe (1999, P. 8) defined coaching as “a process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve. To be successful a Coach requires knowledge and understanding of process as well as the variety of styles, skills, and techniques that are appropriate to the context in which the coaching takes place”.
Coaching is a professional relationship that helps people meet great results in both lives personal and professional also helps to fill the gap
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Mentoring is a long-term relationship. Goals can change but are usually determined by the mentor. The mentor has both the goals and the processes through which the program is implemented. The feedback comes from the mentors who guide the mentee. The mentor develops knowledge, understanding, experience, and vision through self-assessment, and this makes the mentee more aware of their experiences.
One of the advantages of mentoring is familiarizing it to the culture and environment of any organization. There are different models of mentoring for example:
One-on-one mentoring
This model is either formal or informal by matching mentor and mentee together and the two are involved in the design of the structure of the program and timeframe or as planned in the official mentoring program.
Group mentoring
In this model, the mentor works with a group of mentees at one time and this gathering helps everyone to develop their skills and knowledge.
Similarities between Coaching and