What is Coaching? The issue of a definition in coaching is one which has been actively investigated in the literature, in a way which is not found in mentoring. Some papers have considered the question, some focusing on reviewing previous definitions, others trying to offer new definitions. This activity displays the immature nature of the domain and the desire to delineate boundaries and mark out territory for coaching being a different and distinctive intervention to other organizational interventions such as mentoring, careers counseling, appraisals, and feedback. The reality, in my view, is that coaching has many similarities and overlaps with many of these interventions.
Several papers have evaluated and discussed the nature of coaching
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Grant and Stober ( 2001) in their largely Australian edited textbook of evidenced based coaching provide a definition: “A collaborative and egalitarian relationship between a coach, who is not necessarily a domain-specific specialist, and Client, which involves a systematic process that focuses on collaborative goal setting to construct solutions and employ goal attainment process with the aim of fostering the on-going self-directed learning and personal growth of the Client” (Grant and Stober,2006, p. 2). This view of coaching can be contrasted with other definitions in edited …show more content…
“ (Kilburg, 2000, p. 142)
Kilburg’s definition mingles psychological practice with organizational consulting and has become a standard definition, frequently quoted alongside Whitmore’s catchy definition, offering a variation for readers in peer reviewed papers between the simple and more