Coaching vs Mentoring
Coaching
Coaching is when someone is providing guidance to a client to help them reach a certain goal that they are trying to achieve. The coach is there to help their students to reach their fullest potential. Key factors about coaches is that their relationship is lead by them and their job is to create a roadmap for the client to help them learn tools to help them get from point A and B. Point A would be the problem they are facing and Point B is the possible solutions that they hope they will get from the outcome they take. They will also help to develop strategies that will help them internally and externally. They are there to give reassurance that what the client is doing or going through aliens with they hope the payoff will be. Coaches will delegate tasks based on level of importance and their amount of time it takes to complete a certain task. Coaches are more of a quick short term investment to improve on a particular skill as their expertise is very niche. There are many types of coaches ranging from: Lifestyle, Fitness, Financial Planners, and Business Coaches. They have a more formal approach in their technique.
Key Takeaways
Short Term transactional approach of teaching style
Help you master certain skills that you may be lacking in that could be hindering your performance.
It is more a professor and student relationship
They are very niche in the skill that they have qualifications
Mentoring
Mentoring is when someone who is called a Mentor is helping someone by sharing their knowledge and skills through their own lived experience. Mentors are more relationship driven and are led by their student who is referred to as the Mentee. They are using their personal experience to help guide them by navigating them to the right path as they have learned in their own experience what methods work and what doesn't. This causes less areas of mistakes that would happen if the mentee was doing everything on their own. Because of this type of style of learning and processing information causes this to be a more long term investment. Instead of this being like a traditional business transaction being A to B turns it more into a A to Z. The Mentor is more invested in their Mentee than your traditional coach. Since the relationship is so deep the mentees wellbeing and informational approach feels more interment and there's usually a connection between the two. It’s more like a friendship that has boundaries that pertain to the business.
Key Takeaways
Long Term transaction between the Mentor and Mentee
There are clear boundaries made that both parties have established in the beginning
There is no limit on how much you can learn and gain
More opportunities to get more work with the help of the coach who is willing to support you at all levels
Similarities
Requires a lot of communication from both parties regarding listening, speaking and body language
Tunes into what the client is feeling at the current moment
Requires a lot of patience and persistence to see optimize growth
Differences
Coaching is more short term while Mentoring is more long term
The way that they approach their client and businesses is a lot different providing different styles of outcomes
Mentors are more relatable while coaches are hired for a certain role
Coaches are specified in a certain skill while their is now prerequisites for mentors
Who Is For What Method?
Coaching: Quick short term learning style that helps you get from point A to point B to mastering a particular skill.
Mentoring: Long term relationship that could possibly change your lifestyle and how you process information. Mentor is speaking from their own personal experiences
Who Is It Not For?
People who aren't willing to invest time and money to get results
People who don't want to put in the work and just want answers to their problems
A person who is not willing to collaborative
