622 Coaching and mentoring uniquely promote personal and professional development. It is important to understand how they differ in order to mentor/coach efficiently or be mentored/coached well. Fortunately, a strategic combination of both coaching and mentoring allow students to steadily advance in their respective careers. In the case of one’s college career, a NABA student is capable of utilizing coaching and mentoring relationships to develop others as well and himself/herself.
In short, coaching is task oriented and short term. Typically, a coach focuses on concrete issues to solve performance problems. They enhance current skills or help acquire new ones. For example, a coach may focus on issues such as managing time more effectively, learning how to think strategically or even speaking more accurately. As a result, conversations in a coaching relationship always have a clear and concise focus. In addition, a coaching relationship only lasts for as long as it is needed (typically six months to a
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This is important so that each function can support ones growth effectively. Once the difference is clear, one must be open to seeking out both types of relationships. Typically, a coach tends to appear more “cut-throat” or straight to the point and because of this, young professionals are hesitant to create coaching relationships. However, according to The Guardian, coaching encourages an individual to take ownership of their career path since coach’s focus on initiating learning rather than teaching. On the other hand, a mentor plays an integral role in ones life. It is important to have a mentor (or multiple mentors) because their experiences enable them to provide directional advice and even open organizational doors for the mentees. Learning from a mentor is a truly humbling experience because it prompts one to take a step back, listen and
Personal coaching as defined by Biswas – Diener (2009) is a professional relationship in which coaches work with clients to facilitate experiential learning and improve functioning and performance, of in the context of working toward specific goals. Some core assumptions that people have an innate capacity to grow and develop a focus on mutually agreed upon goals, and an understanding that the relationship is relatively equal and collaborative as stated by the author (2009). Some techniques that are in seen during a coaching process include but are not limited to the following list as provided by the author: active listening, the use of powerful questions which are based on broad and open-ended to raise awareness of the client to take stock of their values and resources, cognitive tools are used to reframe negative interpretations, use different types of encouragement tools, and that clients are held accountable (2009). The topics that will be discussed in this paper include what skills do I current have, which skills need to be develop, my comfort level and effectiveness, coaching approaches (including methods and tools), any challenges about coaching and finally how coaching relates to my professional career.
There are overlapping similarities between coaching and mentoring, as well as clear differences between the two.
The author shows how coaching differs from counseling. To start with, Collins supposes that counseling focuses on negative psychology that includes dealing with conflicts, spiritual struggles, and emotional matters like depression, while coaching focuses on improving team-building and performance, career growth and finding fulfillment (2009). According Collins, counseling fixes what is wrong, while coaching enables individuals to reach their goals. Coaching is centered on the present and future likelihood, getting unstuck and attaining the set goals, while counseling is centered on causes of the problems that are as a result of the past, and attaining healing and stability.
Coaching is a form of development in which a coach supports a learner in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance (Passmore, 2006). In sports, a coach is a person involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations of a sports team. Bad coaching is the use of verbal abuse, intimidation, humiliation or threats practiced by coaches in order to exert some amount of power over the players.
The 6 Cs of coaching process are clarify the agreement, create a partnership, collect and analyze data, construct a development plan, collaborate and challenge, and complete and celebrate (Kouzes, Posner, & Biech, 2010). Some tasks that are done during the clarify the agreement part include building a relationship with the leader, recognize whether the leader is ready for coaching, establish a coaching agreement, and determine whether you and the leader are a good match (2010). If there appears to be any “challenges” during this task I will use some of the ideas that were suggested by the authors they include observe the leader to determine whether they make small talk or get down to business, put your leader at ease by using their first name, showing interest in their needs and balancing discussion appropriately, exude self-confidence without being arrogant (2010). Bluckert (2006) states “Your challenge as a coach is to find out what it is that makes this client difficult for you. That said, there may be occasions when you simply don’t wish to take a client on. There may be little motivation or even downright hostility from the prospective client at the idea of being coached”.
In this essay, the advantages and disadvantages of two core theoretical models of coaching (GROW and Skilled helper model) and one of mentoring (5 C’s mentoring model) will be critically appraised.
Bioshock Infinite (2013 Video Game): The game takes place in 1912 and protagonist, Booker DeWitt taken to a lighthouse on boat by a mysterious pair of twins named Lutece. The Lutece twins tell Booker to "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt," DeWitt traverses the lighthouse which contains a rocket silo that carries Booker to Columbia, a floating city. Booker wanders around Columbia until he is stopped by a policeman who recognizes the branded letters, “AD” on Booker’s hand. The letters are seen earlier in a poster that displays them as the markings of the “False Shepard” who Zachary Comstock, the leader and prophet of the city, said would attempt to corrupt his daughter and future leader, Elizabeth and bring forward the destruction of
According to Hicks and McCracken (2009), the coaching process assists a person to think through and self-discover what action that person needs to take, and although a coach might point out possible answers. The key is to facilitate a coachee’s self-discovery. In addition, Griffiths and Campbell (2009) stated that the coaching process is goal-oriented. However, problem analysis is not a part of the coaching process. Instead, it involves helping person to find one’s own path forward. Thus, one way is to make the person identifies goals that one wants to move towards (Hicks & McCracken, 2010).
“Coaching is a passion and a calling, once you lose that passion it becomes a job.” Coach Blackmon. Coaches for years have had many different challenges in their career. Challenges that you have face can include many types of subjects like what kind of coach you are, taking advantage of opportunities, dealing athletes and parents, a budget, school board, communicating with the players, and even marriage. Being a coach's son I have seen many of these challenges first hand. Coaching is a challenge in itself and can pose a threat on many aspects of someone's life.
By taking his role seriously a coach not only manages and teaches but he can act as a great motivator. A team can rally behind a coach and increase in confidence. Teams who have a high skill level as well as a great bond will generally perform better than this who do not receive good coaching.
Coaching and mentoring is a constant process that occurs all throughout a future teacher’s journey. While attending a university, it is common while in the teacher preparation program to undergo several coaching sessions and mentoring periods, which is great! Normally this continues through the first year of teaching, but something happens after that first year. If a relationship isn’t built, encouraged, and made intentional, the coaching stops. For teachers, this is strange. We are taught to constantly coach, encourage, mentor, and teach our students, but when it comes to our peers, those under us, etc., we assume that each teacher has suddenly “made it” as if someone who can make it through their first year is automatically “good to go” and will not encounter any hiccups along the way to becoming a veteran. In some instances, the teaching community is a selfish profession for the fact that you do what needs to be done for you and the students you serve, but not for your peers. You do not share your lessons, ideas, concerns, etc. Some teachers are still under the impression that if they are struggling, they are doing it wrong or they are not a “good” teacher. This is a fallacy that needs to be talked about. There is a reason that peer coaching
A coach refers to a person who is a trusted role model, adviser, wise person, friend, mensch, steward, or guide a person who works with emerging human and organizational forces to tap new energy and purpose, to shape new vision and plans, and to generate desired results. A coach is someone trained in and devoted to guiding others into increased competence, commitment, and confidence”, (Hudson,
What Is a Mentor? Mentoring and coaching are similar. Mentoring tends to focus on developing long-term abilities, career advancement and leadership skills while coaching focuses on narrow skill sets that are needed immediately for a given job. Mentoring relationships are usually voluntary on each side, but some companies have mandatory mentoring programs to develop talent. The primary elements of business mentoring include improving job performance, counselling workers, sharing knowledge and developing career skills.
The word coach in a dictionary means a process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve. This means, being successful requires a knowledge and understanding of the process as well as the variety of styles, skills, and techniques that are appropriate to the context in which the coaching takes place. Next is mentoring, which means off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge, work or thinking. Both are very efficient whenever you’re dealing with student-athletes. However, mentoring, particularly in its traditional sense, enables an individual to follow in the path of an older and wiser colleague who can pass on knowledge, experience and open doors to otherwise out-of-reach opportunities. Coaching, on the other hand, is not generally performed on the basis that the coach has direct experience of their client’s formal occupational role unless the coaching is specific and skills focused. Given that shows there are professionals offering their services under the name of mentoring who have no direct experience of their clients’ roles and others offering services under the name of coaching who do. In other words, it is essential to determine what needs are productive, and to ensure that the coach or mentor can supply their student-athletes with the level of service that is required; whatever that service is
My ethical and moral views, beliefs, attitudes and values have been fashioned by an up bringing that centred on Christian beliefs. Even though religion was not forced upon me as a child, my mother raised us all with a strong sense of right and wrong. Along with the influence of my family, the Navy has had a big influence on the person I am. The Navy has a strong ethos of what is expected of the personnel that serve; this is made up of the following: Leadership, High Professional Standards, and Courage in Adversity, Determination, Loyalty, Mutual Respect, Discipline, A Sense of Humour, Teamwork, and A Can Do Attitude. Most recently of all though, the biggest thing that has influenced me as a person and a parent has been my experiences of working with young people. This includes acting as a Youth Advisor for Portsmouth City Council, a Mentor for Barnardos and a Youth Advisor for East Sussex County Council. I am currently working in two secondary schools as part of my resettlement from the Navy. This has given me the experience of working with young people living in virtual poverty, in constant trouble with the Police and education services and some young people with varying levels of disabilities. This work has given me a good ability to stay impartial, to be non judgemental and has given me a capacity to treat people a lot more emphatically than I was ever able to. This is because I have been exposed to a greater range of problems and personalities than I have been used to in the Navy. These are qualities that I will hopefully be able to transfer into my coaching practice.