Companies Realize the Value of Coaching and Mentoring Training

Coaching and mentoring, for both executives and staff employees, are increasing in the workplace.

Companies are acknowledging the importance of employee development in their success. In many organizations, the senior management is recognizing that in order for the company to thrive, they need to offer coaching and mentoring activities to all employees.

Some companies automatically assign a mentor to work with new employees, while others let employees select a coach themselves. A few companies, unfortunately, cannot or won't recognize the advantage of having coaches for their employees. However, increasing numbers of companies are educating their employees in the benefits of coaching and mentoring, and more people are becoming qualified or certified coaches and mentors.

Today many courses are available that offer training in career coaching and creative mentoring, face-to-face training, workplace mentoring, coach and mentor consulting, building a coaching network, business approaches to coaching and mentoring, management mentoring, and staff coaching. Training may be online, in-house, or at outside classes or seminars. Courses range from basic to advanced. Everyone is getting in on the act, from business schools to the corner shop!

Do you want to start a coaching and mentoring program? If you do, where do you begin, especially if you’ve never used a coach or mentor before? Most companies first want an assurance of tangible benefits and a return on investment. What follows is a brief description into what coaching and mentoring means, some theory, and a few ideas.

Coaching and Mentoring Overview

What is the difference between coaching and mentoring? There is no definitive answer. The two terms are increasingly linked and used interchangeably. However, many see a coach in much the same way as a sports coach. He sets specific goals and objectives, determines what must be done to achieve them, works with the employee on target setting, provides support and guidance, and works to help the employ expand his or her skills.

A mentor, on the other hand, may be seen as an experienced and wise friend. This friend may be an aunt or uncle type of person. As a role model, a mentor leads by example. They may be very good at helping employees see the big picture and understand organizational politic.

Whichever term you use, the person being coached or mentored receives unbiased support and guidance.

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