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July 29, 2008
Coaching or mentoring... or both?
At the recent West London AC Co-Coaching Forum, a common theme in the group was managing the boundaries between coaching and mentoring (facilitating and advising was our brief and rough distinction). We explored questions around if and when it is ok to give advice and how do we choose or decide to do this. Four of us then worked as a coaching team (each coach spending 3-4 minutes) with one coachee who wanted to explore this in the context of a current client.
What became clear to us all through this process was the importance of clear contracting (again!), setting realistic session and/or achievable contract goals, and involving the client in clarifying their expectations of the coaching and/or mentoring process. It was fascinating to see how our overall coaching process escalated in getting to the nub of the issue as the coachee shared their thinking and reflections with us.
Posted by Alison at July 29, 2008 12:28 PM
