Let’s start with the concept of Coaching. Every sportsman who has achieved greatness has had a Coach. It is not unusual to hear of a swimming coach, a football coach, a netball coach … the list goes on.
More recently Life Coaching has become quite
popular.
Business Coaching has developed from the
regulated Consulting industry with many Consultants having an engineering
background. Coaches in many cases were
retrenched middle-managers who bought a coaching Franchise and set themselves up
as Business Coaches.
Every Business Owner goes into business to be
successful and yet few are prepared to engage in any form of coaching unlike the
sportspeople mentioned above. Coaching
does demand a level of trust as honesty will be important in achieving
outcomes.
Business Coaching is not the same
as Mentoring. Mentoring involves a
developmental relationship between a more experienced "mentor" and a less
experienced partner/client, and typically involves sharing of advice.
A Business Coach can act as a mentor given that
he or she has adequate expertise and experience. However, mentoring is not a
form of business coaching.
Next time, we will discuss how to select the
right
one.
Life coaching and business coaching are becoming more popular nowadays, no wonder why this industry had shown a remarkable growth since it started. If you are a business owner and want to expand your business but don;t know where to start a business coach might help you keep things in track.
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