Coaching vs mentoring: Two sides of the same coin

Coaching and mentoring draw on shared experiences to further the connection between experienced staff and their younger colleagues

Coaching is on any manager’s key list of skills

There is a great deal of joy in learning when it’s done right. As children, we all had the teacher who stood in front of the classroom, told us to take our textbooks out and then went through the lesson by rote.

No imagination, no engagement, no connection.

This is not the case when we talk about coaching and mentoring. Both are development techniques that use personal bonds to make learning stick, bringing ...