Coaching and Mentoring

Here are some items discussed during our PMP (Performance Management Program) workshop last December 2008.

Coaching versus Mentoring:

Mentoring - provide help/guidance/advice which is usually based on the mentor’s experiences

Coaching

• It’s more of getting the person being coached to think
• Guiding the person towards self-realization

*** Coaching is more effective than mentoring. ***

To be a good coach:

1. Be an active listener
2. Use powerful/laser-like questions. By doing so, the coach can help the coachee realize things that will help him/her address issues.
3. Using proper language. This includes words, body language and tone.
4. Using coachee’s language. A good coach should be able to turn the coachee’s language into a question that will be thrown back to the coachee.

During a coaching session:

• The coachee should talk more.
• Avoid finishing of sentences.
• Avoid giving advice because it may become subjective.