Mentoring vs Coaching

Class Café

The “Class Café” may be used on an ongoing basis throughout your course for discussions with your peers that do not necessarily relate to the formal content of this course. While your Instructor will be in the Café during the first week to interact with you in an effort to get to know you and your peers, this space is intended to be an informal place for peers to interact, and thus your Instructor may not monitor this area of the classroom beyond Week

 

In your work environment, do you feel you are working at your full potential? Or is there something getting in your way? According to Gallup (2017), in 2016 almost 70% of U.S. workers were not engaged at work. Just imagine how much it costs organizations to have employees working below their potential. One way to overcome this discrepancy is through rich coaching and mentoring experiences. Coaching and mentoring can help unlock a person’s potential so that his or her performance can be maximized.

 

This week, you will familiarize yourself with the definitions of coaching and mentoring, focusing on the similarities and differences between them. You will then take some time to think about situations in which coaching, and mentoring would be effective. Finally, you will have the opportunity to work with a partner to begin practicing your coaching and mentoring skills.

 

To prepare for this Discussion, pay particular attention to the following Learning Resources:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources, especially:
  • Coaching &Mentoring  –See Attachment
  • Staff Coaching – See Attachment
  • Mentoring vs Coaching  – Mentoring vs Coaching: Which do you need? [2022] | Diversity for Social Impact™

 

Hunt, J. M., & Weintraub, J. R. (2017). The coaching manager: Developing top talent in business (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Flaherty, J. (2010). Coaching: Evoking excellence in others (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.

 

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Assignment:

 

Post a cohesive paragraph discussing your experiences with coaching and/or mentoring.
Your introduction must include the following:

• What is your experience with coaching?
• What is your experience with mentoring?
• What do you hope to learn in this course?
• How can we meet your expectations?
• How will you know that your expectations have been met?
• 3 -4 paragraphs
• No plagiarism
• APA citing