WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONSULTING, COACHING, MENTORING AND TRAINING?

Consultancy
A consultant provides expertise and solves business problems, or develops a business as a whole. A consultant deals with the overall organization or specific parts of it and not individuals within it. Consultants only indirectly affect individuals.

Training
Training is the process of getting knowledge skills or abilities by study, experience or teaching. The trainer by definition is the expert, and the training course is likely to be targeted on specific skills for immediate results. Training is also likely to be one to many rather than one to one.

Teaching
Teaching passes knowledge from teacher to student. The teacher knows something the student does not. The opposite is true in coaching. The client is the expert and the client has the answers, not the coach.

Mentoring
Mentoring is when a senior colleague, seen as more knowledgeable and worldly wise gives advice and provides a role model. Mentoring involves wide ranging discussions that may not be limited to the work context. A mentor is a sponsor with great professional experience in their client’s field of work. Both mentoring and coaching are concerned mainly with achievements in the present and the future.

Coaching
Coaching has been defined in many ways. The essence of coaching is:To help a person change in the way they wish and helping them go in the direction they want to go;  Coaching supports a person at every level in becoming who they want to be; Coaching builds awareness empowers choice and leads to change. It unlocks a person’s potential to maximise their performance. Coaching helps them to learn rather than teaching them.

If you are interested in the IoD Mentor Programme, or ICF Coaching and how this may help you (or your organisation) get in touch.

Tim HJ Rogers MBA
CONSULTANT MENTOR COACH
MBA (Management Consultancy) & Change Practitioner
ICF Trained Coach IoD Business Mentor
Mob 447797762051
Tim@AdaptConsultingCompany.com