MENTORING: WHAT IS THIS: MENTORING OR COACHING?
In our latest column on mentoring, we look at the confusing trend of how some mentoring programmes are adopting a more tangible coaching approach under the guise of mentoring
By Lis Merrick
As a consultant working in the field of mentoring and coaching, I get very used to being asked: “So what is the difference between the two?”
In answering, I probably sound as if I am sitting on the fence, especially when I waffle about context and the contract between the pair involved in the developmental dialogue, etc.
However, I do like...