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Mentoring and Coaching do share some characteristics:
- Both require a high level of commitment from the mentee/client.
- Both are focused on improving the future prospects of the mentee/client (as opposed to counseling, for example, which aims at resolving past situations).
- Both require high levels of personal interaction.
- Both involve providing feedback and advice.
There are also significant differences:
| |
Mentoring |
Coaching |
|---|
| Duration |
Up to the participants |
Achievement-based |
| Scope |
Focuses on building a trust relationship and an improvement cycle |
Focuses on achieving a specific goal (but trust is also important) |
| Approach |
Dependent on the mentee |
Dependent on the goal to achieve |
| Nature of the Relationship |
Mutually beneficial |
Strictly professional |
| Openness |
Confidential |
Can be open or confidential depending on the format. |
| Direction |
Mentee selects |
Both can select |
| Formality |
Generally informal |
Uses a formal structure |
| Subject Matter Expert |
Mentor |
Client |
| Process Expert |
Mentor |
Coach |
| Expectations |
General skill development |
Achieving a level of performance |
| "Speech Distribution" |
Mentor speaks more than Mentee |
The client speaks much more than the coach. |
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