- Are you not quite sure of the difference
between coaching and mentoring?
But perhaps you suspect that you'd get further
if you actually understood the difference?
And how each could fast-track you
for the career you actually want?
Well, if so, tune in to find a very straightforward
comparison between coaching and mentoring.
And watch until the end to get some top tips
to start your own journey along both
and in particular, mentorship.
Now this is part of my Coaching and Mentoring video series.
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Okay, so today we're talking about the difference
between coaching and mentoring.
Now I'm Dr. Suzanne Doyle-Morris.
I'm an executive career coach and I've helped
thousands of women with my executive coaching program
because I focused on mentoring as part of my PhD.
So this is an area I know and love
and one that benefits all of my clients.
(laughing)
So let's start with, what is coaching exactly?
Well, for me coaching is all about being an outsider
who helps people get very strategic about their careers.
So, for me it's about asking the right questions.
Helping clients find their own answers
and get clearer on what they actually want
and what it will take to get there.
(laughing)
I then help them brainstorm and tactically plan
about what it's going to take to reach those goals
and who'll they'll need to involve.
Simply put, my definition is that I make sure my clients
get there faster and with fewer mistakes.
Now, clearly, (laughing) they're are probably
many more formal definitions of coaching
and if you Google coaching definition,
you are gonna be welcome to the more than half a million
pages which will give you their own definitions.
But if I'm honest, in the two and a half thousand hours
of ICF Accredited coaching hours I have done
with my women who work in male-dominated fields,
those are the types of clients I work with,
well that's the definition that actually works best
for not just me, but certainly for them.
So coaching is also about challenge,
'cause let's be honest, I can help you win the race,
but we first need to make sure that it's a race
worth winning or even competing in, in the first place.
So, so far my first question to you is
if you could get just one thing out of coaching,
what exactly would it be?
All right, so we've looked at how, what coaching is,
so let's see how that compares to mentoring.
Now, mentoring is about a person who has
a very specific set of skills,
helping grow someone else's skills in that same area.
So ideally, you'd have both a coach and a mentor.
And with the coaching clients that I tend to work with,
well, we ensure that you get a range of people
with those skills, the ones you need to build.
So for example, we may work on developing
your relationships with people
who are ace at giving presentations,
just the way you'd love to be able to do.
Or perhaps they have a technical skill
that you'd like to develop.
Or maybe they lead teams just with a style
that you'd really like to emulate.
We can find those people with you, in your own networks.
Maybe people you haven't even thought of yet.
And in the programs that I run for companies
where we focus solely on getting more women
into senior leadership positions, we are very careful
about the way we pair mentors and mentees.
Because you need to be really focused on making sure
that the mentee gets exactly what they need to learn.
But you can't also forget to make sure
that it benefits the mentor as well.
Because frankly, that is really the only way
the relationship is going to grow long after
the program has officially finished.
And the good news, well as you discover
if you're working with me, you certainly don't need
a formal mentoring program to approach people yourself.
Now you can get more tips on how to
do that yourself with our download,
"How To Find a Mentor in Five Simple Steps".
So, as you can see, coaching and mentoring are
completely different, but both very vital
to getting you the career you want.
So, my next question, are you ready
to try to find a mentor yourself?
So if you are, just get our download.
And all you have to do for that is click the link below
in the description and simply enter your email address.
That's a good place for us to start.
And if you think you would benefit from mentoring,
be sure to watch my mentoring "Mentorship in the Workplace"
videos, other parts of the series to help you
learn how to do that, that much more effectively,
because that's what it's going to take.
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Thanks for tuning in and we will see you soon,
but in the meantime remember,
no one cares about your career as much as you do.