Coaching and Mentoring within an Organisational Context

Coaching and
Mentoring Skills for
the workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
The differences and similarities between mentoring and coaching............................................3
Skills required by line manager as a coach and mentor..............................................................6
The role of coaching and mentoring in dealing with change and in building resilience.............7
Reflection....................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERNCES:................................................................................................................................11
Books and Journals:..................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Coaches and mentors are the key persons in any organisation. These can be chosen to
work with professionals based on their industry expertise, skills set, position expertise and other
valuable expertise that can improve a professional life. The term coaching often used nowadays,
it means a form of process in which a person as a “coach” helps a client or learner in attaining
particular goals of life by serving guidance and training (Bell, Meyer and Maggio, 2020). It is a
informal relationship between two individuals. While mentoring signifies the relationship
between two individuals with the aim of development whether it is personally or professionally.
The main aim of mentor is to support a person to grow and enhance the best side of him. It may
involve personal and career goals, challenging limiting assumptions, introducing new ways of
thinking, sharing valuable life lessons and many more. Both terms sounds interconnected with
each other, but it is quite different. The similarities and differences between mentor and coach
has been mentioned in the following report. It is also outlines several skills that required for the
line manager as a mentor and coach. The role of mentor and coach in developing resilience and
dealing with change is also mentioned. Lastly, a reflection is mentioned which highlight
strengths and weaknesses, including PDP.
TASK
The differences and similarities between mentoring and coaching.
Both terms coaching and mentoring looks similar with each other, but also differ at the
same time (Burt, 2019). The essence of coaching is been increasing day by day in almost every
area or field. It increases the responsibility and awareness to unlock potential and boost
performance at work. Mentoring works to help and encourage individuals to manage their own
learning so that they can enhance their potential, performance and skills, moreover, become an
individual they want to be.
The differences between coaching and mentoring has been discussed below:
Topic Coaching Mentoring
Time-frame The relationship between
coach and coachee is for short-
term period only. It can be 6
It tends to take much longer
time then coaching. It can take
a year or two year, even longer

months to one year with a
particular result in mind. It is
mainly depending on the goal
that how much it will take in
coaching.
than that.
Structure It is traditionally structured
with as usual meetings such as
weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.
It tends to be more informal
and highly dependent on the
mentee.
Focus It is more performance driven,
create to enhance the on-the
job performance in the
workplace.
It is more development driven,
looking not just existing
performance on the job but
also holistic approach to
develop career.
Expertise They are hired for their
knowledge in a specific area in
which the person is desires to
improve such as interpersonal
communication, leadership
skills, presentation skills, sales
and many more.
Within company mentoring
programs, mentors have more
expertise and seniority in the
certain area than mentees. The
mentee is learn and inspire
from his mentor's experience
(Ellinger and Ellinger, 2020).
Outcome Outcome in this particular and
specific, showing positive
change and signs of
improvement in the required
performance area.
Outcome can change and shoft
over time. There is less interest
in particular, changed
behaviour or measurable
results and more interest in the
total development of the
mentee.
Agenda The agenda in coaching is co-
generated by the coach and
coachee with a motiv to meet
The agenda in mentorship is
set by the mentee and the