Coaching & Mentoring Skills for the Workplace: A Detailed Report

This report examines the crucial role of coaching and mentoring skills in the workplace, defining both terms and highlighting their impact on employee development and organizational growth. It delves into the purpose of coaching and mentoring, emphasizing their similarities and differences, and explores their benefits in enhancing employee skills and job satisfaction. The report analyzes various coaching and mentoring models, particularly the ACHIEVE model, evaluating their effectiveness in promoting workplace productivity and employee development. It also identifies the essential knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors required for effective coaches and mentors. The report further differentiates between coaching and mentoring activities and their respective focuses. Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of these critical skills and their application in fostering a positive and productive work environment.

COACHING &
MENTORING SKILLS FOR
THE WORKPLAC

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Purpose of coaching and mentoring skills in workplace also discuss their similarities and
differences in coaching and the mentoring activities..................................................................1
Model of coaching and mentoring and critically evaluate its benefits for developing workplace
effectiveness................................................................................................................................4
Determine and critically explore knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour needed by an
effective workplace coach or mentor.........................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Coaching and mentoring defined as term that makes employees more skilled within
organisation by developing and enhancing their knowledge (Huang and Hsieh, 2015). Therefore,
coaching is for the short period of time whereas mentoring is for creating informal association
between mentor and mentee. On the other hand, coaching defined as help that given by expert to
an individual for having improvement in performance. Thus, mentoring defined as an activity
that guides the less experienced person.
Both this aspect helps the organisation to perform well and make the company in doing the
growth by providing the specific skills to their employees and make them capable in achieving
the desired goals. This report contains the purpose of coaching and mentoring in the workplace.
This report also elaborates the similarities and the differences in the coaching and mentoring
activities.
MAIN BODY
1.
Coaching
Coaching relates with improvement in performance that is often for short term and aids to
achieve specific skills. It is the form of development in which an individual enhance his skill and
knowledge. On the other hand, coaching aids to improve employee’s and resiliency of
organisation and also bring effectiveness in change. Coaching defined as term as to gathering
information and then clarifying it for the person that being coached (Kennett and Lomas, 2015).
Mentoring
Mentoring defined as way in which experienced person assist another in developing
specific knowledge and skills (Jones, Woods and Guillaume, 2016). Thus, great mentor plays
crucial role career development. This is term that provides support and self development
opportunities for individual to help their potentials. In addition to this, mentoring defined as
relation to build confidence and support the mentee so they are able to take control of their own
development and work. Thus, better mentoring aids to develop communication skills.
Purpose of coaching and mentoring in the workplace
The main aim of coaching defined as that workplace is assist to learning and can enhance
the particular skills. Henceforth, the main purpose is to put consideration over single individual
for the specific period that assist individual to develop effectively. This aids to enhance their
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skills in better mode with help of bringing up improvement in the specific area of work, an
individual can reach to their highest potential level. It is very effective as this aids to employees
to be more valuable by developing and enhancing their skills at the both professional and
personally level. In addition to this, it can be stated that employee in the mentoring relationship
tends to have the better job satisfaction and feel a high level of engagement in their roles. This, it
can be stated that effective coaching aids to clarify the milestone and measures the success to
hold employee accountable for them. They also build the soft skills such as confidence,
interpersonal relationships and planning. That improvement might be measured through the
softer target. To achieve this, the employees need the support and also receive the constructive
feedback from the respective coach. As coaching is the powerful tools for the employees at the
same the companies also reap the benefits from their employees that are become specially trained
for the workforce (Huang and Hsieh, 2015) .
Purpose of mentoring
The main object of mentoring is to assist employees to reach highest level of potential.
Thus, this can be defined as mentoring in the workplace defined as two way process that aids to
elevate the quality of work, enhance productivity and shore up employee retention and to create
more positive work environment. On the other hand, mentor is the someone who is capable of
providing information and to quickly observe the organisation cultural and social norms.
Therefore, this can stated that monitoring at the workplace means capable of providing guidance
to less experienced employees. In addition to this, this is defined as learning relationship between
employees with the aim of sharing of technical, by encouraging goal setting and to build this
effectively for the both loyalty and success towards the enterprise. (Kennett and Lomas, 2015)
Develop leadership skills: With help of being at the role model position, the most experienced
employees can become better and effective leaders. Therefore, the responsibility is to assisting
an individual guides someone career and process of goal. An effective mentoring skill aids to
enhance the skill advancement within an individual.
Communication and listening skills: Mentor needs to be active and must be involved of
listeners and strategic communicators. In addition to this, it can be stated that mentoring program
can assist to employees to have enhancement in their versatile skills (Lancer, Clutterbuck and
Megginson, 2016).
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Knowledge: They are the most experienced employees having the thorough knowledge of the
organisation and it is the programs or training that access to help them in reaching their goals. As
mentor is usually in the position of imparting the knowledge as the mentoring relationship helps
the employees to learn the new skills.
Personal satisfaction: Mentoring helps in increasing the sense of self-worth of the mentor as
they will be able to see their skills as well as the abilities that can help to someone else.
Similarities in between the coaching and mentoring
The coaching and mentoring can be defined as similar term as this both aids to enhance
the skill and knowledge of an individual. This both works as to share the experience and to share
the expertise. Henceforth, the main difference between coaching and mentoring is that it has lot
of experience to share with another individual. Thus, both the term has core focus over the
developing and enhancing the performance of person so that they can able to achieve their group
goal.
In addition to this, coaching and mentoring aids to give training program to the
individuals so that they can able to learn job expectations. So, this can be stated that coaches and
mentors both are the individual who plays essential role in order to have success within
enterprise. Henceforth, they are person who are responsible for executing the coaching and
mentoring processes and procedures set by the enterprise as the part of employee development
programs. Additionally, coaching and mentoring aids to facilitate the insights, learning and to
bring change that aids to improve the performance. Furthermore, both mentoring and coaching
are processes that enables employees to achieve their full potential and to enhance their key
similarities so that better performance at the enterprise can be conducted. Lastly, this can be
stated that purpose of coaching is to bring improvement in the individual performance on the job
and mentoring is defined as term that has main object is to develop individual not only for the
existing but also ready him for future undertakings.
Difference in between the coaching and mentoring activities
Coaching Mentoring
It aims to develop the cochee's potential.
Henceforth, this has main consideration on to
have development and enhancement in
performance. On the other hand, this term
This term has more focus over developing
mentee professionally, managing transition and
career development. Therefore, mentor can
open door to activities and opportunities.
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aimed at specific present moment, career
transitions and work related issues.
It puts major focus over the development and
issues at work.
The major consideration is to put focus on
career and personal development.
This is process that takes the long term and
broader view of person.
It is of the short term and have major focused
over the specific development areas.
Coaching is considered as task oriented
This focus on the concentrate issues that is managing more effectively, speaks more
articulately and make it learns the ways regarding the strategically. Coaching required the
content expert that is being capable of teaching the employees and focus on their development in
skills (Landsberg, 2015).
Coaching is short term
A coach is the person who successfully involves the coaches for the short period or for
the just few sessions. Coaching lasts for the long as it is needed as it depends on the purpose of
having the coaching relationships.
Mentoring is long termed
For the successful mentoring it requires the time in which both the partners have to learn
about the one another and they have to build the trust for each other so that it create the
environment in which the mentored feels secured in sharing the real issues that impact their
success (Lancer, Clutterbuck and Megginson, 2016).
Coaching is performance driven
The purpose of coaching is to improve the individual performance in job, that involves
either to enhance the current skills of individual is acquired or make them learn the new skills.
As once the employee successfully learns the new skills, then the coach is no longer needed
(Kohn, 2015).
Mentoring is development driven
Purpose of the mentoring is to develop the individual not only for the present job but also
prepare them for the future. As the role of the manager and the mentor reduces of having the
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possibilities of creating the conflict in between the manager of employees and mentor (Kennett
and Lomas, 2015).
Model of coaching and mentoring and critically evaluate its benefits for developing workplace
effectiveness.
Mentoring and the coaching skills benefits the employees at their workplace as it helps
the employees of the company to learn the new practices that helps them in their future growth as
it develops their professional skills that helps the employees even in their future growth as well
as make their development that helps them in the future to enhances as an individual. Coaching
and mentoring define the model and their benefits in the workplace (Jones, Woods and
Guillaume, 2016). Mentoring termed out as two-way procedure with mentor as they having as
much to gain as mentee. Thus, the model of mentoring is as-
ACHIEVE Model
This model is being useful for the coaching and mentoring as it provides the greater flexibility
and the believability in setting the goal and helps in the problem solving as it is being outline by
the GROW model. This model is being formulated to accommodate the plasticity that is being
the responsive and it also achieves the measurable and the sustainable results from their clients.
As this model is being intended to increase the trust in between the client as well as coach in
order to increasing the methods that involves goal setting and problem solving. The seven stages
of this model are:
Assess Current situation
It is the first stage in this process as the client is being encouraged to think deeply
regarding the current situation. It increased the self-awareness of their state and surroundings that
allows them to reflect of their current issues as well as goals in the future action. It increases the
understanding of the current situation that come about and see the actions that how it reaches to
the point and initiate the emotional responses (Jackson, 2015).
Creative brainstorming
This stage is being designed so that to broad the perception of men tees and also develop
the foundation for the behavioural change and at the same it creates the solutions for the current
challenges. As the individual perceptions can narrow the stress and this stage is to open the mind
and find out the solution that is not visible previously as this stage set the goals and plan for the
action (Jones, Woods and Guillaume, 20160.
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Hone goals
It develops the specific goals from the various alternative solutions and the suggestions
that is being evolved in previous stage. In these goals are being developed and refined in
between the coach and client. Individuals are struggling to identify about their wants and focus
on the things that do not wish to happen.
Initiate option generation
In this process, immediate steps are being taken in order to achieve the goals that is to be
considered. As the clients are being aided in developing the array of having the possible options.
Indeed, the volume of having options in this stage must over weigh at the same it focuses on the
quality as well as ability to achieve the things in single action.
Evaluate options
In this stage the actions and the options that is being in the previous stage is to be assessed,
prioritised and scrutinised. Coach begins to guide the client towards the focus or the smaller
things that is being required. Their aims are being defined so that goals appear within the reach
of mentee. As the coach is purely executive they may be encouraged the client to apply the steps
in private lives.
Valid action programme
In this options are implemented into actions as the programmatic approaches is being
developed to break down the overall goals in to smaller parts so that they can achieve the things.
When the client has to commit for the plan by the help of achievable steps of actions with
keeping the deadlines through writing and illustrated form (Huang and Hsieh, 2015). This
challenge is often applied for newly developed knowledge as well as skills through the coaching
and training in the workplace at the same so mentor role is to guide the employees in such a way
that their confidence can be built in context of applying themselves.
Encourage momentum
It is last stage where goals mentee are motivated to attain goals during coaching sessions.
This is done to motivate them so that are able to achieve those goals. So, till goals are not
attained the mentor role is to encourage it continuously and to guide them. Here, even a small
step develops a sense of fulfilment of goals among mentee. Thus, by setting short term goals
mentor set a path to achieve long term goals (Hobson and et.al., 2015).
GROW Model
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GROW is also one of the models of mentoring and coaching that is to be incorporated
into the leadership and managerial practice. It is to be used as the basis to establish the
methodical and systematic process and it improves the coaching practices and it provides the
greater return on investment. GROW stands for:
Goal
In this first stage goal is the basic priority as once the discussion is being agreed, specific
outcomes and objectives is to be discussed by the mentor and the client. Goals may be short
termed as well as long termed. Goals must be set by following concept of SMART objectives.
Reality
it is the second stage of this model both the coach and the individual discussed about the
current situation by using the different methods and the techniques (Deiorio and et.al., 2016). In
this the focus should be on the client and the coach looks for the identification of potential in
situation rather on problems.
Opportunity
Once the reality and the current goals is being discussed and the irrelevant obstacles is
being discarded and give the training how to overcome from the current issues that prevent the
progress and is to be examined. Full range of the options is to be put forward and discussed at the
same it invites the suggestions from the clients. In the end of stage 3 the coach is to be ensure
that at least some choices is to be made to overcome the obstacles.
Way forward
Final stage of the process is when the learner commits to decisive the actions in order to
go towards the goal. A plan is being drawn up that includes the specific guidelines and timings in
order to achieve the progress. Many obstacles are to be encountered in this process is to
identified and subsequent solutions is to be considered (Al-Nasser and Behery, 2015).
Five Cs model-
It is model that termed out as to provide journey map that provides structure to give
mentoring sessions. With help of it mentor can easily develop sessions and support mentee by
showing them ways to deal with critical situations. This model also defines that good mentor
needs to be committed to help out their mentees and find success and gratification in their chosen
profession. Additionally, it also describes that good mentor needs to have empowering skills that
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develop and strength personal attitudes and belief of an individual. Henceforth, this model has
different staged and that defined in below contexed manner as-
Figure 1Five cs model
(Source: The mode, 2018)
 Challenges- It is model that aids to find out the challenges that faced by mentee.
Henceforth, the hindrance relate with work can be identified with use of it.
 Choices- This also aids to defined and determine that what possible options are needed to
be taken to get rid of challenges of mentee.
 Consequences- It is defined as consequence of taking each choice that are needed to be
identified and discussed with the help of two parties.
 Creative solutions- This is defined as an opportunity for mentor that aids to share their
experience and wisdom. Therefore, it may offer some creative solutions to mentee.
 Conclusion- It is defined as process in which mentee decides that what must be done to
make commitment to actions. Hence, the main aim is to take effective action so that
mentor can assist mentee in better manner.
Critically evaluate the beneficial aspect for developing individuals workplace
effectiveness-
As per the view of Boak and Crabbe, 2019 stated that training has prime opportunity that
aids to expand knowledge of employees. Henceforth, employees to the entities attends the
training programme to accomplish the projects. Thus, one of the crucial aspect of having mentor
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is to enhance productivity and better time management so that entire work can be conducted
effectively. It can have positive impact on enterprise by improving employee retention and
engagement that shapes culture of the enterprise. As per the view of Boak and Crabbe, 2019
stated that this term serves as strategic purpose that links with talent strategy, leadership
development and carries out better workforce planning. Monitoring and coaching is very
effective term as brings positive and concrete changes within the individuals and this also boosts
transfer of knowledge from the mentor to individual. Therefore, Neupane, 2015 that coaching
and mentoring profoundly is beneficial term for career growth of employees. In addition to this,
it can be stated that entities have implemented the process of mentoring or coaching. Therefore,
workplace mentoring is very effective term as this assist to reduce the stress and workplace
burnout. In addition to it, this stated that collaborative nature of mentoring develops employee’s
performance and interpersonal links. At the workplace, this is crucial to promote better learning
of individuals. This is technique that aids to improve the potentials to achieve better performance
in their jobs by being more prolific. To the workplace process of mentoring aids to develop
pipeline of future leaders that understand the skills and attitude of individuals to get success
within the enterprise. Hence, it can be stated that investing in mentor aids to develop and frae the
culture of personal and profession growth. Thus, potential benefits of mentor defined in below
context manner are as-
◦ To provide proper guidance on professional development and advancement.
◦ To enhance visibility and recognition within the enterprise.
◦ To provide opportunity to develop skills and knowledge.
◦ To enhance the skills of an individual to enhance the less experienced person personal
and professional growth.
In contrary to Landsberg, 2015 stated that the individuals within the enterprise act as
mentor for workers who are required to strengthen their skills, working behaviour and problem
that associated with performance under the supervision of coach or mentor. Therefore, coaching
and mentoring is essential for entities to have enhancement in skills and strategic thinking of
individuals. Thus, it aids to enhance the job satisfaction of the individuals. However, Kennett and
Lomas, 2015 stated that it is effective process that aids to keep employees challenged and
engaged in their work. Good team work within the enterprise provides diversity of thought,
creative perspectives, problem solving approaches and opportunities.
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According to the view of Jackson, 2015 stated that effective team allows employees to
take initiatives to undertake and create effective culture to attain goals. If the mentor and mentees
work together and shares the different opinion and experience strengthen creative of mind and
also make faster effective decision. Enterprise mainly supports share goals that enables in
working together in efficient way. Team member feel greater sense of achievement and also feed
employees with incentives. This leads to perform employees to enterprise at higher levels.
Mentoring aids to recognise weaker sections of the individuals and to convert them into potential
success. Therefore, it is one of the effective approach that develops better and healthy
relationship with supervisor and management.
As per the view of Robinson, Magnusen and Kim, (2019) stated that it is crucial
in enterprise to build collaborative work environment within workplace so that
employees can able to perform their work in manner to expand, improve and develop
themselves. Thus, there are number of standard method that sets the styles of coaching
and mentoring programmes. Henceforth, it can be termed out as mentoring is terms that
brings out significant benefits to the enterprise. Thus, execution of mentoring process
within workplace aids to have excellent contribution to overall development of
individual’s and enterprise. Henceforth, enterprise can also look over to incorporating e
Learning tools, informal approaches of learning and micro learning to drive the learning
of employees effectively. It is term that encourage employees to drive their own
development and develops great opportunity for learning and self-improvement.
In contrary to Dhir, 2019 stated that the individuals who gets the training is able
to perform their job role accordingly. Training aids employees to have greater
understanding about roles and responsibilities of workers. In addition to this, Robinson,
Magnusen and Kim, (2019) stated that training creates supportive workplace and
individuals become capable to perform their job role effectively and efficiently.
Therefore, it assists to employees to feel appreciated and challenged by having better
training opportunities as it leads to enhance satisfaction of employees towards jobs.
Therefore, entities need to make investment in training as these aids to make employee
more valued. By providing the necessary development program aids to bring better and
improved skills within employees. This may create and build satisfaction towards the
jobs. Herein, success to the enterprise can be measured with help of measuring the quality
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