What is Coaching?

• A means for learning and development.
• Guiding someone toward her or his goals.
• The mutual sharing of experiences and opinions to create agreed-upon outcomes.
• About inspiring and supporting another person

• An opportunity to correct someone's behaviors or actions.
• Directing someone to do something to meet goals.
• Being the expert or supervisor with all the answers.
• About trying to address personal issues.

Focus On:

• Exploring
• Facilitating
• Partnership
• Long-term development
• Open to many possible outcomes.

Focus On:

• Directing
• Telling
• Hierarchy
• Immediate results
• Focused on specific outcomes.