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A Coach, a Mentor... a What?

Mentoring can claim a 3000 year headstart on coaching, but both are proving powerful aids to personal and organisational change and development.

Thinking of a mentor might conjure up visions of a white bearded wiseman in flowing robes and sandals or Telemachus' adviser in Homer's Odyssey. The image of a coach is somewhat different....

Coaching and Mentoring - A Strategy for Success

Many organisations are placing increasing emphasis on personal attributes in selecting and developing staff. This can bring a number of benefits, primarily where the development of a motivated, cohesive team is required.....

Do Coaching & Mentoring improve profit?

There is considerable evidence accumulated over more than ten years in the UK, and even longer in the USA, that coaching and mentoring improve the performance of individual managers, their teams and thereby, the overall business.....

E-mentoring: The Advantages and Disadvantages of using email to support distant mentoring

The use of e-mentoring and e-coaching, that is mentoring or coaching via email, is increasing in an environment where many forms of computer-assisted learning are becoming widespread. Computer-based training, interactive training programmes and materials that can be downloaded from the internet - the forms of computer-assisted learning are many.....

Get out of a rut

Companies, like people, can get the blues. Sometimes, the cause may be obvious: a downturn in the industry, stagnation at a certain sales level, or the loss of a key client. Other times, malaise may creep in for unknown reasons. A company suddenly loses its edge, some of the enthusiasm and excitement that has always defined it; employees don't seem as fired up as they once were. When small businesses hit a rut, getting back on track starts with the owner.....