How does coaching differ from consulting, therapy, sports coaching, or a best friends advice?
Consulting: Coaches rarely make recommendations; consultants often do. The coach stays with the client to help implement new skills, changes, and achieve the intended goals. Therapy: Therapy is recommended for past issues or traumas that have yet to be dealt with or healed. While coaching seeks to understand human behaviour it is result-oriented and future focused. Some issues may arise during coaching that lead the coach and client to determine that therapy is the more appropriate process. In some cases a client will work in tandem on historic issues with a therapist while investigating future prospects with a coach. Coaching is all about moving forward. Sports: Several principles are borrowed from sports coaching: teamwork, “going for the goal”, and being the very best you can be. Unlike sports coaching, most professional coaches are not competitively based. The coach’s task is to help strengthen the client’s skills rather than beat the opposing team. Coaches prefer to develop win-wi
