DO COACHING AND MENTORING DISCUSSION AND REPLY TO EDWARD AND QUENTIN

 Differentiate between coaching and mentoring. Provide an example to  support how either of the two was used successfully in your current or  past work life. Respond to at least two of your peers for this posting. 

REPLY TO EDWARD:

One  difference between coaching and mentoring is that one is done over a  short time frame such as a few days or weeks and the other is done over a  long period of time such as a few months or even a year. Coaching is  done over a short time frame with the focus being on the task at hand.  For instance, a new applicant on the job receives coaching from his  colleagues and supervisors on how to perform job duties at an efficient  level. Mentoring on the other hand involves boosting a worker’s  confidence, giving them motivation, and preparing for the future, which  comes from senior staff members using interpersonal communication.  “Successful mentors help trainees avoid political problems and conflicts  as well” (Baack, 2017, p. 12.1). An example of avoiding conflict,  includes a mentor providing insight to a new hire on the employees’  personalities.

While I have benefited from being coached on the job, I reaped more  benefits when someone took the time to mentor me. “A mentor can provide  an employee with tips on career growth and introduce the employee to  other professionals” (Tingum, 2017). One of my previous mangers  introduced me to other colleagues that worked for the city in different  departments. He introduced me, told them how much of a good worker I was  and told them my educational background. That introduction benefited me  by allowing me to get in a management training program.

References

Baack, D. (2017). Organizational behavior. [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://ashford.content.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Tignum, J. (2017). The advantages of mentoring in the workplace.  Chron. Retrieved from A mentor can provide an employee with tips on  career growth and introduce the employee to other professionals

REPLY TO QUENTIN:

Coaching  and mentoring are closely related functions among people in civil life  and work life. Baack described mentoring as “formal and informal support  provided by an experienced and higher-ranking employee to a trainee or  new manager…includes the development of a trainee or protégé with the  objective of increasing the employee's competencies, achievements, and  understanding of the organization”(Baack, 2017, p. 121.1). I am  currently being mentored by my previous supervisor to be potentially a  vice chancellor in human resources/EEO at a university. He is showing me  the works about daily work and how to maneuver through certain  situation as it relates to legal practices. We collectively brainstorm  to decide upon the best solution for the university and the individual.  This mentoring has helped me even in my individual life.

Coaching is when “an expert with a trainee on his or her job over a  period of weeks or months to provide continuous feedback and guidance on  how to improve…encourage their trainees to discuss difficult situations  as they arise and work through alternative scenarios for dealing with  the situations” (Baack, 2017, p. 121.1). Coaching has been a part of my  life when I was becoming a trainer for various mental health classes. I  had a superior who helped me to develop my personal style of training  and always stated that whatever way I can the same information out to  those who needed it, do it, and make sure that it is consistent and  impactful. For any class I teach, I keep that in mind and make sure the  trainings are interactive. In an effort to develop for the future, it  takes the knowledge and wisdom of others to help those coming behind  them to reach where they want to go.

Baack, D. (2017). Organizational behavior. [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://ashford.content.edu