A good coach systematizes and catalyzes strategic, big picture thinking.

A good coach is trustworthy and fosters strong trust that will ripple out far beyond the coaching relationship.

A good coach attends to the whole person in a way that cultivates wisdom in both the client and the coach.

The sameness and difference between coaching and mentoring

"Coaching in its purest form is facilitating, questioning, challenging, encouraging reflective thinking and goal setting – you can coach someone whose journey is vastly different to your own. Mentoring has many similarities to coaching, yet involves sharing experience, being a sounding board, drawing on one’s own journey to encourage and equip another on theirs. There are benefits to both coaching and mentoring (which is why many people now choose to apply both and offer a blended approach).

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