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Let’s take a moment to distinguish coaching from other supportive roles.
Training transfers knowledge or skills from the trainer to the trainee. Coaching uncovers the client’s inner wisdom and motivation to align with goals.
Mentorship involves guidance from someone with experience in a particular field. Coaching assumes the client is the expert and fosters self-awareness and empowerment for self-guided change.
Consulting involves providing expert advice and solutions based on the consultant’s experience. Coaching, by contrast, supports the client in discovering their own solutions regardless of experience.
Counseling or Therapy address psychological healing and past traumas. Coaching focuses on where a client is now, supporting goal attainment and future progress.
Coaching clients are typically dealing with:
- Roadblocks around work or life issues, goals, or aspirations
- Challenges seeing things from a different perspective or changing habits
- Seeking inner direction or purpose stemming from where they are in life or work
As a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), GET abides by the ICF code of ethics, which includes but is not limited to:
- Ensuring the client’s autonomy and right to choose their goals and methods
- Maintaining strict confidentiality unless otherwise required by law
- Avoiding conflicts of interest and disclosing any that arise
- Coaching clients only within the coach’s level of competence and referring out when appropriate
- Accurately representing coaching credentials and scope
Credentials
