What is Coaching?
Coaching is one of the key approaches through which leadership within organisations can be developed. It is a method of deploying techniques to help a leader unlock his / her potential to access his / her own resources and capabilities in order to facilitate the achievement of organisational success. Whether as a one-to-one focused and bespoke relationship or within a group context, coaching is often perceived as the single most effective development intervention that medical/ clinical/ administrative staff in a variety of leadership roles can access.
- The relationship has a set duration
- It is structured with regularly scheduled meetings
- Short-term and focused on specific development areas, issues, goals, and work
- The coach does not need direct experience of the coachee’s role to coach
What is Mentoring
Mentoring is the support and guidance of one individual to another to support and expand professional development. The emphasis is on the needs of the individual with mentoring encouraging independence, autonomy and self-development whilst helping to identify opportunities for future development.
These collective improvements in an individual’s performance can lead to increased job satisfaction, while they also help to support the link between an individual’s role and their impact on patient care, benefiting the organisation and the NHS as a whole.
- Ongoing relationship that can last for a long time
- Can be more informal with meetings when the mentee needs some space and time to think, guidance or support
- The focus is on long-term career and personal development
- A mentor is usually a more experienced person working in the same sector
Please register for the EoE Coaching and Mentoring Hub here
If you are registered with the EoE Coaching and Mentoring Hub, and are actively supporting staff working in systems across the region as a coach or mentor, please browse our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) offers: Coaching and Mentoring Offers