The Paradox of Coaching<\/p>\n
By Cathy Liska\u00a0\u00a0 Cathy@CoachCert.com<\/p>\n
Coaching skills can be used in mentoring, managing, counseling or therapy, consulting, and leading.<\/p>\n
Mentoring, managing, counseling or therapy, consulting, and leading are inappropriate when coaching.<\/p>\n
Coaching certification<\/a> helps coaches develop the coaching competencies for the work.\u00a0 Coaching certification also helps people in the other roles because the skills are applicable in their work.<\/p>\n To explore this fully, let\u2019s start with working definitions.<\/p>\n Definitions:<\/p>\n Serving in the roles of mentor, manager, consultant, or leader usually comes after a level of education and years of experience.<\/p>\n Serving as a Counselor or Therapist requires very specific and specialized training and licensure.<\/p>\n\n