There is quite a selection of titles for people
offering services to businesses such as: adviser, consultant, mentor, coach. In
the last two decades in organizations business coaching has become increasingly
popular to assist executives, managers, and employees in their personal and
professional growth. How and what makes us decide that in particular case if we
need a business consultant or a business coach?
As both, coaching and
consulting process, are built on trust and confidentiality to differentiate
them one can pose the following questions:
- Do they question and listen?
- Do they spend most of the time talking?
- Do they offer alternatives and let you make the choice?
- Do they tell you what to do?
- Do they think they know all of the answers?
- Do they appear to ask the right questions?
- Do you learn from them?
- Do you end up wiser or not?
The above questions
help, but to determine which business service you actually need, more
description is needed.