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Facilitation, coaching and mentoring are important but distinct skills which we all need to develop – especially for leaders and managers. You can read about the role of a facilitator in The Role of a Facilitator – I’s suggest reading that before moving on with this document.
While facilitation tends to focus on working with groups, coaching and mentoring tend to be one-on-one activities. This document gives a brief introduction to these two roles, and highlights some of the differences between them.
The advice below is designed to introduce mentoring and coaching and give a few pointers to help you be more effective in these roles.
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Exercise: Take 5 minutes to reflect on your gut reaction to the roles of coach and mentor. What's the difference between these two roles? What does each word mean to you? Where are they similar? Where do they differ?
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A coach has some great questions for your answers; a mentor has some great answers for your questions
Many of the core skills are common with those of facilitation. The Role of a Facilitator covers five core skills. Although all five are useful in a mentoring or coaching context, the first three are absolutely crucial.