Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare

250 The Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare Practice

Table 9.1. Comparison of Coaching, Counseling and Mentoring (Mink, Owen & Mink,
1993)

Strategy TimeFrame- Purpose Focus Objectives

Coaching

Short to

inter-

mediate

Job-related

learning

Learning

and/or

development

for current

or future job.

Helping improve

or transform

individual, team, or

agency

performance

through learning.

Counseling

Varies;

typically

short-term

Remedy

motivational

or attitude

problems.

Remedial or

development

al; any area

of person’s

life space

Active listening;

exploring feelings

and ideas; breaking

frames of reference;

and examining

values, goals, and

variables that

creates

unsatisfactory or

satisfactory

personal outcomes.

Mentoring

Mainly long

term

Career,

family role,

and current

performance

that is future

related

Typically

development

al; often

covers all life

structures –

current and

future.

Creating career

opportunities;

encouraging

extensive programs

of development –

degree programs,

certification, and

professional

licensing; and

fostering and

supporting career

decisions.