182 Benefits of Mentoring and Coaching to Everyday Life

Send us Fan MailIn the final of our 4-part focus on 'Future Ready, Today' we explore the benefits, skills and opportunities from bringing coaching or mentoring approach to everyday life. To have a 'coach' is now seen as an asset rather than something to be embarrassed about, so we share the top tips for coaching as well as practical examples for shifting from a tell-to-ask style of conversation. If training is about sharing knowledge, coaching is about enabling the other person to engage and commit to apply it in real life. Mentoring is a great way to share advice and wisdom - and adding in some coaching questions at the end keeps the conversation future focused.As well as enabling change and improvement in others, looking for moments and opportunities to coach people keeps us future-ready as well. Being able to question (with intuition),  listen (with attention),  adapt (with purpose) and empower others is a un-automatable human mix of skills likely to be premium  for the future. NB: The ICF is seen the gold-standard for coaching and a good place to start exploring: via  International Coaching Federation- Professional Coaching AssociationCurious for more? Check out our relevant episodes: Ep. 154 Supercharge Your Development With a PDPEp. 149 Maximising Your Performance PotentialEp. 105 Inspiring Others to SucceedEp. 94 Everyday Coaching Skills (more explanation on the GROW coaching format)