It’s so hard to find good definitions of coaching. There are technical definitions of course, and lots of discussion about the difference between coaching and mentoring, or coaching and counselling. But nothing
that really does it justice. Nothing that would explain to someone what is likely to happen. Nothing to be honest that would make me get out of bed in the morning to go and coach.
So we dream up our own definitions…write fantastical job descriptions…find metaphors that add a touch of magic. Here are some of my current favourites (I’ll explain what they mean to me later!)
- Training Jedis
- Electrical engineering
- Computing wizard
- Translating service
It would be great to hear from other coaches about definitions that work for you. Do you have a favourite job title? Could we construct some more fun definitions of coaching? What are the metaphors that you
coach by?