Business Mentor vs. Business Coach - which is better
Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
by Brad Sugars
ActionCOACH
The truth is both business mentors and business coaches are great options if you're looking for business help.
They both serve different purposes, however, A business coach makes clients focus on the results of the job, and extends the time span of attention to months rather than days.
They explore the problem with the learner and set up opportunities for the learner to try out new skills.
As the world of business moves faster and gets more competitive, it is difficult to keep up with both the changes in your industry and, the innovations in sales, marketing and management strategies as well. Having a business mentor helps with all these changes.
On top of all this, it's difficult to get a truly objective answer from yourself. A business mentor will provide valuable insight, help you develop long-term and short term goals and strategies, as well as improve your business in areas that you might have overlooked.
A business mentor:
*will make you focus on the game and your long-term strategies.
*will make you run more laps while making each round easier and more efficient.
*will tell it like it is.
*will give you small pointers based on years of experience.
*will listen.
*will help you develop long-term plans that will allow your business to function more efficiently and make even more profit.
What is a Business Coach?
A Business Coach is just like a sporting coach. A sporting coach pushes an athlete to achieve optimum performance, provides support when they are exhausted and teaches the athlete to execute plays that their competition does not anticipate. That's what a business coach does - through business advice and coaching, a business coach teaches small business owners how to be successful and anticipate what other business owners don't.
The role of the Business Coach is to coach business owners to improve their business through business advice, guidance, support and encouragement. Business advice helps owners of small and medium sized businesses with their sales, marketing, management, team building and so much more. Just like a sporting coach, your Business Coach will make you focus on the game, and prepare for the game with business advice, guidance and support.
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