Transcript

If you're wondering what a mentor or a coach could do for you or even considering becoming one yourself, this course aims to clarify the potential benefits to you and your career and to inform your future decisions. This week, you'll consider what mentoring and coaching are, exploring definitions, and learning the key differences and similarities between the two concepts. You'll focus on what career coaching is and how that differs from other forms of coaching you might encounter. To give you a useful starting point for your learning on this course, you'll review and reflect on your own experiences of coaching and mentoring. Finding the time and motivation to complete an online course once you've signed up for it can be a challenge, so you'll spend some time at the end of this week considering how and when you will fit it into your busy life. If you're interested in exploring any of the topics in more detail, the references section at the end of each week provides sources of further reading.