Training, Mentoring, Coaching
       Which Can Help?
2012 ASTD Valley of the Sun Conference
          October 24, 2012
Margo Boster
• CEO & Co-Founder, ImpaQ Solutions, LLC
• Help organizations and the people within those organizations
  do and be more than they thought possible; more than 25
  years of professional experience in senior leadership
   • International Coaching Federation credentialed coach
   • Center for Credentialing and Education Board Certified Executive
     Coach
   • BS in Psychology with emphasis in Organizational Effectiveness,
     University of Maryland
   • Graduate level course work in Public Policy and Administration
   • Georgetown University Certified Leadership Coach
   • MBTI, DiSC, Lominger Competency Assessments, Organizational
     Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), CCL 360 Assessments

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Today’s Discussion
• Relationship between training, mentoring and
  coaching in developing yourself, your leaders,
  and your employees.
  o Discuss the definitions and
    characteristics of training,
    mentoring and coaching
  o Learn at what point in one’s
    career each tool can be
    most beneficial
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                written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Training - Definition
• Organized activity aimed at imparting
  information and/or instructions to improve
  the recipient’s performance to help him or her
  attain a required level of knowledge or skill 1




1www.businessdictionary.com


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                      written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Training - Characteristics
• A Trainer is one who has the knowledge or skill and
  imparts it to a trainee




• A Trainee is one who receives information to
  improve their knowledge or skill
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                written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Examples of Training




At the end of training you are at the beginning of learning
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                   written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Mentoring – Definition
• Mentoring is a developmental partnership
  through which one person shares knowledge,
  skills, information and perspective to foster
  the personal and professional growth of
  someone else.



Source: University of South Carolina College of Communication and information

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                        written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Mentor - Characteristics
• A mentor facilitates personal
  and professional growth in an
  individual by sharing the
  knowledge and insights that
  have been learned through the
  years (Senior employee)
• A mentee is an achiever–
  ”groomed” for advancement by
  being provided opportunities to
  excel beyond the limits of his or
  her position (Junior employee)

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                  written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Mentor Programs
• Formal / Structured
  –   Create a Structure
  –   Pairing
  –   Train the Mentors
  –   Manage Expectations

• Informal

May have multiple mentors throughout career and
         multiple mentors at same time

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                 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Coaching - Definition
• The International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  defines coaching as partnering with clients in
  a thought-provoking and creative process that
  inspires them to maximize their personal and
  professional potential.
• A collaborative, confidential partnership
  focused on gaining results and increasing the
  effectiveness of leaders and managers.

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               written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Coaching - Characteristics
Trained professional coaches:
• Identify obstacles to reaching goals, and design strategies and
   actions for success
• Create a listening environment in
  which the Client is comfortable
  articulating practical challenges
  he/she is facing
• Ask questions that will elicit the
  Client’s vision to expand beyond
  the boundaries of their current
  perspective
• Clarify and establish priorities and well-defined plans
• Provide tools, support and structure to ensure continued
  learning and growth

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                     written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
Types of Coaches




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Types of Challenges
                            • Technical challenges involve
                              situations for which the skill set
                              necessary to address complicated
                              issue is known.
                            • Adaptive challenges are those that
                              require us to learn something new
Dr. Robert Kegan,             or look at the situation with a
Professor in Adult Learning
and Professional              different mindset in order to be
Development, Harvard
University                    successful.
Source: What to do When Change Efforts Fail: Applying the Kegan and Lahey’s (2009), Immunity to Change Process


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Aligning Development with Challenge




Training           Mentoring                      Coaching

Technical                                   Adaptive
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Thank You
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Training Coaching Mentoring

  • 1.
    Training, Mentoring, Coaching Which Can Help? 2012 ASTD Valley of the Sun Conference October 24, 2012
  • 2.
    Margo Boster • CEO& Co-Founder, ImpaQ Solutions, LLC • Help organizations and the people within those organizations do and be more than they thought possible; more than 25 years of professional experience in senior leadership • International Coaching Federation credentialed coach • Center for Credentialing and Education Board Certified Executive Coach • BS in Psychology with emphasis in Organizational Effectiveness, University of Maryland • Graduate level course work in Public Policy and Administration • Georgetown University Certified Leadership Coach • MBTI, DiSC, Lominger Competency Assessments, Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), CCL 360 Assessments 2
  • 3.
    Today’s Discussion • Relationshipbetween training, mentoring and coaching in developing yourself, your leaders, and your employees. o Discuss the definitions and characteristics of training, mentoring and coaching o Learn at what point in one’s career each tool can be most beneficial Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 3 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
  • 4.
    Training - Definition •Organized activity aimed at imparting information and/or instructions to improve the recipient’s performance to help him or her attain a required level of knowledge or skill 1 1www.businessdictionary.com Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 4 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
  • 5.
    Training - Characteristics •A Trainer is one who has the knowledge or skill and imparts it to a trainee • A Trainee is one who receives information to improve their knowledge or skill Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 5 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Examples of Training Atthe end of training you are at the beginning of learning Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 6 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Mentoring – Definition •Mentoring is a developmental partnership through which one person shares knowledge, skills, information and perspective to foster the personal and professional growth of someone else. Source: University of South Carolina College of Communication and information Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 7 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
  • 8.
    Mentor - Characteristics •A mentor facilitates personal and professional growth in an individual by sharing the knowledge and insights that have been learned through the years (Senior employee) • A mentee is an achiever– ”groomed” for advancement by being provided opportunities to excel beyond the limits of his or her position (Junior employee) Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 8 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
  • 9.
    Mentor Programs • Formal/ Structured – Create a Structure – Pairing – Train the Mentors – Manage Expectations • Informal May have multiple mentors throughout career and multiple mentors at same time Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 9 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Coaching - Definition •The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. • A collaborative, confidential partnership focused on gaining results and increasing the effectiveness of leaders and managers. Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 10 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Coaching - Characteristics Trainedprofessional coaches: • Identify obstacles to reaching goals, and design strategies and actions for success • Create a listening environment in which the Client is comfortable articulating practical challenges he/she is facing • Ask questions that will elicit the Client’s vision to expand beyond the boundaries of their current perspective • Clarify and establish priorities and well-defined plans • Provide tools, support and structure to ensure continued learning and growth Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 11 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Types of Coaches Notto be reproduced or redistributed without 12 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Types of Challenges • Technical challenges involve situations for which the skill set necessary to address complicated issue is known. • Adaptive challenges are those that require us to learn something new Dr. Robert Kegan, or look at the situation with a Professor in Adult Learning and Professional different mindset in order to be Development, Harvard University successful. Source: What to do When Change Efforts Fail: Applying the Kegan and Lahey’s (2009), Immunity to Change Process Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 13 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Aligning Development withChallenge Training Mentoring Coaching Technical Adaptive Not to be reproduced or redistributed without 14 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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    Not to bereproduced or redistributed without 15 written permission of ImpaQ Solutions
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