Mentoring Case

Differentiate between coaching and mentoring. Provide an example to support how either of the two was used successfully in your current or past work life. Respond to at least two of your peers for this posting.

When I first saw this discussion I was thinking that its going to be easy to understand because I feel that I do this on a daily basis at work.

When we coach what we think of. We are teaching someone how do to the job if they are new to it or we are teaching them how they can make their life simpler for the job. Example since I work as an Optometry Tech (Eyes) I have to do a lot of test for the doctor before he/she sees the patient. I ask my fellow airmen, what you can do to make the process quicker for you to make sure you are in and out. So basically I am guiding them how to do their job easily!

Mentoring my troops I look at the large picture for them. I want them to grow inside and outside the military. I would like them to think outside the box. I want them to grow and gain as much experience that they can. For example, my Airmen I know that they came into the Military so they can pay for college. So I ask them what do they want to do when they get out of the Air Force, So I am guiding them on how to pursue their dream job. One of my airmen wants to coach gymnastics, I told him look at the gyms here to see if you can get a part time or job even volunteer to see if it’s something that you want to do. Then go to school and get a degree in sports management/coaching. I am mentoring him how to grow.