Coaching is a powerful process to support personal and leadership development and career progression. Different from, but complementary to, mentoring, coaching provides a confidential space where you work with a qualified and experienced coach to clarify your goals, prioritise your focus, commit to bold action and identify obstacles that are holding you back. Coaching tends to be more task-orientated and of a shorter duration than mentoring.
Some coaches specialise in certain areas, such as Executive Coaching or engineering coaching and training. In all cases, coaching should enable you to identify and leverage your strengths, mitigate your weaknesses and develop your capability to transition effectively into or thrive in your desired role, including top leadership roles.
POWERful Women highlights some coaching organisations on the right, though we do not endorse any specific products or services.