Coaching or mentoring?
Five short questions to help you check whether coaching or mentoring is the better fit for your current situation. There are no wrong answers — this is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis.
You're closer to coaching
Your answers suggest you already have most of the resources you need for this decision — what's missing is space to sort them out and hear your own answer. That's how coaching works: I don't hand you solutions, I help you reach your own.
You're closer to mentoring
Your answers suggest what's missing isn't space to think, but concrete knowledge or experience in this area. That's how mentoring works: I bring my own perspective and tell you plainly what I see.
Read more: when a coaching session must become mentoring.
Probably a mix of both
Your answers are split — and that's a very common situation. Many topics need both approaches at once: some space to think, some concrete knowledge. That's why I work flexibly — a session starts as coaching, and if something else is needed at a given moment, I say so directly and ask for your consent to change mode.
Read more: when a coaching session must become mentoring.
This is an informal check, not a diagnosis — we always agree on the final way of working together during the first session.