Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2018

Citation

Published in New Directions for Student Leadership, no. 158 (Summer 2018): Role of Mentoring, Coaching, and Advising in Developing Leadership, pp. 9–22.

DOI: 10.1002/yd.20284

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Copyright © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Used by permission.

Abstract

Mentoring, coaching, and advising are often confused as similar interactions with developmental intent, yet their scope, purpose, and utility in leadership development are distinct. The purpose of this chapter is to provide clarity as to what constitutes mentoring, coaching, and advising for leadership development and to compare and contrast each relationship type.

Developing the “whole” student often requires identifying unique needs and helping students recognize when they need mentoring, coaching, and/or advising. While mentoring, coaching, and advising are all developmental interactions, their scope, purpose, and utility in leadership development are distinct. The purpose of this chapter is to clarify the distinctions between mentoring, coaching, and advising and synthesize their utility in leadership development. In doing so, we will be better prepared to recognize when mentoring, coaching, and/or advising will be the most powerful tool for student leadership development.

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