What is a coach?

Coaching is an activity in which coaches use coaching skills to help others grow and achieve their goals through learning. And the main body of this activity "coach", we give him a role title called "coach"

The management mode that managers take helping subordinates grow as their primary task is called coach management; A manager's main task is to use coaching skills to help his subordinates grow through learning. This is the coaching manager. When the coach manager came into being, the traditional relationship between the manager and the manager changed into a new relationship between the coach and the students.

It further explains various methods used by leaders and managers in leadership and management activities, such as system management and performance management. If you manage and lead by helping your subordinates grow and progress, you are a coach.

Coaching originated in the United States in the early 1970s. It is a new and effective management technology developed from daily life and dialogue, sports psychology and pedagogy. It enables the coached to gain insight into themselves, give full play to their personal potential, effectively motivate the team and give full play to their overall strength, thus enhancing the productivity of enterprises.

Coach's formulation was first translated by coach in English, which means carriage in English. The carriage can't tell the parties where to go. But the client (the coachee) can tell the carriage where you are going, and the carriage can help you get there. In other words, the coach won't tell you where to go. The role of a coach is to make a promise to the coachee. A coach is a tool.

English explanation: someone who teaches you how to practice.

Modern Chinese Dictionary defines "training" as "making people have a certain specialty or skill in a planned and step-by-step way", while "coach" has two explanations: one is "training others to master a certain skill or action"; The other is "people who are engaged in the above work". This shows that "training" is an activity and a process, while "coaching" is not only an activity and a process, but also represents a kind of person-coaching.

The definition of International Coaches Union: "As a long-term partner, professional coaches aim to help clients become winners in life and career. Coaches help them improve their personal performance and quality of life. After professional training, the coach listens and observes, and customizes the coaching method according to the individual needs of customers. They inspire customers to seek solutions and countermeasures themselves, because they believe that customers are born with creativity and wisdom. The coach's duty is to provide support to enhance the existing skills, resources and creativity of customers. "