Spot the difference
How do you choose between executive and life coaching? Should we even be using labels? Georgina Fuller reveals why personal coaching is a victim of its own image and how the industry views its ‘poor relation’
What’s the difference between a life coach and an executive coach? The question might sound like the start of a bad joke, but put it to a room full of coaches and it’s likely to trigger a hot debate.
Historically, life coaching has been seen as the industry’s poor relation, lacking the substance of executive coaching....
Thanks for a great article. Delighted to hear views from the experts that support the legitimacy of personal coaching. I have long felt that life coaches get a bit of a raw deal, considering that many I know are more well trained than most executive coaches (most having done psychotherapy/NLP training too) and tend to deal with wider, deeper client issues. Maybe being a life coach is the ultimate role to aspire to? At least if you can afford to earn less, that is!
Angela