For those of you who like to reading it instead of listening to it:
In the broadest sense, a coach asks questions, while a trainer gives answers. A coach works with existing sources. The word coach was written down in the late 16th century and roughly means “to transport somebody by a carriage (coach) from place A to place B.” It was not until 1830 at Oxford University that the slang variant of this word started to mean a teacher/instructor who, like a carriage, ‘carries’ the participant through a course. Around thirty years later, the word penetrated the sports world and received its well-known meaning – a sports coach. It was not until the arrival of author Timothy Gallwey (Inner Game of Tennis) and Sir John Whitmore (Coaching for Performance) in the 1970s that the word coach started spreading from sports into business offices.
It is always good for you to rate your current state yourself, just with the help of certain recommended parameters, but without anybody else`s interpretations.
Competencies self evaluation.xlsx
In this self- assessment, you can see for yourselves what are the eight main competencies a coach should have and how familiar you are in using them, on a scale from 1 to 10. Note, that the second excel sheet elaborates more the competencies, and it could be fun to first rate yourself without the knowledge of the second sheet, then the first time after you have read it. This could be quite a self-assessment.
For those of you who liked the previous self assessment, more details and even maturity levels of the same competence can be found in this downloadable. The EMCC, European Mentoring and Coaching Council has refined the for us and this document has been a reference point to world wide accredited professional coaches. It is worth looking through it.
EMCC competences - coach & mentor.pdf