Coach vs consultant
Last Monday I was asked how I would describe myself. Now I don't like to pigeonhole but I have always thought of myself as a Consultant.
However, in recent times I think I’m more of a Coach than a Consultant. This is my explanation of how I define the two. How would you define the difference between a Coach and a Consultant?
Transcript
on Monday I was asked what I did for
muck for work and I kept using the word
consultant now I've been in business in
Holland anyway for about 12 years but
I've had businesses and worked as an
apple IT consultant for about 25 plus
years 28 years I think even and I was
asked for what you do and I kept using
the the term IT consultant or consultant
now I always used to call myself as
consultant but in recent time and
especially in the past year or so maybe
even longer but definitely a year or so
I think I'm more of a coach than a
consultant now how do I kind of you know
how do I differentiate between the two
well how I put it now before it's
different but how I put it now is in a
consultant and coach that basically
almost do the same thing but consultant
generally to me as a person who's an
expert that gets called up to go in fix
an issue over a period of time but
generally quite quickly they get told
what the problems are fix it and then
basically go away now he or she is still
there if the client needs to connect
with you again but generally you're
paying for their services again so it's
kind of an input the fire out and leave
where as a coach I would basically put a
coach as a person who this sounds weird
but cares more and obviously an IT
consultant and the consultant do care
for their clients but they kind of
encompass they kind of round off the the
hard edges they because they work with
the client I work with my clients
I work with them for a period of time to
make sure everything is working trying
to explain things trying it again the
soundbites empowering my clients to to
understand and know what I'm doing so
they can take that and actually expand
on it so you know you teach a man to
fish etc you know that quote so the
difference for me between an IT
consultant and a coach is literally the
fact that the coach I feel is a warmer
more rounded more longer-term engagement
like a one-to-one really encompassing
everything and trying to understand and
learn the yeah the the the problems and
and you know the problems that the
client actually faces I hope that makes
sense if you have a different definition
of the differences between an IT
consultant or a consultant forget IT
just a consultant and a coach I'd love
to know because as I said I've been
doing this for such a long time as a
consultant but over the past year or so
I've done it as a coach and I feel like
I'm more as a coach trainer than I am a
consultant so I'd love to know how you
would define that anyway that's the
video today have a great day
keep it simple and yeah if you need to
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ciao bye-bye