Article: Can business coaches learn from sports coaches?

by Annalisa Gigante

It’s been fascinating to witness the rise and explosion of the Business and Life Coaching industry over the past few years, well actually both fascinating and perplexing! In fact, what is a coach? It is certainly a term borrowed from the world of sports, but is the same?

I have seen many acquaintances from all different backgrounds: entrepreneurs, consultants, recruiters, communication experts, sales people and psychologists discover and plunge into this new profession and grow successful businesses.

So begins a recent article in this month's Euopean's Professional Network. While an interesting article, I find the comparision chart (at the bottom of the page) between what a Business Coach does versus a Sports Coach quite disturbing. It certainly doesn't represent my way of coaching. See what you think and please comment.