A coach has a defined program to strengthen or modify skills and behaviors. Misconceptions Many argue that much of the confusion in definitions comes from the fact that mentoring and coaching skills overlap to some extent: Pacemaker-style coaches behave like a mentor - using their own experience to pose questions that lead learners to their own ideas and conclusions, thereby helping them develop their own wisdom... But mentors have a number of other roles to play, which are generally outside the remit of the coach. Coaching and mentoring are not the same thing. Our results and experience support the conclusion that mentoring is a powerless, mutually beneficial learning situation in which the mentor provides advice, shares knowledge and experiences, and teaches using a pressure-free self-discovery approach. . “While coaching has traditionally been seen as a remedy for poor performance and as an approach linking individual effectiveness and organizational performance” (Ellinger, Hamlin and Beattie, 2008). The mentor is both a source of information/knowledge and a