A coach has a set program to strengthen or change skills and behaviors. Misconceptions Many argue that much of the confusion about definitions arises from the fact that mentoring and coaching skills overlap to some extent: stimulator-style coaches act like a mentor, using their own experience to ask questions that lead students to their own insights and conclusions, helping them develop their own wisdom… But mentors have a number of other roles to play, which are typically outside the coach's remit. Coaching and Mentoring are not the same thing. Our findings and experience support the conclusion that mentoring is a mutually beneficial, disempowering learning situation in which the mentor provides advice, shares knowledge and experiences, and teaches using a low-pressure, self-discovery approach. “While coaching has traditionally been perceived as a remedy for poor performance and as an approach that links individual effectiveness with organizational performance” (Ellinger, Hamlin, & Beattie, 2008). The mentor is both a source of information/knowledge and a Socratic