There are have been many attempts to define coaching. Here is a definition by Anthony Grant:

A collaborative solution-focused, results-orientated and systematic process in which the coach facilitates the enhancement of work performance, life experience, self-directed learning and personal growth of the coachee.

Here are some of the key points to keep in mind:

• Collaborative
• Solution-focused
• Results-oriented (the American spelling)
• Personal growth

• Executive and leadership coaching, focused on improving leadership skills and people skills for
• Senior executives and leaders
• Leadership teams
• Expats and leaders of multicultural teams
• Innovators and mavericks
• New managers and leaders with technology, scientific, or academic backgrounds
• Personal and life coaching for clients who would like to develop and reach their goals and achieve greater happiness and joy by working
• Individually
• In a group