A Review of Coaching and Mentoring Theories and Models

Abstract

This paper encapsulates the theories and models within the coaching and mentoring process. Three major theories and models are discussed and relate to the coaching and mentoring situation: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), Biggs’s Presage-Process-Product Model and The GROW Model. These models play a significant role in coaching and mentoring whereby both involve in the process to maximise the potential of the clients or coaches.  A series of meeting, building rapport and rightly questioning and answering techniques could build up the best of coaches and clients. At the same time, the mentors must be able to model the action they want their mentee to adopt.  Thus, these theories and models should be fully understood and applied by mentors and mentees to increase their quality.