Coaching as a support function for potential entrepreneurs
Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Coaching as a support function for potential entrepreneurs | |
| Creator | Brinkley, Maddison-Lee le Roux, Ingrid | |
| Description | Background: There is a longstanding debate on whether the practice of coaching support is useful for entrepreneurs who lack the skills and assistance needed to make a success of their businesses.Aim: To gain a better understanding of the benefits derived from coaching support, this study explores the debate on whether coaching is useful as a support function for entrepreneurs.Setting: Entrepreneurs who participated in a support intervention programme to assist them with the development or growth of their business.Methods: This study employed a qualitative research design and used 12 semi-structured, face-to-face interviews that were conducted with entrepreneurs from the Pretoria region, who received support intervention for business purposes between August and October 2015.Results: The study found that confusion still exists around the concepts of coaching and mentoring. Furthermore, it was found that both mentoring and coaching are useful as a support function for entrepreneurs, as evidenced through the benefits derived from the intervention. These benefits mainly include the development of skills, particularly of 21st-century skills, new perspectives, enhanced communication, increased self-awareness and learning, and were facilitated by learning.Conclusion: Both mentoring and coaching can benefit potential entrepreneurs; however, each form contributes different benefits. Coaching contributes to the self-development of entrepreneurs, whilst mentoring assists in the development of managerial functions needed to successfully start and grow a business. It is clear that these different forms of support intervention aid in developing different skills, and therefore, entrepreneurs should articulate their required needs before engaging support. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2018-08-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajesbm.v10i1.99 | |
| Source | The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management; Vol 10, No 1 (2018); 12 pages 2071-3185 2522-7343 | |
| Language | eng | |
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