Coaching is a result and objective oriented development guidance process, which is offered in many forms in practise such that the diversity makes it hard to sum it up in a short and precise definition.

The coaching usually focuses on enhancing the independence of an individual's performance of his work and tasks within the context of the organization, where it naturally involves self improvement and personal development in an environment where self-supportive workers are viewed as assets. A difference between coaching and supervision is that with coaching the objective of the organization determines the direction of the coaching. Achievement of results and time window commitments are part and parcel of coaching. Observation, instruction and advice are fundamentals of coaching.