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Where a business coach can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a business coach already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Business coaches guide employees of a company or other institution in order to improve their personal effectiveness, increase their job satisfaction, and positively impact their career development in the business setting. They do this by leading the coachee (the person who is being coached) to resolution of their challenges by their own means. Business coaches aim to address specific tasks or reach specific goals, as opposed to overall development.

Also known as professional development coach, corporate coach, leadership coach, business development coach, personal development coach, business leadership coach, executive coach, practitioner of business coaching, coach in business development.

Professionals 23 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: corporate trainer, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from business coach, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a business coach already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A business coach needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

evaluate clients' progress information skills
work in an organised manner management skills
organise projects to fill education needs management skills
provide feedback to performers communication, collaboration and creativity
develop a coaching style communication, collaboration and creativity
advise on efficiency improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
coach employees communication, collaboration and creativity
evaluate employees management skills
conduct public presentations communication, collaboration and creativity
apply teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a business coach does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

corporate trainer 51% covered · difficulty 44.3

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Business coach is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a business coach’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.