Reading on the web a number of articles we noticed a bit of confusion about the different roles of business consultants, mentors, advisors and coach. Gruppo La Meridiana decided to write this post to shed light on what are actually the differences between these various professionals and which services each of them  can offer to your company.

Gruppo La Meridiana counts on a select number of qualified business experts in each discipline to provide you the maximum degree of satisfaction and guaranteed business improvements. But it becomes crucial to understand exactly which professional you need to solve or prevent problems in your company. Here in this article we set a bit of clarity about who is a Coach, Mentor, Advisor and Consultant and what they do and what are the differences between them. Which of these specialists will work for you also depends on what kind of person you are and how you like to work within your company

Business Coach

A coach will help you get the best out of you and make the right decisions that will help you carry on with your company. Some areas that could work are; responsibility, motivation, limiting beliefs, focus, fear, distraction, clarity, brainstorming, time management and vision. A Coach will create an image of your company and work with you to create a plan to make this vision coming true. A coach do not always have business experience, but rather usually s/he has a title in psychology and a coaching accreditation. Coach probably will not be in your office but you will have to go to him and then put in place when it emerged from your meeting in person within the company. The support of a coach is indicated for those people who are self-motivated, creative, and want to do everything yourself.

Business Mentor

A mentor is usually the person who managed their businesses successfully and now wants to give its support to help others doing the same. A mentor can give you advice on what worked for them and they can help you taking the most difficult business decisions. A mentor is someone who provides knowledge, wisdom and advice to someone with less experience.

Once again, just like Coach, Mentor will not sit at the table with your dipendendi to give them directives. Its recommendations will be put into practice independently.

Business Advisor

A Advisor works with you and your staff to make your business successful and increase profits. An Advisor will review the whole company and all the different elements within its activities, to be sure everything is functioning properly and that it works as efficiently and productively as possible. A Advisor almost always works at the customer in touch with employees because for him it is important to understand what are the interactions between people, systems, resources and leadership. A Advisor business almost always gets results much faster than a coach, because it can understand very quickly what are the problem areas and can train yourself how to handle the situation better. It will help you implement what you need to do for the project management of your company thanks to his business experience that led him to see similar problems in other company can be applied to solve problems quickly, helping the ‘business grow simplifying and improving its efficiency.

Business Consultant

A consultant is a specialist in a particular field that can go from human resources to marketing to IT, and will recommend and implement systems and processes only the area of his/her specialization.

If you choose a consultant to expect that this professional does everything for you in its field of competence. A consultant has business experience in any type of business, from start-ups to multinational companies. By competent specialist consultant addresses the problems he encounters with familiar giving the assurance of the effectiveness of their organizational and practical support for obtaining the desired results quickly.

Gruppo La Meridiana offers support in all four of these experts  and they work closely together within our Business department. In relation to the needs of your company, please contact us to define what is the best service that you want to receive. Our experts are always available to discuss with you and identify the best solutions for your business.