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No.
e-coach is not an online training course, nor is it like one.
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e-coach
is designed to provide coaching -- the kind of development support
generally considered an integral part of the training experience but still
only one part of it.
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Any number
of different training products provided by one or more vendors can easily
be used within the e-coach
format. It would complement what the other program has to offer at
the same time it would provide unique coaching content and capabilities
that would enhance the other program's effectiveness.
In
contrast, training products offered by a single vendor -- although
excellent and highly useful -- are designed to offer a client company's
workers only whatever expertise that individual vendor has to offer.
In effect, the online offering provided by these vendors is simply a
distribution portal for delivering only their own intellectual property,
products, and approaches in an on-line format. It does not provide
support for or access to various other approaches to learning about a
given topic, and it definitely does not offer a tool that functions as a
universal coach -- like e-coach.
For
example, let’s assume a manager or supervisor wants to help an employee
to understand "how best to delegate." Vendor products would
present their point of view on this subject and suggest other resources
provided by their company to solve this learning issue.
e-coach,
on the other hand, offers a solution that might mention several
approaches. It might suggest looking at a "shelf" program the
company already uses, or it might suggest a book, article, or an on-line
or other type of resource. In other words,
e-coach suggests all or any of the company’s available
resources as well as some from outside of the organization.
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