Mentor

Sometimes, coaches give hints to help the coachee find his/her way to a solution. Telling something that you have seen work as a solution -- for a certain scenario by other teams -- to a problem that is similar to what the coachee is facing. This way, the coachee is primed with some ideas to start off with. Then go back to being a coach -- asking powerful questions; you, as a coach, got to have the coachee experience the joy of discovery of the solution.

Sometimes, in some situations, you just have to momentarily stop being a coach and be a mentor... then at the right moment you pull yourself back to being a coach. Let me explain... To be continued.