Coaching can be defined in various ways, two commonly used definitions are: ‘A learning and or counseling relationship between an experienced person who shares his or her professional expertise with a less experienced person in order to develop the skills and abilities of the less experienced party.’ ‘Typically a one-to-one relationship between a qualified professional and a individual , which is based upon encouragement, constructive comments, openness, mutual trust, respect and a willingness to learn and share’.