Coaches empower you through a collaborative process of discovery to help you clarify the best solutions for yourself. ​ Consultants usually have expertise in a certain field and will advise you, teach you skills or provide you with information you don’t have. ​ Another way to think about this is that while consulting gives you a system to use, coaching helps you develop your own system. Both can be helpful, but coaching adds elements of motivation and ownership for the unique system that you develop for yourself empowering you to succeed.