The development of the intellectual capital of the corporations nowadays represents one of the most significant challenges for the managers of and one of the most fertile fields for the enterpreneurial innovation. The present article shows a vision over two of the techniques of formation of people with greater impact at the present time: the Mentoring and the Coaching. Both terms have been object of debates regarding to their applications, existing, in spite of their notoriety, great confusion on their differences and possible applications. The article reviews the origin of the concepts, its differences and similarities and explores with depth, the applications of it in the field of the Management of the Technologies of the Information.El desarrollo de capital intelectual de las corporaciones hoy en día representa uno de los desafíos más significantes para los gestores, y uno de los campos más fértiles para la innovación emprendedora. El presente artículo muestra una visión acerca dos de las técnicas de formación de recursos humanos con amplio impacto hoy en día: el Mentoring y el Coaching. Ambos términos han sido objeto de debates relacionados con sus aplicaciones, existiendo, en desmedro de su notoriedad, gran confusión en sus diferencias y posibles aplicaciones. Se revisa el origen de ambos conceptos, sus diferencias y similitudes, y se explora en profundidad, las aplicaciones de éstos en el campo de la Gestión de Tecnologías de la InformaciónThe development of the intellectual capital of the corporations nowadays represents one of the most significant challenges for the managers of and one of the most fertile fields for the enterpreneurial innovation. The present article shows a vision over two of the techniques of formation of people with greater impact at the present time: the Mentoring and the Coaching. Both terms have been object of debates regarding to their applications, existing, in spite of their notoriety, great confusion on their differences and possible applications. The article reviews the origin of the concepts, its differences and similarities and explores with depth, the applications of it in the field of the Management of the Technologies of the Information.