Development Methods You read about and practiced with several different methods of developing employees in your reading. Now you will apply what you learned to answer the following questions: What are the four broad categories of employee development methods? In an organization that wants to use work experience as a method of employee development, what basic options are available? What are the three roles of a coach? How is coaching different from mentoring? What are some advantages of using someone outside the organization as a coach? Some disadvantages?