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Mentoring in Organisations

Overview

Mentoring is an ongoing process of enabling someone to develop their potential and performance within a particular context. By its very nature it tends to involve helping someone address some of their performance blocks, which they may or may not be aware of. When done well it can produce astounding long-term results in terms of changes in confidence, self-esteem and capability.

In order to be done well, mentoring requires skill, versatility and a high level of rapport by the mentor. These skills can be learned.

Objectives

By the end of this mentoring workshop participants will:

Know what makes a good mentor
Know how to recognise the level of the performance block
Be able to create the right environment for a mentoring session
Know how to move from problems to outcomes when mentoring others
Be aware of limiting beliefs that impede motivation and performance
Be able to use a non-directive questioning style so that the mentoree has ownership of any agreed development plans

Results

Increased awareness, understanding and skill for the mentor and long-term development benefits for those being mentored. The skills developed will also be useful in a variety of other interactions with both clients and colleagues