In today’s business world, new executives are often thrown in at the deep end and asked to fend for themselves. To ensure success for the organization, it is imperative that these managers are mentored to succeed. This program teaches you how to do it well

Key Topics
What is a Mentor?
Why do you want to be a Mentor? What do you hope to get from this?
How is mentoring different to coaching and counseling? Just what does mentoring involve?
Do you understand the structure, purpose, content and aims of the overall development program?
What are the specific skills and competences of the best mentors?
What can go wrong with mentoring?
Have you got the specific interpersonal skills that really effective mentoring requires?
Just how good are your listening skills? What about feedback - what’s the best way to do this?
How far is it appropriate for you to intervene and advise, and when should you stand off?
Will this organization provide a supportive environment for mentoring?
How do people learn, and how will knowledge of this help you in your mentoring role?

Program Outline
Day 1
Mentoring processes and relationships
Mentoring and coaching
Mentor & mentee roles and responsibilities
Needs assessments for mentees
Goals of the mentoring programme
Personal Reflection & Exercises

Day 2
Understanding the learning process
Active listening
Feedback and communications
Establishing rapport and developing trust
Establishing effective routines and procedures for agreed programme
Personal Reflection & Exercises

Day 3
Difficult and conflict situations
Unmotivated or misguided mentee issues
Garnering or providing organizational support
Developing and implementing mentoring plan
Personal Reflection & Exercises
Individual Mentoring Master Plan

Key issues to make a mentoring programme work

a) Clarity of purpose
Why has a mentoring scheme?
What are the aims?

b) Top Management support
Are enough senior managers aware, of, and really supportive of the scheme?
How are they involved?
Do they see it as adding value?

c) Integrate and link
Ensure the mentoring programme connects with other relevant initiatives, and at it is anchored on organizationally significant issues and needs– e.g., Motiv8.

d) Work with volunteers
Have a mentor specification, and make known what the role involves.
Don’t just accept volunteers.
Select with care.