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Training - Mentoring

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Duration
1 Day
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For whom ?

Who is this pro training aimed at?

For whom ?

Professionals who mentor others and are looking to improve their teaching skills.

Prerequisites

None

Program

The program of training

We all benefit from being mentored, and many of us owe our success to sound advice given to us throughout our career. But there comes a time when you are the one responsible for dispensing sage advice. The question is, how do you mentor someone in a way that is useful to them whilst being a rewarding experience for you?

00. Introduction

01. Understand Mentoring

  • Mentoring and its key principles
  • The historical origins of mentoring, with real-life examples
  • The role and responsibilities of a mentor
  • Barriers to mentoring, common challenges, and benefits

02. The Four Bases of Mentoring

  • Organisational Base
  • Context Base: starting a relationship; 2-way responsibility
  • Development Base: effective learning (Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle), skills of a mentor, appreciative inquiry, mentoring versus coaching
  • Interpersonal Base: giving feedback, pinpointing versus labelling, the AID Model, difficult conversations

03. Hands-on

Objectives

The objectives of the training

  • Define the scope of a mentoring relationship and work effectively with your mentee to motivate them.
  • Identify your responsibilities and the ‘Four Base’ mentoring model to help ensure that valuable learning takes place.
  • Design a useful mentoring plan, and develop the confidence to work with your mentee to encourage their successful development.
Strong points

The strengths of the training

  • This training focuses on applying skills in workplace situations by combining the benefits of group training with individual activities for greater effectiveness.
  • Participants will select personal goals and work on them throughout the session, focusing on specific areas for improvement.
  • By the end of the session, participants will design an action plan to implement strategies for strengthening their growth areas and developing key skills.
  • This live class is eligible for 7 PDUs in the Power Skills area, to maintain PMP® or PgMP® certification.
Mentoring