Successful Mentoring

This two-day workshop will provide a solid foundation for developing successful mentor and coaching behaviors. It will assist you to identify and assess your current skill level, and to learn how to use mentoring and coaching as an empowering tool for employee development. Effective Mentoring and Coaching assists the organisation to implement change and achieve its objectives in a positive, helping environment. It improves staff morale and helps to establish your organisation as a preferred employer.
It also covers the practical aspects of mentoring and coaching, i.e. what makes mentoring and coaching special, what the manager is able and willing to invest in the development of their employees, and the special opportunities and challenges involved.

The Target Audience:
This program has been designed for supervisors, managers and team leaders wishing to build on their current skills to help employees discover and develop their own skills and talents. Effective Mentoring and Coaching assists the organisation to implement change and achieve its objectives in a positive, helping environment. It improves staff morale and helps to establish your organisation as a preferred employer.

Learning Format:
This program is highly participative with emphasis on 'learning by doing', using case studies, exercises, simulated experience and group discussion.

Program Content:

Mentoring as an Art - Mentoring v. Coaching?
Have You Been Mentored?
-The Psychology of Mentoring

Is Mentoring For You? -The Empowering Mentor
Mentor Self-development
Mentoring Styles

Basics of Coaching - Self-Assessment of Coaching Competence
- The Coaching Styles Continuum
- What are the key Skills?

Understanding the Protégé’s needs-The Learning needs Interview
-To Mentor or Coach?
-Meeting the protege's expectations
-Setting Mutual Parameters

Behaviors to Avoid- - Negative behaviors
- The problem with criticism
- The problem with advice

· Mentor/Protégé Gains -The Partnership
- Assessing personal expectations
· Developing the Mentor/Protege Agreement

· Special Situations - Cross-gender Mentoring
- Cross- cultural Mentoring
- Mentoring by a Supervisor
· Action Planning for Continuing Professional Development

Program Outcomes:

After attending this workshops participants will be able to:

· Understand how mentoring and coaching work in today's workplace
· Identify when to 'mentor' and when to 'coach'
· Assist in the growth and development of other people
· Determine their own mentoring and coaching style
· Understand the protege's needs and expectations
· Identify behaviors to avoid in mentoring
· Know how to develop a mentor-protege agreement

News -Have you a team of ten or more who you feel would benefit from any of our information-packed seminars?
All of our programs and speakers are available to your organisation on an IN-HOUSE basis .

We are currently offering In- House seminars for groups of 10-20 participants for a very competitive investment of $3300 per day plus venue charges. Included in this package is pre-work collection of data from your group by your presenter which ensures each program is tailored to suit your team. We are happy to arrange venues for your group and can provide suggestions for suitable locations within your price range. Have a browse through our list of programs or attend one of our public seminars so that you can see the value of our informative and entertaining programs.