Effective Mentoring


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
Perhaps your organisation has asked you to help induct a new employee. Maybe a junior colleague has approached you for guidance. Or perhaps you want to fast-track a rising star into a particular leadership position. Whatever the case, before you become a mentor you'll want to learn all you can about the process, from how mentoring benefits you and your career to how you can best assist your protege. Effective Mentoring will help you get started on the right foot by establishing clear and realistic expectations. You'll learn how to step into various mentoring roles, and provide training and guidance on professional development, advocacy and emotional support. You'll brush up on essential communication skills. And you'll learn how to manage the mentoring relationship, from solving potential challenges to guiding the relationship through to a positive conclusion.

Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, team leaders

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

The Importance of Mentoring

  • recognise the importance of effective mentoring.
  • identify the appropriate examples of mentoring relationships.
  • select the advantages of mentoring relationships.
  • identify the examples of people who possess the characteristics of an effective mentor.

    • The Roles of a Mentor

  • recognise the importance of mentoring roles.
  • select the appropriate strategies a mentor would use to assist with a protege's professional development.
  • identify a mentor's effective training strategies.
  • identify a mentor's appropriate support strategies.

    • Effective Communication

  • recognise the benefits of using effective communication as a mentor.
  • select the examples of active listening.
  • differentiate between the appropriate and inappropriate ways to provide feedback.
  • choose the questions that effectively guide the protege's decision making.

    • Managing the Relationship

  • recognise the importance of managing the mentoring relationship from beginning to end.
  • choose the appropriate solutions for mentoring challenges.
  • identify the appropriate decisions about ending mentoring relationships.
  • identify the strategies for ending mentoring relationships on a positive note.

    • Course Number:
    MGMT8251