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  • Mentoring
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Developing Your People & You

Mentoring

In developing your leadership talent base it's easy to overlook just how much experience, skills, knowledge and wisdom is locked inside your current leadership population. In our experience, given the right support and infrastructure most leaders are very motivated (if not a little flattered) to be asked to get involved in supporting the growth of their colleagues.

This is where high quality Mentoring can make a huge difference to an organisation. Done well it not only supports the growth and development of individual leaders, it can make a substantial difference to the 'feel' of the business.

The benefits to those receiving Mentorship (Mentees) can include:

• Having a safe 'sounding board', without judgement
• Accelerating important relationship building
• Accessing growth opportunities
• Sharing advice, guidance and ideas
• Learning from experience
• The discipline of investing in one's own growth

But the benefits are not just one way. For those providing Mentorship (Mentors) the benefits can include:

• Thinking and learning from one's own experience
• Satisfaction and reward of contributing to someone's development
• Expanding horizons, discovering new approaches and ideas
• An injection of energy, enthusiasm and vigour!

We believe some of the important steps in setting up a really good quality Mentoring programme include:

• Knowing your organisational purpose in setting up Mentoring opportunities
• Targeting who would benefit most from Mentoring
• Identifying who has the ability, opportunity and desire to provide Mentoring (you need all 3!!)
• Introducing a straightforward 'matching' process (Mentee's needs vs. Mentor's capacities)
• Training of Mentors and Mentees (half day workshops are often enough to get started)
• Providing enough practical resources and guidelines for both parties
• Applying a review process and ongoing support to ensure the system works for all parties and organisational value is realised

If you want to explore the potential for Mentoring in your organisation further, just give us a call.