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Training Course Summary:

Mentoring is a sensitive and valuable type of development activity. It involves taking on the role of a trusted and experienced advisor to another individual, and requires a range of skills. This one-day course is designed to define mentoring clearly, so that the mentor is comfortable with the scope and depth of the relationship with the mentee. It covers a range of skills to do with interviewing and coaching within the framework 'lifecycle' of a mentoring relationship. The lively and challenging course involves exercises and roleplays to enable the participant to rehearse some of the key moments in the mentoring process.

Course Objectives:
List the benefits and applications of mentoring
Define who mentoring is for - and who should do it
Identify the benefits of both mentor and mentee
Manage the mentoring lifecycle
Effectively focus and limit the scope of the mentoring role
Use coaching skills in the mentoring context
Manage the sensitive issues that arise in mentoring situations
Avoid an overly directive style

Who Should Attend:

This course is aimed at people in a management position taking on a mentoring role with another individual. The mentor may be responsible for a mentee that might be a new joiner, a member of a development programme or individuals at key stages in their development. It may also include non-work relationships of a mentoring type, such as dealing with young people.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Definitions of and background to mentoring
Mentoring in context - alongside other development activities, such as counselling and coaching
Selecting mentors and mentees
The mentoring lifecycle
The scope and focus of mentoring activities
Managing the mentoring relationship with both mentees and their managers
Goal-setting and definition skills
Coaching in a mentoring context
Giving feedback constructively
Behavioural interviewing skills (questioning and listening)
Solution generation skills
Sensitive and ethicalissues - and how to avoid becoming a counsellor rather than mentor