Introduction to Mentoring

This full day workshop is aimed at delegates who would like to become mentors, find out more about different sorts of mentoring, supporting different mentees and different situations.  Learners will understand the different types of mentoring, context of mentoring in organisational development, the responsibilities and skills involved, encouraging a psychologically safe environment, planning the meetings, establishing rules and contracts, and giving feedback.

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the programmes, learners will understand the different types of mentoring, how mentoring fits into organisational development and the responsibilities and skills involved in being a mentor

Workshop Topics:

• Understanding mentoring

• Different types of mentoring and the benefits

• Context of mentoring in an organisation

• The role and responsibilities of the mentor

• Encourage a psychologically safe environment

• Psychographics of mentoring and the impact

• Skills involved in being a mentor

• Assessing learning needs and establishing meaningful goals 

• Planning the mentoring meeting

• The mentoring contract

• Giving feedback

• Self evaluation of skills