Mentoring Training

Our mentoring course will enable you to:

• know the best practice for mentoring
• gain practical guidance on setting up or developing an existing mentoring scheme
• look at long-term career development
• help to improve leadership development and retain key people
• know the pitfalls to avoid
• become a mentor for the first time or develop existing skills
• learn how mentoring differs from coaching and other forms of people development
• learn how to hand the problem or difficulty back to the mentee and encourage them find the solutions.

A mentoring training course will help your business to thrive. Our experienced mentors will give guidance and develop key skills through group discussions, practical exercises, role-play sessions, case studies and action planning.

Our experienced mentors will give guidance and develop key skills through group discussions, practical exercises, role-play sessions, case studies and action planning.

Each participant will receive a workbook of key issues, giving them the framework to build a successful mentoring programme in the workplace.

• Potential Benefits of Mentoring
• Mentor Qualifications
• The Role of a Mentor
• Mentoring Skills
• Avoiding the Pitfalls
• Mentor versus Manager
• Mentor versus Coach
• The Role of the Mentee
• Mentee Qualifications
• Mentoring Outcomes
• Phases of Mentoring Relationships
• Meeting Suggestions
• The First Meeting
• Between First and Second Meetings
• The Second Meeting
• The Experiential Learning Cycle
• Model Discussions
• Frequent Questions asked by Mentors
• Duration of Mentoring
• End of the relationship
• More than one mentee at a time
• Using The GROW Model
• Outcome Orientation
• Creating SMART Action Plans
• The skills of giving Feedback
• Avoiding Problems

Based on your unique requirements, as an example, by the end of the mentoring training course participants will be able to:

• appreciate the benefits of mentoring
• understand the role and practice the skills of an effective mentor
• demonstrate the difference between a coach and a mentor
• build rapport and create a development environment
• define preferred learning styles – understand how people learn
• assess individual needs
• avoid barriers to learning
• give appropriate feedback
• handle resistance to constructive criticism
• use effective probing and questioning
• practice reflective listening
• get the trainee to review themselves objectively
• set effective action plans
• develop the performance of individuals

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“Very interesting and informative, step-by-step guide to effective principles and structure.” “Enthaustic and engaging trainer.” – Ben Adams Architects

“Engaging. Real. Great use of material and content. Really insightful and enjoyable.” “The interactive nature was particularly useful.” – Crown Commerical Service