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From it's ancient Greek origins, the word "mentor" has come to mean "friend", "trusted advisor" and "wise counsellor". As a a result, the whole process for mentoring others in organisations should ideally reflect these same characteristics, skills and behaviours. However, our fast changing and time starved organisations of today do not have the luxury of merely waiting for the mentor/mentee relationship to "naturally" grow. Instead, this climate needs to be created and a degree of formality and structure introduced. |
Mentoring Others
TOPICS
· Design the mentoring program · Establish the mentor system · Develop program details · Establish the ground rules · Focus on individual needs · Open up new possibilities · Aim to steer and guide the individual · Act as a role model · Monitor progress · Review and separate · Close the circle
This unit partially aligns with the Nationally accredited unit:
BSBLED705A:(from BSB07: Business Services Training Package)
Plan and implement a mentoring program |
· Design the mentoring program
Determine how a mentoring program should best be structured to suit organisational goals
Establish the goals of the program - ask what is it we want to achieve?
Promote the program - seek support, and ensure all potential participants are aware of it and understand it
· Establish the mentor system
Determine the key competencies that a mentor should possess
Select candidates for a "pool" of mentors for the organisation
Select an appropriate and credible co-ordinator for the program
· Develop program details
· Establish the ground rules
· Focus on individual needs
· Open up new possibilities
· Aim to steer and guide the individual
· Act as a role model
· Monitor progress
· Review and separate
· Close the circle
