How the Programme Works:
- Online mentor capability development course
The manager completes a six-week blended (online and face to face) mentor development course:
- Build mentor skills, knowledge, and core attributes
- Have a toolkit of mentoring strategies which can be used to enhance own mentoring practice
- One-one mentoring
The manager engages in monthly mentoring meetings with Lesley over a six-month period to continue building mentor capability through reflection on practice, discussing progress on goal achievement, exploring how to manage challenges, receiving feedback on practice.
Programme Focus Areas
- The mentor’s role and responsibilities
- Essential communication skills (strengths-based feedback, empathic listening, skilful questioning)
- Self-leadership and leadership of others,
- Handling difficult conversations
Resources:
- Template Pack
- Copy of Lesley’s My Style Inventory which identifies individual communication characteristics
- Copy of Lesley’s Mentoring Scenarios Handbook
Develop your managers as mentors today and see your teams flourish. Contact me and we can discuss next steps