Practical Mentoring Skills

Course details

This one-day Mentoring Skills training session is designed to equip leaders & managers with the relevant knowledge and skills in mentoring to help & inspire the existing & newly recruited staff to realize their full potential.

PROGRAMME  OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Become more aware of the importance of Mentoring Initiative towards organizational learning, talent development and retention.
• Learn various mentoring skills to help mentees see the big picture, strategize, overcome problems, and develop their potential to the optimum.
• Learn how different communication styles can impact mentoring effectiveness
• Identify potential challenges in mentoring and avoid common mistakes
• The do’s & don’ts of mentoring.
• Apply various mentoring skills like probing & different questioning techniques, delivery of constructive feedback, active listening.
• Understand the art of motivation & Influence to help inspire mentees to achieve desired result.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

1. What is mentoring? 
2. Effective Mentoring Competence Quiz 
3. The Mentoring Initiative for Talent Management
4. Why Mentor? What’s in it for you?
5. How the Mentoring Initiative contributes to organizational learning and people development.
6. Mentoring Concept Model 
7. Mentoring Contact Skills
8. Difficult Mentees & Tough Moments

METHODOLOGY

Short lectures, interactive group discussions, work simulations, case study, role-plays, profiling, self & group critiques.