Mentoring train the trainer workshop David Clutterbuck 2013

Mentoring train the trainer workshop © David Clutterbuck 2013

What makes a great mentoring trainer? • Deep understanding of mentoring concept, theory & practice • Personal experience as mentor and mentee • Anecdote & story • Facilitation skills • Ability to demonstrate skills and techniques • A personal development plan as a mentoring trainer

History of mentoring • • The Odyssey The French cleric Two traditions: apprenticeship and politics Levinson’s Seasons of a man’s life Kathy Kram and the rise of sponsorship mentoring EMC(C) and developmental mentoring Gradual spread of mentoring globally and in multiple applications

Key concepts in mentoring • Generativity • The path already taken • Reflective space

Metaphors and myths • What stories in your culture have particular resonance with mentoring? • What implications are there from this?

Sponsorship v developmental mentoring • When (if at all) would it be appropriate to mix these two models of mentoring? • What would be the implications of doing so?

Mentoring versus coaching • How are coaching and mentoring typically differentiated in your culture? • What are the implications in your culture of having clarity/ lack of clarity about this? (Does it matter? )

How coaching and mentoring developed Influence (Directive) Traditional Coaching Performance Sponsorship Mentoring Personal Developmental Coaching Mentoring Influence (Nondirective) Career

Virtual mentoring • What level of support do you think mentors and mentees will need to make effective use of mentoring using emails, Skype or telephone? • How could you approach this? • What are the pluses and minuses of off-the-shelf mentoring systems?

Virtual mentoring training : technical content • • The advantages and disadvantages of different media Contracting Confidentiality issues Power reduction “Listening” to emails Content analysis Reviewing the relationship

Initial mentoring train the trainer workshop © David Clutterbuck 2013

Key learning outcomes for a mentoring training workshop • Understand the concept of mentoring • Be clear on the role of mentor and mentee • Understand how mentoring works • Understand how a mentor helps and adds value • Have a clear understanding of key mentoring skills and techniques Mentors • Be confident in their ability to use basic mentoring techniques and approaches Mentees • Have a clear understanding of how to make the most of mentoring • Have increased insight into the kind of issues, on which it would be useful for them to seek mentoring

Concept of mentoring & roles Objectives • gain clear understanding of meaning of mentoring and how it differs from coaching • understand basic concepts of mentoring such as personal reflective space and providing thinking time • role of mentor and mentee • build confidence in ability to do mentoring

The lifecycle of a mentoring relationship Objectives • to explain how relationships progress over time • outline key activities in each of the 5 phases • continue with practising mentoring & using basic skills

Phases of the mentoring relationship Phase 1: Getting started / building rapport Phase 4: Winding up Phase 2: Clarifying direction and purpose Phase 5: Moving on Phase 3: Heightened (mutual) learning 3 2 1 4 5

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