In Mentoring Skills for Leaders, you'll learn...
- What you can offer as a mentor
- How to set expectations and boundaries for your mentoring program
- How to correctly match mentors with mentees
- The most common reasons mentoring programs fail and how to fix them
- And much more!
You may have heard that great leaders are born leaders, but the majority of leaders have worked hard to learn the leadership skills that truly empower them. One of the most effective methods of developing leadership skills is through a successful mentoring program. Whether you’re the mentor or the mentee, this program will teach you the secrets to creating and maintaining a successful mentoring relationship.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
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Mentoring: What is it?+
- What mentoring should and shouldn’t be
- Understanding the two different types of mentoring
- The difference between coaching and mentoring
- Why a company should support a mentoring program
- 6 common reasons why mentoring fails
- The role diversity should play in a mentoring program
- Why it’s vitally important to set expectations and boundaries for your mentoring program
- The 10 most important expectations and boundaries you must set
- Why even mentors need mentors
The Mentor+
- The characteristics of excellent mentors
- The benefits and risks of being a mentor
- Discovering what you can offer as a mentor
- How to create a vision for your mentoring relationship with shared goals
Managing mentoring problems+
- Special considerations when mentoring from afar
- The 5 top factors that can lead to the decline or premature closure of the mentor relationship
- The 5 stages of a mentor relationship
- How to fix a damaged mentor relationship
- The 4 keys of closure
- The 5 steps to giving meaningful criticism
- Why hearing and listening aren’t the same
Building the mentoring program+
- The 6 most important things a mentee should be willing to do in order to make the mentoring relationship work
- How to properly match up mentors with mentees
- Understanding what a mentee needs in a mentoring relationship
- How to identify possible mentor candidates
- How to properly evaluate your mentoring program
- Understanding organizational culture and how it can be passed on to new generations via a mentoring program
- The 10 key steps to successful mentoring
