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Coaches and mentors need creativity skills for two main reasons. Firstly, they need to have effective ways to help the client overcome “stuckness” — to generate new thinking by proffering new ways of looking at problems and opportunities. Secondly, they need to be creative in their approach to the learning conversation, recognising when experimenting with...
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Sponsors play a special part in the retention and development of talent within organizations and professions. Among the roles of a good sponsor are: Being a sponsor is not the same as being a mentor — indeed the two roles are largely incompatible, for a number of reasons: The two roles overlap particularly in two...
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Coaching and mentoring don’t have to happen in a formal meeting environment. Sometimes all there is time for (and all that is needed) is 10 or 15 minutes conversation or a short email exchange. A simple template for briefing coaching or mentoring is formed by the following sequence of questions: The output of brief coaching...
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There has been a huge surge into research on the subject of resilience in the workplace. Resilience can be seen as our ability to adapt and bounce back when things don’t go as planned. Resilient people acknowledge the situation, learn from their mistakes, and then move forward. According to the research of leading psychologist, Susan...
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Virtual mentoring covers three main approaches: mentoring by email, telephone and Skype/ teleconference. Each has both disadvantages and advantages compared to face-to-face mentoring. E-mail mentoring Some of the advantages are: It provides built-in reflection time, so mentors have more time to think about good questions and mentees have more time to consider answers Greater reflection (more…)
The process described below is based on observation of hundreds of mentoring conversations in relationships. The most effective mentors: © David Clutterbuck, 2015...
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Practical ways for determining when mentoring will be useful Mentoring is about helping people make significant transitions in their life, in the way they think, in their work and in their careers. These transitions come in many forms. For example: In each case, there is a step into the unknown. Having the support, encouragement and...
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A study of heart surgery teams moving from open heart to keyhole surgery looked at the factors that most influenced how the teams evolved to achieve the required levels of speed and quality in their operations. Overwhelming, the key factor was psychological safety — the environment, where people in the team, regardless of status or (more…)
How ready are you for coaching or mentoring? Coaching or mentoring can be beneficial at almost any time, but you will find it particularly beneficial when: In all of these situations, you will get more out of coaching or mentoring, if you: © David Clutterbuck, 2014...
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One of the things successful people tend to have in common is that they have had at least one, and sometimes many, mentors in their lives – people, who cared enough about them to help them learn about themselves, make significant transitions in their personal growth or careers, and achieve their aspirations. Some people have...
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