Mentoring relationships, programmes, mentee/mentor skills, mentoring culture
One of the key supports for mentoring programmes is having a cadre of highly experienced mentors, who new mentors can lean on and learn from. In some programmes, these mentors take on much of the burden of new mentor development, shifting the balance from classroom learning towards ad hoc, situationally based learning. So what makes...
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As the world struggles with recession and uncertainty, mentoring has a major role to play in helping people focus on personal and business priorities and to maintain confidence in their ability to face the future. The start of a new year is a good time for program managers to step back and reflect; and perhaps...
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Read More New Year’s resolutions for mentoring program managers
The Mentoring Expert Webinars with David Clutterbuck and Lis Merrick are designed to provide continuing support and development for mentors. They are available to any mentoring programme, whether in-company or for a professional association or not-for-profit. Each is designed to last for 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of questions. Participants are also encouraged to send in their experiences...
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Arguably the most common cause of problems coaches bring to supervision is mismatch of expectations at the contracting stage of the relationship. Inexperienced coaches, in particular, tend to see the client and their issues in a linear way – the client something they need to address and the coach’s job is to help them find...
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Read More Managing the three way contract in executive coaching and mentoring
The virtues of being in an outdoor environment for coaching and mentoring have been supported by a number of recent research studies into the connection between being in the natural environment and both mental and physical well-being, creativity, attentiveness and memory. Now an even stronger link has been established between well-being and being near water, (more…)
Read More Why outdoor coaching and mentoring work better than indoor
Here is a powerful but deceptively simple exercise to help leaders connect more fully with their teams. No matter how some leaders encourage their teams to be speak their minds, there is always at least a residual hesitation for them in doing so. It’s hard for the leader not to jump in with his or (more…)
One of the characteristics of great coaches and great places to work is that they have Fizz and Buzz. Fizz is the enjoyment people get out of the tasks they do. Buzz is the enjoyment from the people around them as they do those tasks. Playfulness, good humour and laughter are three closely related functions (more…)
Some 30 years ago as a young management writer, my role model was Peter Drucker. I only met him a few times, the last being in a small group seminar. At one point, in that heavy German accent and with a twinkle in his eye, he told us that one of the benefits of being a management guru was that, if you were stuck for a statistic,...
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Although overall spend on training and development has in many organisations been capped or declined during the recession, coaching and mentoring appear to have at least held their own and actually become a more critical part of the L&D offering In part, this is because internally resourced coaching and mentoring are cheaper and proven to (more…)
Read More What every HR director should know about coaching and mentoring strategy
“Which is more important to you in building and maintaining your reputation – fitting in or standing out from the crowd?” It’s an unusual question for coaches and mentors to ask, but it can be very helpful in understanding what motivates a client towards or away from different choices. Human beings are typically motivated by...
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