Mentoring and Coaching
Mentoring and Coaching
Mentoring and Coaching
Mentoring is ?
an unstructured association between an
experienced person and one less
experienced that assists the junior person in
extracting more value from experience
mentor - an experienced, thoughtful,
caring person who passes on lessons of
experience to someone less experienced
Why mentoring?
full opportunity to access the exciting
and fulfilling career spectrum available
more informed decisions
more confidence in decisions made
fewer catastrophic mistakes
FUNCTIONS OF A MENTOR
Coaching
Role modeling
Counseling
Friendship
Exposure and visibility
become
potential
managers
of
tomorrow
The
mentor
also
facilitates
career
informally
attitudes
Is a skill of facilitating the learning, the
Aims as a Coach
A directive approach
Provide guidance on how to carry out
specific tasks towards learning
Help people become aware of how
well they are doing and what they
need to learn
Use whatever situations arise as
learning opportunities
COACH
Relationship to
Learner
Private, Individual
Private or Public
Individual or Group
Relationship to
Learners
Manager
Line Manager
The line manager
cannot be the mentor can be the coach
Contact with
Learner
Intermittent,
medium to long
term.
COACH
Main
Agenda
Content of work to
improve job
performance
Proximity
Difficult to achieve
without face to face
contact.
Outcomes