Reap the rewards of mentoring a protégé. Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

Who Should Attend? Seasoned professionals who want to explore strategies and benefits of becoming a first-class mentor.

Prerequisite: None

Objective: By the end of this course, you will

Know what it takes to become a skilled mentor

Be able to match your experience to a mentee.

Know how to develop and maintain a successful relationship.

Topics:

The History and Benefits of Mentoring

The Myths and Facts of Mentoring

The Myths and Facts of Mentoring

Mentoring Opportunities within Your Organization

Tips for Becoming a Successful Mentor Rapport

Building

Guidelines for Structuring the Match

Setting Stretch Goals and Other Match Activities/Discussions

Helping Mentees to Problem-Solve Positive Match Closure

Length:  One day

MENTORING FOR SUCCESS: YOUR EXPERIENCE COUNTS

AMPLIFIED AGENDA

What is Mentoring?

Overview of mentoring by conducting a mentoring quiz that addresses eight basic adult

mentoring concepts and discuss the history of mentoring in the workplace.

The Mentoring Opportunity

The importance of mentoring by facilitating the “Mentors in My Life” exercise, and relate this to the actual issues that surface on the instillation.

Mentoring in the Federal Government

Mentoring is useful in assisting mentees to learn the culture, with the result being that employees can more effectively contribute the mission. Explore topics and activities that matches address, such as career paths and strategies for achieving career goals.

The Mentoring Model: How Does Mentoring Work?

Real life issues that the mentoring program can address for mentees and how this has benefited his/her mentee, and other mentors and the organization. This individual will also discuss the benefits of being a mentor. Description of a mentoring program:

Mentoring application

Screening process

Mentor and mentee training

Mentor recruitment - Four options for recruiting mentors.

Mentor/mentee agreement

Supervision and support that the program provides

Closure and mentor recognition

Reporting and evaluation

Communicating with Your Mentee and Pursuing Appropriate Goals

Communication exercise. Goal setting and the goal setting tool.

Qualities of Effective Mentors and Mentees

Exercise “Draw the Ideal Mentor” and talk about the qualities they need to bring to the match. What to do if the match is not working. Exercise on criticality of maintaining confidentiality.