Understanding Understanding Mentoring & Mentoring & Coaching Coaching
Nov 01, 2014
Understanding Understanding Mentoring & Mentoring &
CoachingCoaching
careersuccess
satisfaction
The mentoring partnership is an agreement between two people sharing experiences and expertise to help with personal and professional growth.
PHASE DEFINITION TURNINGPOINT
INITIATIONINITIATION Six month to a year Fantasies become concrete expectation
CULTIVATIONCULTIVATION Period of two to five years Opportunities and relationship becomes more meaningful .
SEPERATIONSEPERATION - Significant change in the relationship
- Emotional experience in the relationship
Wants to put learning into practice
RE-RE-DEFINITIONDEFINITION
In definite period after the separation
Stresses of separation diminish and new relationships are formed
• full opportunity to access the exciting and fulfilling career spectrum available
•more informed decisions
•more confidence in decisions made
• fewer catastrophic mistakes
An approach to management - how one carries out the role of being a
manager. Is a set of skills for managing employee
performance to deliver resultsIs a person to person technique – takes
place informally
To develop individual knowledge, skills & attitudes
Is a skill of facilitating the learning, the development & performance of
another person
MENTORMENTOR COACHCOACH BUDDYBUDDY
Private, Individual
Private or Public Individual or Group
Partly Private but some aspects can be Public. E.g. paper work
MENTORMENTOR COACHCOACH BUDDYBUDDY
Line Manager cannot be the mentor
The line manager can be the coach
Line manager normally appoints B. from amongst his / her own team
MENTORMENTOR COACHCOACH BUDDYBUDDY
Intermittent, medium to long term.
Can be very short term as well as medium to long term
Short term & frequent during induction period. May take considerable time.
MENTORMENTOR COACHCOACH BUDDYBUDDY
Context within which Learner’s work is done i.e. help person plan & decide the future
Content of work to improve job performance
Build confidence of learner, e.g. know their way around, who does what
MENTORMENTOR COACHCOACH BUDDYBUDDY
Need not always involve face to face contact
Difficult to achieve without face to face contact.
Must be face to face, the two people should ideally work in close proximity
MENTORMENTOR COACHCOACH BUDDYBUDDY
Persons better prepared to progress their own Development & Career
Improved job performance
Person has completed induction successfully
Choose two very different approaches that a manager could use for the following scenarios. Indicate which approach you would use: