Turn your mentors into coaches...
Mentor training through the Australian Women's Mentoring Network
focuses on a combination of mentoring and coaching techniques
which form the basics of supportive communication and the definition, management
and achievement of goals.
Workshops can be customised for your particular situation and are
usually 3hrs or full-day in length. Alternatively, one-on-one
training for individual mentors can also be arranged.
Mentor Training
Duration: Half-day (3hrs)
This workshop focuses on the basics of mentoring. Topics covered
include what is mentoring, who needs it, the first meeting and how
to manage it, roles & responsibilities of mentors and mentees,
setting up a formal or informal mentoring agreement, setting goals
and strategies, maintaining motivation and management of the
mentoring process, completion of mentoring and troubleshooting. The
workshop is interactive and includes individual and group exercises.
Mentor/Mentee Workshop
Duration: Full-day (9am-4pm)
The Mentor/Mentee workshop is for both mentors and mentees and can
be used to initiate their first meeting. This workshop covers the
same topics as the mentor training workshop but focuses on
getting the partnership going. Mentors will work with their mentees
(or role play if they are not in a mentoring partnership yet)
throughout the day, learn how to set up an agreement on how they
will structure their mentoring, discuss and set priorities and goals
and begin work on strategies for achieving the goals. This workshop
is designed to kickstart the mentoring process and answer any
questions participants have about the what and how of mentoring once
having commenced their mentoring. The workshop is very interactive
and includes individual and group exercises. A recommended sequel to
this workshop is the Mentors as Coaches workshop.
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Mentors as Coaches
Duration: Full-day (9am-4pm) or Half-day (3hrs)
The benefits of coaching are now widely acknowledged – in
particular, an approach which combines both mentoring and coaching
can produce excellent results for both mentor and mentee. This
workshop focuses on teaching the mentor coaching skills which will
help drive their mentoring, and enhance their own leadership and
management skills. Topics covered in this workshop include the
difference between mentoring and coaching, an in-depth investigation
on how to identify and set realistic goals, how to set strategies
and keep your mentee on track, how to communicate and listen as a
coach, and how to go the extra mile to help your mentee achieve
success. The mentors will work on identifying and designing their
own goals and strategies during this workshop, so they can see
first-hand how the process works. Thus the workshop is also a
coaching session for the mentors themselves. The workshop is very
interactive and includes individual exercises.
Mentor and mentee workshops and
individual training can be arranged around Australia.
Please contact
the AWMN for more details. Ph. 0411 289 257. |
