Mentoring defined and aligned to us DMSC

1. Mentor
Jayanth Jayaprakash JJ

2. A word, currently in vogue and a value that has taken multi-functional dimensions

3. What is the value or the meaning of the word MENTOR
A Trusted Advisor
or
merely a Teacher

4. MASTER as OSHO has defined
GURU as in ancient practice
CEO as in corporate
PRINCIPAL as in educational
system
PARENT as in family

5. There are many perspectives to define MENTORING,
especially since the relatively recent popularity
of personal and professional coaching .
Traditionally, mentoring might have been described
as the activities conducted by a person (the mentor)
for another person (the mentee) in order to help that other person
to do a job more effectively and/or to progress in their career.
The mentor was probably someone who had “been there, done that before”.
A mentor might use an array of approaches:
Coaching, Training, Discussion, Counselling...
Today, there seems to be much of an ongoing discussion
and debate about the definitions and differences regarding coaching and mentoring.

6. According to legend, Mentor is the name of the person to whom Odysseus (Ulysses)
entrusted the care of his son, Telemachus, when he set out on those famous wanderings
of his that we now call an "odyssey" and which took him, among other places,
to the Trojan Wars.
Mentor was Odysseus' wise and trusted counsellor as well as tutor to Telemachus.
Myth has it that the goddess Athena would assume Mentor's form for the purpose
of giving counsel to Odysseus but, for many centuries now, the goddess has been
unavailable for comment to confirm or disconfirm this rumour.
At any rate, Mentor's name -- with a lower-case "m" -- has passed into language
as a shorthand term for wise and trusted counsellor and teacher.

7. •Until recently, in ordinary usage, the term mentor typically was used by the recipient
of the counsel or teaching to refer to the person providing it.
• Observers of such counseling and tutoring relationships have also been known
to label certain people as mentors.
• But, mentors, it seems have not and do not characteristically refer to themselves as such.
•Biases are such that we have always thought the term mentor was
exemplified in a situation wherein an older, influential male took a younger,
promising male "under his wing," so to speak, for the purpose of advancing
the younger male's career. The older male was then a mentor to the younger one.
•And the younger male, of course, would be known to us as the protégé of the older man,
just as Telemachus was Mentor's protégé (although it seems only fair to point out that
the French language had not yet then evolved) and so whatever term Mentor used to
refer to Telemachus might or might not be known to us but it seems certain he did not use
protégé

8. MENTORING
In recent years, especially in the management and human resources literature,
mentor, which is a noun, has become a verb as well and
-- with or without "ing" as an appendage -- now refers to the patterned behaviours
or process whereby one person acts as mentor to another.
And, in keeping with current modes and norms, gender seems irrelevant.
It will surprise some, but not others, to learn that there are consultants
whose practices centre on advising the rest of us regarding the mysteries of mentoring.
(They are perhaps would-be or frustrated mentors themselves.)
In sum, what has been historically an informal, unofficial, voluntary,
mutually-agreeable, and self-selected interaction between two people has become
a program -- an institutionalized stratagem for trying to force what probably
can only come about naturally -- and a staple, if not a commodity,
in the bag of tricks toted from client to client by many a consultant.

9. Homer’s Mentor - Duties Fulfilled or Misconstrued
By Andy Roberts
Taking an oft suggested return to Homer’s The Odyssey shows
that this is not the case.
This paper argues that Mentor, in this work, was simply
an old friend of King Ulysses who largely failed in his duties of keeping
the King’s household intact.
Focus is put onto the French writer and educationalist Fenelon,
and his novel of instruction Les Adventures deTelemaque.
It is argued that within this work one finds the Mentor whose attributes, functions
and behaviours have become synonymous with the modern day usage
of the term mentor and the action of mentoring.
Recognition of Fenelon’s Mentor, as opposed to Homer’s minor character, is called for.

10. The word mentor is of Greek origin. The Oxford English Dictionary gives
mentor as:
allusively, one who fulfils the office which the supposed Mentor fulfilled
towards Telemachus.
Hence, as common noun: “An experienced and trusted advisor.”

11. Who is a mentor and what does it take to be a mentor?

12. •Is it a highly clichéd usage or is it a virtue
•Is it an ego
• Is it a business tool
•Is it functional
• Is it person or process
• Is it a book of wisdom
• Is it a value
•Is it a virtue
•Is it wisdom

13. Mentoring
Mentoring is a tool that organizations can use
to nurture and grow their people.
It can be an informal practice or a formal program.
Protégés observe, question, and explore.
Mentors demonstrate, explain and model.

14. Deliberate Learning is the Cornerstone
The mentor's job is to promote intentional learning,
which includes capacity building
through methods such as instructing, coaching,
providing experiences, modelling and advising.

15. Both Failure and Success are Powerful Teachers
Mentors, as leaders of a learning experience, certainly need to share
their "how to do it so it comes out right" stories.
They also need to share their experiences of failure, ie., "how I did it wrong".
Both types of stories are powerful lessons that provide valuable
opportunities for analyzing individual and organizational realities

16. Leader as MENTOR Need to Tell Their Stories
Personal scenarios, anecdotes and case examples,
because they offer valuable, often unforgettable insight, must be shared.
Mentors who can talk about themselves and their experiences establish
a rapport that makes them "learning leaders."

17. Development Matures Over Time
Mentoring -- when it works -- taps into continuous learning,
that is not an event,
or even a string of discrete events.
Rather, it is the synthesis of ongoing event,
experiences, observation, studies, and thoughtful analysis

18. Mentoring is a Joint Venture.
Successful mentoring means sharing responsibility for learning.
Regardless of the facilities, the subject matter, the timing,
and all other variables.
Successful mentoring begins with setting a contract for learning
around which the mentor, the protégé, and their respective
line managers are aligned.

19. MENTORING through years of learning , correcting , failing and succeeding is
the core value of TEAM Deekashamentors Strategy Consultants Pvt.Ltd in the
genres of Personal Excellence ; Marketing; Human Resource Management ;
Software Development and Execution processes; Operations Management;
PR & Branding.
The Directors are all known to me from childhood , college ,
and from organizations where I have been in- all of whom have
achieved growth in the industry to reach the top hierarchy in the industry.
We all are Mentors in our life and in our professional front.
We are aligned to bring about massive and to build individuals and organizations

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