2. Today’s programme
• The background to mentoring
• Advanced skills and tools required by the mentor
• Sports model
• P=p-I
• Go Mad thinking and the GROW model
• Practicing Helping each other and yourself
• A quick review of your learning
• Next steps?
3. Inspiration…
The greatest good you can do for another is not
just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Benjamin Disraeli
4. Role of the Mentor
• Brainstorm what you think is involved in
mentoring and the variety of roles and
behaviours a good mentor needs.
• Feedback in 5 minutes.
Mentor Skills
6. The benefits of mentoring
• For the mentee?
• For the mentor?
7. Benefits of mentoring for the mentee
• Increased self awareness and understanding
• Provided with a sounding board for feedback
• Support for ideas and critical reflection
• Assumptions and beliefs are challenged in a safe and supportive way
• Experience of different options/paths
• A safe environment to try out ideas
• A source of stretch and challenge
• Expands personal network and learning
• Accelerates personal development
• Increases self confidence and self esteem
8. Benefits of mentoring for the mentor
• Personal fulfilment from investing in others
• Communication, mentoring and coaching skills
• Enjoyment from seeing others succeed
• Feels ‘valued’ as a role model
• Stimulates own learning of business enterprise
• Opportunity to take time out and reflect
• Renewed focus on future career or opportunities
• Develops new insight into own self
• Gains an appreciation of an entrepreneurs pressures
• Improves own development and performance
19. Building mental toughness
Understanding Understanding
our drive what we can and
can’t control
Understanding Understanding
how to Keep how to think
things in clearly under
perspective pressure
Understanding how to build
robust self confidence
21. Keep it simple
“Ain’t no use worry’in bout
things beyond your control, cos
if they're beyond your control,
ain’t no use worry'in".
“Ain’t no use worry’in bout
things within your control, cos if
you’ve got them under control,
ain’t no use worry’in”.
Ed Moses
22. In control Out of control
Focus on controlling these Recognise when I am
focused on these
Equipment Umpire’s decisions
Commitment (100%) Opponent’s behaviour
Preparation Conditions/delays/facilities
(mental, physical, technical, Weather
tactical) Selection
Emotions – self control Past performances
Recovery – put strategies in place Spectators
Positive Attitude – choose it Perception of others
Enjoyment / fun Winning and losing
Nutrition – make fuel choices Opposition communication
Communication Media opinion
Lifestyle – manage and balance What other people think
24. Coaching
Coaching is a joint process designed to increase competence,
confidence and performance, therefore delivering better
results.
25. The Role of the Coach
To help them to succeed, giving them the tools and insights
to maintain the improvement.
To help them reach their own conclusions about the best way
to achieve an improved performance.
27. A Form of Directive Coaching- Well
not really!
28. Behavioural Options
Helping someone solve their own problem PULL
Listening to understand
Asking questions
Paraphrasing and summarising
Suggesting options
Giving feedback
Offering guidance
Giving advice
Instructing
Telling
PUSH Solving someone’s problem for them
29. Activity: Coaching Practise 1
•Use the Directive approach with your coachee on a problem
they are facing at work
30. The GROW Coaching Model
Goal - define/agree the outcome/results to be achieved
Reality - explore the current situation and the gap to the goal
Options - identify options, overcome obstacles, route between R & G
Way Forward - define actions to achieve G, commit to implementing
37. Next steps…
• Completed multi choice questionnaire (we will sort your
certificate)
• Mentors become an IOEE mentor (FoC) and IOEE will pick up
your match up with a carefully chosen mentee
• Plan to deliver the equivalent of one free hour of mentoring
per month (within 2 years)
38. Resources & Support
For support;
• http://mentor.ioee.co.uk/resources
For Accreditation options – Blue Orchid in the North West
• http://www.theblueorchid.co.uk/
QA & practice sharing Portal
• www.mentorsme.com
41. Contact Points
Sarah Trouten
e. sarah.trouten@sfedi.co.uk
t. 0845 467 4928
Amanda Dudman
e. amanda.dudman@sfedi.co.uk
t. 0844 870 8787
m. 07968 982568
