People are unpredictable. When you’re entering a new relationship, you’re entering the unknown. It’s no wonder that when managers embark on mentoring, they’re keen to amass key mentoring tools and techniques that might help them. And the reality is there are many mentoring tools and techniques. In their excellent book, “Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring“,
As I said in my blog post, Top Ten Questions to Answer in Mentor Training, the number one question the mentors I train want the answer to is, “What does good mentoring look like? How will I know if I’m doing a good job?” There are plenty of articles on the Internet that will try to answer
Mentor Training |Â My Top 10Â Questions When HR and L&D professionals hire me to train their mentors, one of their concerns is often that the mentors who are attending are senior people and are likely to have had a fair bit of experience of mentoring themselves. Their concerns are usually unfounded. In my experience, people who
Trying to plan the perfect mentoring programme?  Perhaps this blog post can help. A while ago I wrote a blog post on How to Find a Mentor which received several positive comments.  It also prompted questions about how to set up a formal mentoring programme within an organisation. One of the mistakes I often see organisations make
In my last post I gave you several pieces of evidence that make the case for mentoring within organisations. I included research, data and statistics that you can use to present a rational, logical case. But we’re talking about people here. And people aren’t always rational and logical. To engage people with the idea of mentoring, you
Are you keen to invest in mentoring in your organisation but not sure what evidence or research is available on the return on investment you can hope for? If so, you’re not alone. In my experience, most leaders and HR professionals instinctively know the value that mentoring can bring to employees, managers and their organisation. But
When it comes to leadership development, few tools are as powerful as 360-degree feedback. It offers a rich, multi-perspective view of how you’re perceived by colleagues, direct reports, and managers. It can be eye-opening, motivating, and – let’s be honest – a little daunting. In theory, most leaders agree it would be valuable. In practice,
I was very flattered to be contacted on the subject of Mentoring Programmes a few weeks ago by the editor of Mentoring & Coaching Monthly, at the UNM Mentoring Institute. The editor was interested in my perspectives on the development of mentoring programmes and wondered if I would be willing to help them by participating in an interview for publication in their June
Looking to find out how to use 360-degree feedback for effective leader development? One of the key ingredients to the success of any 360 feedback programme is to employ the services and support of a highly experienced coach. A coach who can help your leaders to understand the feedback they receive – and follow through on
Want effective and actionable 360 Degree Feedback results? Selecting the right tool is the first step in making sure your leaders get the information they need. But it isn’t enough. You also need to communicate well. Here I look into how to manage the information from 360-degree feedback in the most effective way. Communication is keyÂ
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