Becoming a mentor for the first time is an exciting and rewarding experience. It means you have an opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise with someone who is eager to learn from you. While mentoring can be a fulfilling experience, it can also be daunting, especially if you are unsure of how to go […]
ChatGPT – Being a mentor for the first time – Part 1 Read More »
The old aphorism, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink,” is the foundation of the second rule of mentoring. Many a mentor has fallen into the subtle trap of driving the mentoring process, only to reach a point of disappointment and frustration when the protégé’s energy and enthusiasm begins
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Over the past 10 years, Mentor Resources, a San Francisco-based executive and management leadership center, has created and managed partnerships, matching thousands of mentoring pairs to provide growth opportunities for the development of tomorrow’s corporate leaders. The ability to match mentees with appropriate mentors, combined with their training programs, means that their mentees consistently
Mentor Resources – No. 3 on The Best Mentoring Blog 2011 list. Read More »
When I posted my list over the best mentoring blogs in 2011 just last week, I got a lot of attention and here is one of them. Click at the link, this is number three on the list. http://www.mentorresources.com/blog/bid/134879/Best-Mentoring-Blogs-of-the-Year
I had a good discussion with a coach from Erickson College (http://erickson.edu/) and we disagree on something which is very important for me. Feedback… At Erickson College they learn that as a coach you should never give feedback – because it will lead the coach to do the same next time. For me this is so
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As a mentor it is important to have the “right” questions in the mentoring session and to become even better at it you can attend a training or a seminar at The Option Institute. Their seminar “Power Dialogues” is the fundamentals of their core system for personal change. The Option Process® Dialogue is a non-judgmental, non-directive
Some mentoring programs simply introduce the mentee for the mentor and leave them to “get on with it”. But people need to know what is expected of them, how to go about it and why it is important and as the coordinater of the program you need to be confident they have the skills for
Evening Course II is a part of the Norwegian Mentor program (www.mentorprogrammet.no) facilitating the transfer of experience between the mentors and mentee. The participants will receive training in practical tool that both could be useful in the mentor role, and in the work otherwise. There will be room to discuss the management challenges and issues
The Norwegian Mentoring Program for youth Read More »
DO YOU HAVE SOME CANDIDATES? I want to put mentoring even more on the agenda and how implement it to peoples personal development and also for companies development. I have been working with mentoring for over 10 years both in Norway and outside in other countries. My experience is both from universities and companies, and
Best Mentoring Blog 2011 Read More »
To support the information on managing the mentoring process, the following GROW model can be used to develop a practical approach to the mentoring session. The model will help the mentor prepare for the session, and will provide a useful structure to the discussion. A number of questions have been provided at each stage of
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