Mentoring – a strategy that works for you

Introduction to Mentoring

By

Dr. Muhammad Iqbal

Member, Human Resource Professional Association, On, Canada<iqbalarfeen@gmail.com>

Mentoring – a strategy that works for you

Order of Presentation

What is Mentoring? – its Objectives

What makes a good Mentor?

What makes a good Mentee?

Possible Uses of Mentoring

Who Benefits from Mentoring and How?

How can ‘APM/ help you?

Questions

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What is Mentoring?What is Mentoring?

Learning Partnership:

Mentor –An Experienced & Trusted Person

(Willing to share)

Mentee –A Less Experienced Person

(Willing to learn)

To Grow and Develop

Personal and Professional Development

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Objectives of Mentoring

Objectives Provide forum preferably on a “one- to

one” basis;

To facilitate student/learners’ personal and professional growth

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What makes Mentor?

Knowledge and Experience

Interests in helping others

To develop, not to fix “People”

Point-out development opportunities

Motivates discouraged Mentee

Offers access to his or her networks

Offers a non-judgemental feedback

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Roles that Mentor play

☺ Sponsor

☺ Teacher

☺ Coach

☺ Protector

☺ Counselor

☺ Adviser

☺ Advocate

An Old Idea a New Excitement

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Responsibilities of Mentor

☺ Confidentiality

☺ Accessibility

☺ Active Listening

☺ Caring Relationship

☺ Motivating Mentees Role model

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Boss vs Mentor

Boss - Management Role - takes actions, performance evaluators, award

and reward

Mentor - Trusted Partner’s Role - facilitates decisions making, assist and

motivate Mentee

Boss - Management Role - takes actions, performance evaluators, award

and reward

Mentor - Trusted Partner’s Role - facilitates decisions making, assist and

motivate Mentee

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Responsibilities of Mentee

Be Assertive Participate Willing to Self-De Be interested Show Willingness Be Informed Does Need Analysis Able to Coordinate Understands

Present Status Needed Actions Targeted Goal

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Possible Uses

• Job Orientation

• Career Planning and Dev

• Skills Development

• Professional Dev

• Best Friend Mentor

• Technical Skills Dev

• Change Management

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Benefits of Mentoring

Who gains?

Mentee – Confidence Learn effectively and quickly, and Acquiring new perspectives

Mentor – Acquiring improved ways of working, Profiles Building, and Satisfying the desire to help others

Organization – Having more fulfilled, committed, resourceful and motivated

employees

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Who Benefits and How?

Who benefits? How? - areas to improve

Executives

Managers

Trainees

Students

Participants

New Entrants

Learning New Skills Raising Personal Profiles Interviewing Skills Career Planning and Dev Access to Resources - networks Learning to Develop Potential Career Goal and Strategies Developing Life Balance

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Setting up a Scheme

STAGE ONE: Planning

STAGE TWO: Identifying the Participants

STAGE THREE: Preparing Participants

STAGE FOUR: Matching

STAGE FIVE: Monitoring and support

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Research Statistics

Survey Questions(70 mix employees group)

Response %

Yes No AFTER MENTORING

Do you leave the company if get comparable job elsewhere?

46 54 23

Are you satisfied with your professional growth?

40 60 10

Do you know how to contribute to company success?

24 76 35

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Mentoring For Success

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