Mentoring programme
The word “mentoring” alludes to Mentor in Greek mythology: “Ulysses asked him to look after his son, Telemachus, in his place; to protect him, to serve as a model and prepare him for his future role of king.” In the same spirit we can support your efforts to promote young back-up staff.
Objectives of a mentoring programme:
- To ensure the transfer of expertise
- Job skills
- Knowledge of the business
- Familiarization with other units
- Pooling of experience
- Inter-generational exchange
- To develop the business and the mentee’s personality
- Transfer of the business’s values/culture
- Development of social skills
- To strengthen the loyalty of key employees
- Give value to the expertise of experienced managers
- Prospects for young managers, opportunities to prove their value
- Emotional support and protection for young managers with high potential
- Promoting a sense of belonging
- Networking between managers
- Exchange and cooperation between different work units
- Reinforcement of young managers’ positions
- Opening doors
Methods
- Defining what the business expects from mentoring
- Analyzing the opportunities and limitations of such a programme
- Clarifying the role of mentors with the business
- Clarifying the rules with the business
- Advising on selection of mentors
- Training of mentors
- Advising on selection of a mentor/mentee team
- Managing mentors and mentees
- Organizing meetings between mentees
- Organizing specific training for mentees
- Evaluating the progress of mentees in relation to the objectives
- Evaluating the programme