Mentor qualities
We think that a good mentor should:
- Provide a good role model
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Be able to empathise with the mentee
- Recognise that learners have different motivations, skills, knowledge and needs and be able to capitalise on these
- Be good at spotting learning opportunities and challenges which will assist the mentee's development
- Be well informed about the objectives and content of the training programme being undertaken by the mentee in order to provide maximum support
- Provide meaningful feedback to the mentee
- Understand that sometimes it may be necessary to push the mentee to move out of their comfort zone
- Encourage the mentee to think for themselves and work out solutions to problems
From the above you can appreciate how useful coaches and mentors could be in supporting the learning programme which you are delivering.
To find out more about coaching and mentoring, look at:
http://www.coachingnetwork.org.uk/ResourceCentre/WhatAreCoachingAndMentoring.htm
http://www.trainingreference.co.uk/skills/coaching/coaching.htm#articles
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