Today, more and more businesses are embracing the concept of mentoring as a professional development tool. Through mentoring, organizations are seeing dramatic improvements in efficiency, productivity and the passing of institutional knowledge and leadership skills from one generation to the next.

Mentoring is a tool that smart organizations use to nurture and grow their people. As organizations strive to retain and expand the hard-earned experience and wisdom of their workforce, they are turning to mentoring programs as a form of interpersonal knowledge management. Protégés observe, question and explore, while mentors demonstrate, explain and model.

Many organizations encourage either informal or formal mentoring relationships. The Mentoring Matters workshop is designed to help launch the mentoring relationships in your firm, and support individuals as they create effective mentor/protégé relationships.

Participants will learn to:

• Understand what a mentoring relationship is and what it is not.
• Be clear about the difference between mentoring and supervising and mentoring and coaching.
• Apply and practice the six fundamental mentoring skills.
• Implement mentoring best practices.
• Be a successful mentor and/or protégé.

Executive Core Qualification Focus: Leading People

Core Competencies Addressed: Developing Others; Continual Learning; Interpersonal Skills; Flexibility; Problem Solving; Public Service Motivation

Length: Full Day