Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace

Running head: MENTORING AND COACHING IN THE WORKPLACE
Mentoring and Coaching In the Workplace
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2MENTORING AND COACHING IN THE WORKPLACE
Mentoring and coaching in the workplace is a process used for enabling the
individuals to achieve their full potential. For this study an employee mentoring program has
been chosen. This study will emphasis on the working, set up and the outcome of an
employee mentoring program. It further discusses the particular interest or changes that
should have brought in the program. An employee mentoring program helps in creating
various positive outcomes, one of them being to address the need of the organisation. An
organisation may need development regarding the management and leadership, retention of
employees, enhancing the customer service, upliftment of the new hires (Energy.gov, 2018).
An employee mentoring program was set up in my organisation for spreading enthusiasm in
the team. In this program mentors were chosen very carefully, keeping in mind the factors
that influences the relationship between the mentor and mentee, that is, trust, respect,
confidentiality and commitment. That professional mentoring program helped to train the
new employees, develop their skill and to build employee loyalty. A formal training program
was set up for this purpose and the participants were chosen carefully. Proper communication
of the program was made to the participants for to ensure that the program attains its aim and
goals. For this program the format was a group mentoring system. Internal research was
conducted to measure the success of the program. A framework regarding the durability,
procedure and place was decided for this employee mentoring program. Staffs from all
departments and levels were included in this program. It is required for the employees to
work with the employees of other level to gain the skill to move up. Mentors can teach their
mentees a lot of skills but there are specific skills and fresh perspective that a mentee can
teach their mentors as well, in this program there was a collaboration between the mentors
and the mentees. The outcome that resulted from this mentoring program was that the skills
of the employees was enhanced, the mentees successfully gained some focus on what is