BSBLED805 - Mentoring Program Essentials and Strategies

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of mentoring programs, addressing the need for their creation, strategies for successful mentor-mentee relationships, and methods for reporting on these relationships. It outlines the objectives of mentoring, which include aiding mentees in career path establishment, capitalizing on opportunities, developing cognitive abilities, fostering self-reliance, and enhancing skills for both mentees and mentors. The roles of mentors and mentees are clearly defined, along with the scope of a mentoring program, which encompasses aligning with managerial objectives, clear communication, and commitment. The presentation also covers essential strategies such as clear communication, adaptability, effective use of power, and compatibility. It emphasizes the importance of reporting on relationships from both parties and addresses the need to consider and manage cultural differences. The presentation includes a bibliography of relevant sources.

ESSENTIALS OF
Mentoring programs

Introduction
The following presentation will:
• Define the need for creation of a mentoring program
• Identify the strategies for successful mentor mentee
relationships
• Measures to report relationships
• Addressing cultural differences

Objectives- Mentoring
• To help mentee with path establishment
• To capitalize on opportunities
• To help mentees develop cognitive abilities
• To establish self-reliance
• To help bolster the skills of mentee and mentors

Roles
Mentor:
A mentor can share with mentees about his or her own life journey and
also provide role modeling, motivation and emotional support to them.
Mentee:
The mentees must have clear views on the amount of guidance ad help
he or she needs.

Scope-Mentoring program
• Mentors help mentees in aligning to the managerial
objectives.
• Goals should be similar but not identical
• Must involve commitment
• There must be clear communication
• It is necessary since is reduces costs and helps employees
grow

Strategies
• Clear communication
• Commitment
• Adaptability
• Effective use of power
• Compatibilty

Reporting Relations
• Should be carried out from both parties
• Mentors must maintain journals
• Mentees must report to management
• Management must take feedback
• Meeting should be help between the mentor, mentee and
the management.

Addressing cultural differences
• Has been identified as a barrier to communication
• Proper alignment and compatibility should be tested to
avoid.
• Creation of multicultural policies can help
• Strict code of conduct
• Education regarding diverse cultures
• Mutual respect

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