As our work environments increase in complexity, we all need more insight, understanding, and guidance outside of traditional channels—such as training programs or other formal learning experiences—to be successful in our roles. Mentoring is ideally suited to this task, and leaders and team members alike can benefit greatly from building mentoring relationships within the organization.

The mentoring role can be filled by individuals who have experience and knowledge that they are willing to share with others, regardless of their level of formal positional authority. By building a unique interpersonal relationship, mentors can guide and support the development and progression of their mentees in numerous areas while simultaneously supporting their ability to meet exceptional standards of performance, enhance their capabilities as people and professionals, and develop essential, transferable skills they can use in their current roles and beyond.

For mentoring relationships to be successful, the mentor and mentee must both commit to fostering a constructive relationship that eliminates barriers, promotes open dialogue, and facilitates growth. The Mentoring for Success workshop aims to give participants new insight into their roles and responsibilities within this dynamic relationship.

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Objectives and Outcomes

Upon completion of this learning experience, participants will be able to

  • Understand their role as a mentor and how to maximize their effectiveness.
  • Learn and apply effective mentoring skills, depending on the situation and needs of their mentees.
  • Learn about and assess the impact of their mentoring skills.
  • Become familiar with a practical mentoring process that will help them influence, develop, and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of others.
  • Apply the steps of the mentoring process in different types of situations.
  • Offer thoughtful guidance when mentees have difficult problems to solve.
  • Build on their own experience and continue to sharpen their skills when influencing and mentoring others.

Our Approach

The elements that make the Mentoring for Success workshop so effective are the time-tested instructional-design standards used to craft the learning experience as well as a creative approach to skill development and application:

  • Case-study examples and real-life scenarios that are adapted to each client’s unique mentoring environment.
  • Self-analysis activities that allow participants to examine their current skills and approach to mentoring conversations and relationships and identify individual strengths and areas for improvement.
  • A proven framework that helps leaders guide their mentoring conversations in ways that will be most beneficial for the mentee’ s development and the mentoring relationship overall.
  • Opportunities to consult with their peers as well as practice and apply the mentoring skills to their own situations in the safety of the workshop environment.

A comprehensive set of application and sustainability tools that provide participants with a variety of techniques to use after the workshop and depending on where they are in the mentoring relationship.

“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”

— Albert Schweitzer

You cannot teach others anything. You can only help them discover it within themselves.”

— Galileo Galilei (adapted)
“Every beginner possesses great potential to be an expert in their chosen field.”
— Lailah Gifty Akita (adapted)
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Instructor-led training (delivered onsite by a CMOE subject matter expert/facilitator)

Digital learning program (self-paced or live)

Blended and layered solution (combining instructor-led training and digital learning)

Train the trainer services (certifying internal trainers in CMOE’s world-class programs)

Curriculum integration (deliver the topic in conjunction with another topic or event or build it into a development curriculum)

4-16 hours (8 hours preferred) for instructor-led variable for digital learning

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Frequently Asked Questions

When conducted successfully, company-sponsored Mentoring Programs

  • Lead to higher levels of employee engagement.
  • Build skills and capabilities of emerging leaders, supporting succession planning.
  • Create a more collaborative work culture.
  • Facilitate career growth and potential advancement opportunities.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer of key skills and organizational knowledge.
The role of a Mentor can vary from organization to organization based on the Mentoring charter, purpose, and desired outcomes.  Some core roles include the following:

Advising and Guiding: Mentors share their knowledge, experience, and insights to assist the Mentee with their challenges, issues, or opportunities.

Listening: Mentors are available to listen to a Mentee’s business-related questions, thoughts, or concerns. The goal is to be a sounding board and explore ideas and direction.

Providing Feedback: An effective Mentor provides constructive feedback on how the Mentee can grow, develop, or build a growth mindset.

Coaching: A Mentor may provide focused coaching and guidance on how the Mentee might approach an opportunity, challenge, or workplace issue. Mentors are most often focused on building capability and therefore avoid more formal performance conversations; these are usually best left to their performance leader or direct supervisor.

Modeling Behavior

  • Being compassionate and understanding
  • Being available and visible
  • Demonstrating key skills or ideas, or helping the Mentee to role play conversations or scenarios they may need to engage in.
  • Demonstrating behaviors the Mentee is seeking to improve or develop.

Building Networks – A Mentor may expose the mentee to other people who can support their growth and career-development efforts. This might include industry experts, educational resources, peers with specialized knowledge, or subject-matter experts.

There are a number of factors to consider when building out a Mentoring initiative and providing formal training for mentors:

  • Formalizing in the Mentor-selection process
  • Providing prospective and/or current Mentors with a Mentoring Skills model to ensure their sessions are engaging and effective
  • Identifying who owns the Mentoring engagement (or what % of ownership the Mentor or Mentee has)
  • Deciding on the number and frequency of mentoring engagements

Defining the purpose or intended outcomes of the engagements

  • Like coaching, mentoring can be formal or informal, but unlike coaching, it supports a person’s development without the mentee necessarily being the mentor’s direct report.
  • Mentoring is an ongoing relationship that is formalized for a period of time.
  • Mentoring takes a longer view and typically focuses on competency and career progression.
  • Mentoring conversations are typically driven by the Mentee and supported by the Mentor.
  • Mentoring helps mentees advance their overall personal and professional growth.

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