Overview

This course formalizes the powerful practice of mentorship, equipping participants with a practical process and toolkit to support both mentor and mentee. It guides delegates in understanding the key differences between coaching and mentoring, and clarifies the roles and responsibilities within a successful partnership.

The course embraces the challenges individuals face in both their professional environments and the fast-changing world around them. It positions mentorship as a powerful and practical approach to continuous learning, adaptability, and personal success, equipping participants to build and sustain impactful mentoring programmes.

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Gain Clarity on Roles: Learn the distinct responsibilities of both mentors and mentees, ensuring productive and supportive relationships.
• Build Essential Skills and Confidence: Equip yourself with the tools and understanding needed to engage meaningfully, whether you're guiding others or receiving guidance.
• Strengthen Goal-Setting and Progress: Tracking Discover effective techniques for setting clear goals and reporting on outcomes, enhancing accountability and growth.
• Experience Practical Learning: Participate in real-world exercises designed to develop core mentoring competencies for lasting impact.
• Differentiate Mentoring from Coaching: Understand the unique value of mentorship and how it contrasts with coaching to better apply both approaches.
• Implement Successful Mentorship: Programmes Receive a ready-to-use toolkit and structured process for launching and sustaining effective mentoring initiatives.
• Navigate Workplace & Life Transitions: Explore how mentorship empowers individuals to adapt, grow, and thrive amidst personal and professional challenges.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Learn how to evaluate mentoring outcomes to refine and strengthen programmes over time.

Outcomes

At the end of this course, the delegate should be able:

• Recognise the difference between a mentor and a coach.
• Appreciate the benefits of mentorships in the workplace.
• Explore the role of a mentor and a mentee.
• To take on the role of either mentor or mentee
• Build a mentoring process that suits a context and needs.
• Implement procedural standards and mentoring requirements in the engineering sector.
• Master the principles and execution of communication and evaluation within the mentoring context.

Program Outline

• Context – where mentoring fits into an organisation.
• Mentoring, coaching and learning.
  • The roles of mentor and mentee:
  • what to expect and what to prepare in each role.
  • first meeting and what to cover.
  • expectation management and contracting to ensure success.
  • A practical toolkit.
• How to manage the process effectively
  • in the workplace context
• Keeping momentum.
  • within the length of the programme.
• Communication and evaluation of the programme.

Who Should Attend?

• Engineers, Technicians and Technologists who may be a mentor or mentee.
• Any manager who could be a mentor
• Specialists chosen to mentor mentees.
• Identified mentees needing to understand the process.