Advanced skills training for mentors

Once mentors have some initial experience, they typically want to consolidate and grow their skills. Some of the practical ways programmes meet this need include:

• Webinars demonstrating tools and techniques, or different approaches
• Newsletters, covering similar content
• Short masterclasses
• Regular feedback from mentors and mentees about their experience, to inform the selection of themes for these interventions
• Supervision groups – an opportunity to share experience with peers and receive guidance from a qualified mentoring supervisor
• Using experienced mentors to mentor new mentors

There appears to be a direct correlation between this process of continuous development as a mentor and willingness to be a serial mentor.

For those, who want to go further still, there is an opportunity to gain a Foundation Level certificate as a mentor. This involves about 16 hours further study and keeping a reflective learning journal. Beyond this, they can aim for a higher level certificate as a Professional Mentor, or — for those with many hours of mentoring experience – the European Mentoring and Coaching Council’s European Individual Award.

© David Clutterbuck, 2015

Prof David Clutterbuck
Coaching and Mentoring International Ltd
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