Mentoring News and Resources

Below, we include a range of resources to support you on your mentoring journey.

May 2021: Making the Most of Your Mentoring Partnership. As we approach the end of the twelve months, it is a good time to check whether there are still objectives to focus on, review progress made so far, as well as draw a conclusion together at the end of June.

May 2021: Mentoring - Your Stories. Sarah Tennant recently caught up with a few mentees and mentors from the 2020 cohort via email. Find out how people have been managing and whether they have been able to sustain their mentoring partnerships through the pandemic.

October 2020: Maintaining Momentum. Read on for some thoughts on the importance of reflecting on where you are in your mentoring journey, as well as for some ideas on how to sustain this commitment to self-development as we start to look ahead to 2021.

October 2020: What Qualities and Skills Do Mentors Typically Possess. Having an interest in helping people to develop in their careers, being generous with their time and generally supportive of others are a few essentials. Another is the ability to listen well, to really hear what is being said. But how many of us really do this?

April 2020: Mentoring and Me - The Last Stretch. How are some of the Spring 2019 cohort approaching the last stretch of their journey together? Has Covid-19 and lockdown adversely affected their ability to catch up? Read on to hear updates, alongside some advice for those considering whether or not to take part in the Spring 2020 Matching Scheme.

January 2020: The GROW Model - part two.  Learn how to creatively explore options, evaluate them and commit to action as Sarah Tennant explains how to use the second half of this coaching framework.

January 2020: The Journey Continues: Following on from our November article, we find out what tools and approaches some of our current mentors are using with their mentees, and how these are helping the mentees make progress.

January 2020: Re-energising your Mentoring Conversations. Suggestions for making sure that your good intentions continue to receive the attention and priority they deserve, shared by Sarah Tennant, WorkLife Central Mentoring Programme Adviser and Executive Coach/Facilitator.

November 2019: The GROW Model - part one. Read how a widely used coaching framework, GROW, can be useful for mentoring conversations and helping people to achieve their goal(s).

November 2019: The Journey So Far: Read on to hear how four mentor/mentee pairs from the Summer 2019 Matching Scheme are getting along in their mentoring journey. What are the benefits, and the challenges, so far?* 

October 2019: How to have good mentoring conversations. How do you help others to develop professionally through the conversations that you have with them? Sarah Tennant, WorkLife Central Mentoring Programme Adviser and Executive Coach/Facilitator, sets out how some coaching techniques can be easily used in the everyday context of work and mentoring. 

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